JOURNEY INTO FEAR #2 * CGC 4.0 * Headlights of HORROR *
Heading: Dr. Wertham Throws Shade at Superior
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Title: JOURNEY INTO FEAR No. 2
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Publisher:Superior [Indicia: Superior Publishers Limited]
Date Published: July, 1951
Description:
CGC certified: VG (4.0). Off-white to white pages. Stories and art by uncredited Iger Shop talent. Ruth Roche, editor. Overstreet says: "Kamenish 'headlights' art." GPAnalysis: Most recent sale in this grade: $125 in 2016. Most recent sale in any grade: a 5.5 copy sold for $432 in May 2021.
Superiors are fertile ground for seekers of the strange and outré: editrix Ruth Roche filled Superior stories with so much free-floating psychosexual symbolism that sordid inferences sprout like weeds in the sensitive reader's imagination.
Dr. Wertham saw depravity in Ms. Roche's signature style, describing Superior's aesthetic as "Sexual sadism with its most morbid psychological refinements." In a strange tale of two clinics, it seems that while Wertham treated comic book casualties in his Lafargue mental health clinic in Harlem, Superior's mysterious New York operative, known only as "Dr. Shade," plied his trade in a Hell's Kitchen hole-in-the-wall dubbed the Ghost Clinic:
"Superior's head office was in Toronto, Ontario. However, the company did maintain some kind of editorial presence in New York, since the company solicited 'real ghost stories' from readers, asking them to send such yarns to 'Dr. Shade's GHOST CLINIC' [310 West 53rd St., NYC 19]. This solicitation appeared in Superior's first comics: Journey Into Fear #1-4." — George Suarez, Tales To Terrible To Tell #6. NEC: 1992, p. 35.
A limited edition of 150 softcover and 15 hardcover catalogues is available. 400 lots, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcover $30, deluxe hardcover with dust jacket and limitation plate $200. Ten of the 15 hardcovers are pre-ordered and the rest will go quickly, so reserve yours now. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Consignments welcome for PBA's December 2021 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
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Heading: Dr. Wertham Throws Shade at Superior
Author:
Title: JOURNEY INTO FEAR No. 2
Place Published:
Publisher:Superior [Indicia: Superior Publishers Limited]
Date Published: July, 1951
Description:
CGC certified: VG (4.0). Off-white to white pages. Stories and art by uncredited Iger Shop talent. Ruth Roche, editor. Overstreet says: "Kamenish 'headlights' art." GPAnalysis: Most recent sale in this grade: $125 in 2016. Most recent sale in any grade: a 5.5 copy sold for $432 in May 2021.
Superiors are fertile ground for seekers of the strange and outré: editrix Ruth Roche filled Superior stories with so much free-floating psychosexual symbolism that sordid inferences sprout like weeds in the sensitive reader's imagination.
Dr. Wertham saw depravity in Ms. Roche's signature style, describing Superior's aesthetic as "Sexual sadism with its most morbid psychological refinements." In a strange tale of two clinics, it seems that while Wertham treated comic book casualties in his Lafargue mental health clinic in Harlem, Superior's mysterious New York operative, known only as "Dr. Shade," plied his trade in a Hell's Kitchen hole-in-the-wall dubbed the Ghost Clinic:
"Superior's head office was in Toronto, Ontario. However, the company did maintain some kind of editorial presence in New York, since the company solicited 'real ghost stories' from readers, asking them to send such yarns to 'Dr. Shade's GHOST CLINIC' [310 West 53rd St., NYC 19]. This solicitation appeared in Superior's first comics: Journey Into Fear #1-4." — George Suarez, Tales To Terrible To Tell #6. NEC: 1992, p. 35.
A limited edition of 150 softcover and 15 hardcover catalogues is available. 400 lots, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcover $30, deluxe hardcover with dust jacket and limitation plate $200. Ten of the 15 hardcovers are pre-ordered and the rest will go quickly, so reserve yours now. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Consignments welcome for PBA's December 2021 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
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