*Horror 1940-1959: Whilst it’s fair to say that the introduction of the Comics Code saw the ‘teeth pulled’ from the horror titles that survived, with horrific elements toned down, it’s also true that such titles as Atlas’s Mystery Tales continued showcasing excellent stories of mystery and imagination from the cream of Atlas’s creative talent at the time. Six post-code issues from the Bute Collection this week, as follows:
IN THIS UPDATE: MYSTERY TALES (ALL PICTURED EXCEPT #32)
#29 GD/VG £58 Burgos, Everett, Powell, Forte & others. Reasonable copy with good colour. Spine a little weak with small upper split; lower right corner a little dog-eared.
#30 VG- £67 Brodsky, Burgos, Ayers, Heck, Forte, Greene & others. Nice solid copy with spine ticks. Long diagonal crease across lower right breaks colour.
#31 VG £77 Burgos, John Severin, Forte, Sale & others. Very decent copy with good colour and gloss. Square corners, little edge wear; some small horizontal creases from spine only break colour at tiniest edge.
#32 PR £11 Burgos, Greene, Reinman & others. An awful copy; the cover and leading pages are torn in half down the middle and detached. 
#33 FN- £105 Burgos, Forte, Greene, Sale, Everett & others. Nice flat copy with good staples and pages; only a little corner blunting and minor reading wear at spine. 
#35 VG+ £87 Burgos, Stallman, Colan, Benulis, Everett & others. Solid copy with only colour-breaking reading wear at spine.