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Title: THRILLS OF TOMORROW No. 17
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Publisher:Harvey [Indicia: Witches Tales, Inc.]
Date Published: October, 1954
Description: Fine- (5.5). A few spine ticks, top spine and corner creased, very shallow chip to top edge of front cover, a few very small edge rubs, sun shadow to bottom edge of front cover and half of back cover. Cream pages.

Credits: Cover: Howard Nostrand. Art: Joe Certa, Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Rudy Palais. Numbering continues from Tomb of Terror #16. Reprints Witches Tales #7.

GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. Lowest-graded sales are a 4.0 that sold for $70 in 12/27 and a 7.0 that sold for $336 in 4/23.Toned-Down Terror: As the anti-comics hysteria intensified, Harvey changed the title of Tomb of Terror to Thrills of Tomorrow and toned down the sensationalistic covers. Maybe editor Sid Jacobson got pushback for the exploding head cover to Tomb of Terror #15 and figured he'd better play it safe? In any case, this mag's enigmatic cover teases a tale ("The World of Mr. Chatt") that never saw print.______________________________________________________________

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