HORRIFIC #13 * 4.0 * Tiger Boy Fights Lion

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Title: HORRIFIC No. 13
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Publisher:Comic Media [Indicia: Harwell Publications, Inc.]
Date Published: September, 1954
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VG (4.0). Light spine stress, staples a bit pulled, a few tiny edge nicks, bottom corner of back cover has tiny dogear, bit of gravy residue (or similar substance) between "R" and "I" in "HORRIFIC," with smaller spot above "O" in "TERROR" superscription and a few other less conspicuous spots. If not for a slovenly eater, this mag would be 5.0. Excellent mag to clean and press. Off-white pages. Cover: Don Heck. Art: Marty Elkins, Alberta Tewks, Don Heck (spot illustration). GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 4.5 sold for $288 in November 2021.

In Alberta Tewks's "Tiger Boy," a feline-faced circus freak nicknamed Tiger Boy fights a lion to settle once and for all who's a bigger "pussy."

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