LAWBREAKERS SUSPENSE STORIES #15 * CGC 2.5 *

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Title: LAWBREAKERS SUSPENSE STORIES No. 15
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Publisher:Charlton [Indicia: Charlton Comics, Inc.]
Date Published: November, 1953
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CGC certified: Good+ (2.5). Cover: Dick Giordano. Scripts: Joe Gill? Art: Dick Giordano, Stan Asch, Al Bellman, John Belfi. Overstreet: "Acid-in-face cover and story; hands dissolved in acid story." GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 4.0 copy sold for $360 in September 2020.

Crime rag Lawbreakers Suspense featured some of the queasiest covers in the business. Number 11's notorious "tongues-cut-out" cover was the title's most extreme offering, but this issue's "acid-in-face" cover is a viable contender for runner-up. According to pre-Code sage George Suarez, "Clearly, Charlton was testing the waters for evolving this crime title into one devoted to the horror genre." — Terrology #11. NEC: 1993, p. 21.

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