*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: A real oddity from the Bute Collection this week. Issue #5 of Who Is Next? from 1953 was the only issue of the series (Standard had a habit of starting their series with #5 issues); there never was a second issue. Borderline very noir crime with strong horror overtones, the multi-story format boasted a grim strangler on the loose with victim cover by George Roussos; interior art is by Toth, Sekowsky, Cardy and Andru, so a very strong artistic line-up for these tales of madness and horrific murder. Quite a rarity – we’ve never seen this issue before. Strong, intact cover image with good colours. Staples are firm at centrefold, with lower staple secure at spine; upper staple is off back cover. Upper spine cleanly split almost halfway down; lower spine has 4 cm split. Small chip off top spine, but little creasing. Pages are a nice off-white to cream, turning to very slight tan at edges. 
PICTURED: WHO IS NEXT #5 GD £250 SOLD