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Title: BLACK MAGIC Nos. 22, 24, 25, 26 and 27 * Lot of Five Comic Books
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Publisher:Prize [Indicia: Crestwood Publishing Co., Inc.]
Date Published: 1953
Description:

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  #22 (vol. 3, #4): VG- (3.5). 3/4" split at top spine, spine stress, staples pulled, mild vertical crease, a few specks of residue. Off-white pages.


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  #24 (vol. 3, #6): VG (4.0). Moderate spine stress, bottom spine and corner lightly bumped, creases to bottom corner of back cover, tiny chip (3mm) to back cover. Off-white pages.


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  #25 (vol. 4, #1): VG+ (4.5). Spine stress, a few small specks to back cover. White to off-white pages. Might slab at 5.0.


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  #26 (vol. 4, #2): Good (2.0). Several splits amounting to 40% of spine, small corner chips, some spotting to back cover. Cream to off-white pages.


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  #27 (vol. 4, #3): VG (4.0). Nov.-Dec., 1953. Spine stress, mild spine roll, minor corner creases, staple rust with rust migration, grease-pencilled distributor's mark to "B" in "Black." White pages. Features "A Hole in His Head" with Steve Ditko pencils. According to the Steve Ditko checklist in "Ditko Unleashed: An American Hero" (IDW/Editions DéEsse: 2016), this is Ditko's 2nd published story, after "Paper Romance" in Daring Love #1 (Sept.-Oct., 1953) and before "Hair Yee-eeee" in Strange Fantasy #9 (Dec. 1953). The creature in the story was redrawn by Jack Kirby.

Covers and art: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Al Eadeh, Bill Walton, John Prentice, Mort Meskin, Bill Draut, Bob McCarty, Steve Ditko.

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