American Update: Pre-Code (& Post Code) Horror Mega-Fest Starts Here!
*Horror 1940-1959: If our celebration of the traditional British Holiday Specials is the ‘Long Hot Summer’, then this update is a curtain-raiser to a ‘Cold Dead Winter’ of Pre-and Post-Code Horror/Mystery Mega-Fest from a variety of publishers, but primarily focusing on Atlas, the company that would eventually become Marvel. After a long drought of such material, a substantial influx of vintage horror/mystery is on the horizon, and will be listed here most weeks as fast as we can process it. We open with nine classic 1950s Atlas shockers, both before and after the advent of the Comics Code Authority, but each loaded with the beloved artists you expect – Everett, Severin, Heath, Sinnott, Maneely, Benulis and scores more. Pictured are Mystery Tales #24 VG+ £110, Mystery Tales #49 VG £78 and Mystic #56 VG+ £67. Check our catalogue listings for Adventures Into Weird Worlds, Astonishing, Journey Into Unknown Worlds, Mystery Tales, Mystic and Strange Tales for the rest of this week’s new additions, and watch out for future updates in this hugely popular category!