American Comics Update: The Bute Collection/Pre-Code Horror Fest: 2 classic issues of Atlas’s Mystic with zombie and severed head covers
*Horror 1940-1959: From the Bute Collection, two nice-looking copies of Mystic from Atlas 1953/54 (if zombies and severed heads can be considered ‘nice’, that is).
PICTURED: MYSTIC BOTH SOLD
#25 VG/FN £215 Pre-Code. Russ Heath Zombie cover. Interior art by Reinman, Andru, Romita, Eadeh & Sale. Excellent copy with great gloss and reflectivity. Minor spine and handling wear, with small pressure mark below right of logo, leading to a small colour-breaking line. Tiny colour-breaking crease across bottom right corner. Back cover creasing and small nicks at left edge. Tight, firm staples and nice white to off-white pages.
#26 VG+ £200 Pre-Code. Beheading and ghosts cover. Interior art by Carrabotta, Luster, Robinson, Eadeh and DiPreta. Very reasonable copy with sharp colours, minimal spine and edge wear. Tiny nicks right and bottom edges of cover. Staples are firm, just a tiny bit loose at cover. Nice white to off-white pages.



