*Vintage UK/Australian Reprints of US Material: In the early 1950s, a small number of horror comics (around 40) were produced by a variety of UK publishers reprinting US pre-code horror stories in black and white. Just as in the USA, these became notorious and subject to censorship which led to their discontinuation. There’s a lot of information online about the banning of UK horror comics if you want to know more, and I particularly recommend a youtube video by Canadian Dave Dustin (Hi Dave!) on the subject. These UK horror comics have become both extremely rare and much sought after in recent years, and we’re delighted to have one new in this week. Adventures Into Weird Worlds #1 was published by Heritage Productions and distributed by Thorpe & Porter; it’s undated but believed to be 1952. (There’s rumoured to be a #2, but we have no proof of this). It features the content and cover of the US Adventures Into Weird Worlds #8 from Atlas, as well as content from #6, Spellbound #5 and Astonishing #15. Artists include Dick Ayers, Jim Mooney and Jack Keller, with a Bill Everett cover. Close to impossible to find, this is the only copy in the CGC census. (NB Annoyingly, CGC refer to this as #8, since it reprints the cover to the US #8, but it’s not that — it’s clearly #1). Blue label unrestored Universal Grade, cream to off-white pages, case perfect. 
PICTURED: ADVENTURES INTO WEIRD WORLDS #1 CGC 4.5 (VG+) £250 SOLD