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Title: GHOST COMICS No. 3
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Publisher:Fiction House [Indicia: Fiction House Inc.]
Date Published: 1952
Description:

Fair (1.0). Spine of cover completely split, chips to bottom edge and bottom right corner of front cover, a few small edge chips to back cover, 1" tear to top spine of 1st page, jagged 2" tear to bottom spine of 1st page, small corner chips to many pages. Light tan pages. Cover: Maurice Whitman (Grand Comics Database gives the Whitman attribution a question mark, but it's clearly his work). Art: Jack Kamen (according to GCD, at least, but more likely it's an Iger Shop hack with maybe a few Kamen assists here and there), Lily Renée, Gus Schrotter? GPAnalysis: No reported sales in the grade. The lowest-graded sale is a 2.0 that sold for $264 in September 2021.

Sexy spook stories under a Mo Whitman cover depicting a blonde shining a flashlight on her doppelganger's décolletage. "In the 1950s, [Fiction House] dipped its toes into the growing horror genre with two titles, The Monster and Ghost Comics, which included some supernatural-oriented stories reprinted from Rangers, Wings, and Jumbo Comics." — Mitch Maglio, Fiction House: From Pulps to Panels, From Jungles to Space. Yoe/IDW: 2017, p. 45.

Consignments welcome for PBA's Fall 2022 Comic Book sale. Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age and Silver Age comics, original art, vintage comic-related photos and ephemera sought. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.

A limited edition of 100 softcover and 6 hardcover catalogues are available. 140 pages, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcovers $40, dust-jacketed hardcover with limitation plate $200. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.

Consignments welcome for PBA's Fall 2022 Comic Book sale. Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age and Silver Age comics, original art, vintage comic-related photos and ephemera sought. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.