BEWARE #15 (3rd Ish) * 2.5 * Bald Brute Badgers Blonde * Hidden Harrison
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Title: BEWARE No. 15 * 3rd Issue
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Publisher:Trojan [Indicia: Trojan Magazines, Inc.]
Date Published: May, 1953
Description: Good+ (2.5). 1" split at top spine, 1/2" split with small chip to bottom spine, small chip at mid-spine, staples heavily pulled, reading creases, a few small tears to back cover. Cream to light tan pages.
Credits: Cover: Harry Harrison. Scripts: Richard Kahn, Jesse Merlan, Martin Smith, Paul S. Newman. Art: Harry Harrison, John Forte, Gerald Altman, Henry Kiefer.
GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 2.0 sold for $125 in 9/19. PBA sold a raw 2.0 for $132 in 2/22.Harrison's Hidden Handiwork: A bald brute badgers a babe as two phallic candles flicker in the background, their waxy accretions resembling grotesque glanses. After the Code snuffed his comics career, cover artist Harry Harrison achieved success as a sci-fi writer with a subversively satirical edge (his 1966 novel Make Room! Make Room! was the basis for 1973 dystopic thriller Soylent Green). The penile candles on this mag's cover hint at the ribald sensibility that Harrison would later explore in his sci-fi sex opus, Great Balls of Fire: The History of Sex in Science Fiction Illustration (1977).______________________________________________________________
A limited edition of ten hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a few dozen softcovers. Fun reference, great keepsake, fully illustrated, chockablock with obscure facts, gags, bon mots. Softcovers are $40, deluxe hardcovers with dust jackets and limitation plates are $200. These books always go fast so don't delay. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Consignments welcome for PBA's Summer 2024 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Find out why PBA is the new fan-fave of funnybook fiends. "This is some of the best commentary I've yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books... Priceless." – R. Crumb. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Coming Soon: The DC Universe Collection Part 3: The Golden Age (August 2024) and Weird Tales and Amazing Stories: The PBA Pulp Sale (September 2024). Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com to get on the notifications list.
Title: BEWARE No. 15 * 3rd Issue
Place Published:
Publisher:Trojan [Indicia: Trojan Magazines, Inc.]
Date Published: May, 1953
Description: Good+ (2.5). 1" split at top spine, 1/2" split with small chip to bottom spine, small chip at mid-spine, staples heavily pulled, reading creases, a few small tears to back cover. Cream to light tan pages.
Credits: Cover: Harry Harrison. Scripts: Richard Kahn, Jesse Merlan, Martin Smith, Paul S. Newman. Art: Harry Harrison, John Forte, Gerald Altman, Henry Kiefer.
GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 2.0 sold for $125 in 9/19. PBA sold a raw 2.0 for $132 in 2/22.Harrison's Hidden Handiwork: A bald brute badgers a babe as two phallic candles flicker in the background, their waxy accretions resembling grotesque glanses. After the Code snuffed his comics career, cover artist Harry Harrison achieved success as a sci-fi writer with a subversively satirical edge (his 1966 novel Make Room! Make Room! was the basis for 1973 dystopic thriller Soylent Green). The penile candles on this mag's cover hint at the ribald sensibility that Harrison would later explore in his sci-fi sex opus, Great Balls of Fire: The History of Sex in Science Fiction Illustration (1977).______________________________________________________________
A limited edition of ten hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a few dozen softcovers. Fun reference, great keepsake, fully illustrated, chockablock with obscure facts, gags, bon mots. Softcovers are $40, deluxe hardcovers with dust jackets and limitation plates are $200. These books always go fast so don't delay. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Consignments welcome for PBA's Summer 2024 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Find out why PBA is the new fan-fave of funnybook fiends. "This is some of the best commentary I've yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books... Priceless." – R. Crumb. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Coming Soon: The DC Universe Collection Part 3: The Golden Age (August 2024) and Weird Tales and Amazing Stories: The PBA Pulp Sale (September 2024). Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com to get on the notifications list.
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BEWARE #15 (3rd Ish) * 2.5 * Bald Brute Badgers Blonde * Hidden Harrison
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