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Title: BLUE BOLT No. 112
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Publisher:Star [Indicia: Star Publications Inc.]
Date Published: February, 1952
Description: CGC certified: Good (2.5). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: Light staining to cover; light tears to cover; moderate creasing to cover; moderate fingerprints on cover; spine roll. Note: Scuffs and other minor marks to slab.

GPAnalysis: A 2.5 sold for $552 in 10/23.

Credits: Cover: L. B. Cole. Scripts: Jay Disbrow. Art: Jay Disbrow and Rudy Palais.Satyr's Spoils: A fanged demon erupts from a fiery pit to snatch a blonde babe in its satanic grasp. The beast, with its demonic leer and naked torso, resembles an oversexed satyr seeking sexual spoils. L.B. Cole learned how to tease the sex angle as far as community standards would allow during his apprenticeship with legendary schlockmeister Victor Fox, who pushed it too far and paid the price. "You can always sell sex, but you can never sell depravity, not in the long haul, not in a competitive market. The public only pays for what it wants. And most people have a mean streak of decency in them. This was Victor S. Fox's education." - Cole, quoted in Bill Schelly's Black Light: The World of L.B. Cole. Fantagraphics: 2015, p. 23.______________________________________________________________

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