*IW/Super: We continue with our series of updates from that most esoteric publisher IW/Super. IW Publications was a short-lived comic book publisher in the late 1950s and early 1960s, named for the company’s owner Israel Waldman. Comics were published under both the IW and Super imprints and were notable for publishing unauthorised Golden Age reprints of other company’s properties. Usually these companies were out of business, but not always. Basically, it seemed to be whatever they could get their hands on that determined the esoteric nature of their output. Thus you get super-heroes, war, romance, western, funny animals, crime, horror, science fiction and just about every genre within their pages. Full details of what was reprinted in what are listed in our website catalogue. NB usually with newly-drawn covers. Over the next few months, we’ll be presenting a series of issues from this publisher. This week, quite a package in Eerie #1 from 1958. The cover is by Wally Wood, and although originally from Avon’s Strange World’s #6, the cover monster and some backgrounds were redrawn. Inside, the content is from Baily’s Spook Comics #1 (1945), often regarded as the first horror comic. Of the four stories, two are horror/suspense (inc. a Mr Lucifer story), two are horror/humour. 
PICTURED: EERIE #1 VG+ £80 Nice clean copy with striking cover image. Solid spine with minor wear. A little creasing, just breaking colour at corners and edges. Firm staples and supple white to off-white pages. SOLD