*Horror 1940-1959: Famous artist L B Cole ran Star Comics from 1949-1955, producing a variety of titles in various genres, horror, jungle, romance, crime etc. Usually a mixture of reprints from earlier periods of then defunct publishers such as Fox, most (if not all) featured covers by Cole himself. Cole was particularly known for his bold covers, featuring what he referred to as ‘poster colors’ – the use of primary colours often over black backgrounds. New stories within were often illustrated by the talented Jay Disbrow, seemingly Star’s most frequent interior artist. One of Star’s later titles appears in our regular Pre-Code Horror Fest feature this week: Spook, issues #24-30 (missing #25), all but one of the horror run of that title. Mummies, ghouls, phantoms etc abound. Conditions are low, but fortunately prices are too (relatively); the L B Cole hallucinogenic covers are all illustrated here and there are more details of the specific defects with each issue in our catalogue listing.
PICTURED: SPOOK ALL SOLD
#24 FA £100
#26 PR £50
#27 FA £90
#28 FA+ £100
#29 FA+ £100
#30 FA+ £100