American Comics Update: The Bute Collection: Pre-Code Horror Fest: Journey Into Mystery
*Horror 1940-1959: From the Bute Collection, three pre-code issues of the venerable title Journey Into Mystery from 1953/54. Details below:
PICTURED: JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY
#13 VG £230 Pre-Code. Cover by Carl Burgos. Art by Burgos, George Roussos, John Forte, Myron Fass and others. Reasonable copy with unblemished cover scene. Good staples, nice off-white to cream pages. Minimal edge and spine wear (some chipping to right edge back cover). Small spine ticks, slight reading crease between staples faintly breaks colour, crease at very top right corner cover with tiny loss at extreme.
#15 GD+ £150 Pre-Code. Cover by Sol Brodsky. Art by Paul Reinman and others. Okay copy with reasonably unblemished cover scene with great image. Good staples, nice off-white to cream pages. 3 cm upper spine split. Some handling wear with minor creasing that breaks colour, particularly along the top edge and logo area. Small spine ticks and minor creasing along right edge and bottom right corner. SOLD
#17 VG+ £275 Pre-Code. Cover by Sol Brodsky. Art by Sid Check, Robert Q Sale and others. Nice copy with some gloss. Tight, firm staples and nice off-white to white pages. Very little edge wear, lies flat. Spine ticks are almost imperceptible. A very presentable copy.