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Title: SPOOK No. 25
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Publisher:Star [Indicia: Star Publications Inc.]
Date Published: July, 1953
Description: CGC certified: VG (4.0). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: Readers crease front cover; medium tear with crease center of spine; moderate creasing to cover; small chip out left bottom of back cover; small chip out right center of front cover. Note: Minor marks to slab.

GPAnalysis: A 4.0 sold for $550 in 10/22.

Credits: Cover: L. B. Cole. Art: Rudy Palais, Vern Henkel.Cole's Self-Swipe: The shaggy-haired skull that forms a repeating background pattern on this mag's cover is a cut-and-paste rehash from L.B. Cole's classic cover to Blue Bolt Weird Tales #115 (October 1952). Under the covers, there's a weird yarn in which Satan is defeated by a statue of God that archaeologists bring to life with a mysterious incantation.______________________________________________________________

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