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Title: TALES OF HORROR No. 8
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Publisher:Toby [Indicia: Minoan Publishing Corp.]
Date Published: December, 1953
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CGC certified: VG/Fine (5.0). Off-white to white pages. Cover: Mel Keefer. Art: Bill Molno? Jack Sparling, Mel Keefer. CGC Census: 37 Blue Label copies, of which the highest-graded examples are two 5.5's. GPAnalysis: The highest-graded copy to sell is a 5.0, which fetched $7800 in January 2021.

The phallic double-whammy of a giant serpent coiled around the Empire State Building was Toby's most memorable contribution to the world of pre-Code horror. The cover story, Mel Keefer's "The Big Snake," is reprinted from Tales of Horror #3. The first time the story appeared, it was blurbed with a small cover vignette that failed to do justice to Keefer's iconic image. Perhaps sensing a missed opportunity, Toby's editors gave Keefer's story full-cover treatment the second time around, resulting in an eye-popping visual that George Suarez called "Every New Yorker's nightmare."

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.