*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: L B Cole was one of the most famous of Golden/Atomic Age cover artists. He drew in a variety of genres, and was artistic director at Star, illustrating 95% of the company’s covers; his lurid, feverish style, almost hallucinogenic, graced horror, science-fiction, jungle and romance alike. Terrors Of The Jungle was a sort of hybrid jungle and horror title. From our fabulous Arch Collection this week, issue #4 has great content, featuring a new story by the stylishly attractive Jay Disbrow illustrating the tale of the cover image, and two Fox reprints: a Jo-Jo Jungle King adventure with his mate Tanee and Jungle Goddess Rulah in The Harem Of Horror. Of course it’s the wonderful L B Cole cover for which this issue is prized, a primeval scene with a jungle princess in the grip of a fearsome monster out of time. A reasonable copy, with the cover scene mostly undamaged with decent colours; there is some wear breaking colour towards the bottom of the right edge, with a lesser amount in the very top corners. The spine is worn, but both staples are still attached, although the cover has small tears around the lower staple. Corner blunting. Nice off-white to white page quality.
PICTURED: TERRORS OF THE JUNGLE #4 GD- £160