*Horror 1940-1959: From the Bute Collection this week, another dip into the entrails of Pre-Code Horror with two issues of Strange Tales, one of Atlas’s flagship titles for this stuff. Like Journey Into Mystery, Strange Tales is one of the Marvel titles that had its roots in the Atlas Pre-Code Horror days and survived via the Big Panty Monsters into the super-heroic Silver Age. It’s the Pre-Code Horror that concerns us here, with two early issues in low grade, but very affordable shape. The usual high standards of Atlas horror are preserved in these rare items.
PICTURED: STRANGE TALES
#3 FA+ £90 Pre-Code. Atom Bomb panels. Art by Burgos, Maneely, Romita, Sekowsky & others. Spine split almost down to the one central staple (as printed) with a small chip out top spine. Long, spidery colour-breaking creases vertically at centre cover and right edge. Three small chips out at edges; short edge tear right of logo with no loss. Central staple is firm. Pages are a reasonable creamy colour and not brittle. Inside covers tanned at edges. Cover colour quite decent. SOLD
#4 GD- £125 Pre-Code. Cosmic Evil Eye story by Bill Everett. Other art by Brodsky, Romita & others. Cover detached at central staple. Small split at top spine and small staple-sized hole in spine in staple area. Strong cover colour. Edge wear relatively minor. Pages are a decent, supple off-white to cream. SOLD