Heading:
Author:
Title: STRANGE TERRORS No. 1
Place Published:
Publisher:St. John [Indicia: St. John Publishing Co.]
Date Published: June, 1952
Description:

VG+ (4.5). Spine stress, edgewear including short tears and nicks to top edge of front cover, corner creases, small chips to spine ends, slight staple pull. Cream pages. Cover: Don Perlin. Art: Rafael Astarita, Paul Gattuso, Don Perlin, Al Plastino, Ralph Mayo. GPAnalysis: A 4.5 sold for $255 in 9/21.

"'Zombies' misspelled 'Zoombies' on front cover – an error used by critics as evidence of the illiteracy of horror comics." – EC, MAD and Pre-Code HORROR Comics of the 1950s. Green Apple Books: 1997, p. 5.

"St. John's publishers came out with both Strange Terrors and Weird Horrors in 1952. The covers for the former were unusual in that eventually they looked like magazine covers with illustrations instead of comic book covers..." William Schoell, The Horror Comics: Fiends, Freaks and Fantastic Creatures, 1940s-1980s. McFarland & Co.: 2014, p. 123.

Enjoying the Sale? Order a fully-illustrated softcover catalogue for 30 bucks. Only about 100 copies were printed and they're going fast. To reserve a copy, contact PBA's Director of Comics: ivan@pbagalleries.com.

Consign to PBA Galleries. Our comic sales average a 98% sell-through rate, our prices realized are top-of-the-market, and our research-intensive catalogues are the best in the business. Seeking Silver Age Marvel, Golden Age superheroes, and pre-Code horror. Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.