Author:
Title: WEIRD HORRORS No. 1
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Publisher:St. John [Indicia: St. John Publishing Company]
Date Published: June, 1952
Description: CGC certified: Good/VG (3.0). Cream to off-white pages. Grader notes: 1" tear on 2nd and 12th page. Note: Minor marks to slab.

GPAnalysis: A 3.0 sold for $200 in 1/24.

Credits: Cover: Gus Ricca, George Tuska, and Charles Sultan. Art: Bob Forgione, Al Tyler, and Rafael Astarita.Gruesome Gourmand: Fog monster steals souls; evil monk dunks devoteé in oil, sets her ablaze; perv preserves pretty girls' corpses in wax ("Money? I don't want money, mister! All I want is this beautiful girl for my gallery of waxed corpses!"); gruesome gourmand teaches tots to enjoy human hamburger: "Wait 'til your fangs have sunken into warm flesh and you've tasted the salty-sweet savor of your victims' blood! Aye, a taste of warm, fresh blood is all you whelps need!"______________________________________________________________

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