American Comics Update: The IW/Super Extravaganza: Strange Mysteries
*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. This week, all 8 issues of Strange Mysteries, which reprinted classic horror from Star, Farrell, Toby, Master & Avon, mostly pre-code. The series started at #9 and finished at #18, with no #13 or #14.
IN THIS UPDATE: STRANGE MYSTERIES
#9 VG+ p £60 (PICTURED) Pence stamped. Reprints Spook #28 Star 1953. Jay Disbrow cover.
#10 VG £33 Reprints Strange #2 Farrell 1957, which itself was reprinted from Farrell’s Voodoo and Haunted Thrills. New cover by Ross Andru.
#11 VG £33 Reprints Strange #1 Farrell 1957. New cover by Ross Andru.
#12 VG/FN £68 (PICTURED) Reprints Tales Of Horror #5 Toby 1953. New cover by Ross Andru.
#15 GD/VG £18 Reprints Dark Mysteries #23 Master 1955. New cover by Ross Andru.
#16 Double Cover: Outer VG, Inner GD+ (PICTURED) Reprints The Dead Who Walk Avon 1952. New cover by Ross Andru.
#17 GD+ £15 Reprints Dark Mysteries #22 Master 1955. New cover by Ross Andru.
#18 GD- £13 Reprints Witchcraft #1 Avon 1952. New cover by Ross Andru.



