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Title: GHOST COMICS No. 4
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Publisher:Fiction House [Indicia: Fiction House Magazines]
Date Published: Fall, 1952
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CGC certified: VG+ (4.5). Cream to off-white pages. Cover: Maurice Whitman. Art: Jack Kamen, Bill Benulis, Alex Blum, Rafael Astarita. GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade in 14 years. A 4.0 sold for $432 in 10/22; a 5.0 sold for $655 in 12/22.

Classic cover by Maurice Whitman, offering an intoxicating cocktail of sex and the supernatural. Whitman is one of the true masters of Golden Age "Good Girl" art, and although he's often overshadowed by the likes of Matt Baker and Jack Kamen, his reputation is on the upswing. "Ghost Comics featured sophisticated suspense that sometimes surpassed the comics stories of EC Comics and other rivals. The title manages to convey horror, suspense and sexual situations in a sophisticated way that is underappreciated to this day." – Mark Seifert, "Very Objectionable: Supernatural & 'Sexy Implications' of Ghost Comics." Bleedingcool.com, December 20, 2020.

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