MYSTERIES WEIRD & STRANGE #7 * CGC 5.0 * The MASHER

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Title: MYSTERIES WEIRD AND STRANGE No. 7
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Publisher:Superior [Indicia: Superior Publishers Limited]
Date Published: May, 1954
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CGC certified: VG/Fine (5.0). Cream to off-white pages. Stories and art by uncredited Iger Shop talent. Ruth Roche, editor. According to GPAnalysis, only one copy graded higher has been sold (a 6.5 copy fetched $316 in 2020).

In "Demon in Disguise," a sex criminal dubbed "the Masher" assaults and kills beautiful girls and taunts the cops by sending them the clothes of his victims. An undercover policewoman named Pat prowls the streets dressed like a hooker ("Here I go again! Dressing like a floosie and walking dark streets!"), but the Masher doesn't bite ("There's a funny angle—he only picks nice girls!"). Finally, Pat catches up to the Masher, who's been doing some undercover work of his own: "I can take any form I choose! And I—hee-hee—I work in the POLICE department! Hee-hee-hee!" After the Masher kills the Pat, he strips her corpse and sends her clothes to the police chief. The story ends with the Masher planning further assaults, confident that his violent spree will never end: "I don't think you'll EVER catch the MASHER!"

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