British Comics Update: Slab Happy/Pre-Code Horror Fest UK: Eerie #1 & #2 CGC
*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 on the subject (see the Links page in our Extras section for more information). These UK horror comics have become both extremely rare and much sought after in recent years, and we’re delighted to have issues #1 & #2 of Eerie from Thorpe & Porter/Jenson from 1951/52, reprinting the Avon US originals. Plus, since these were double the size of an original Eerie, an issue of Avon’s Strange Worlds as well. Each issue is graded by CGC and encased in their sealed plastic case.
PICTURED: EERIE ALL SOLD
#1 CGC 5.0 VG/FN £600 Universal unrestored blue label, case perfect, off-white pages. Reprints US Eerie #1 plus Strange Worlds #2
#2 CGC 5.5 FN- £600 Universal unrestored blue label, case perfect, off-white pages. Reprints US Eerie #2 plus Strange Worlds #3
SPECIAL OFFER: We also have a copy of Eerie #3 (third and final in the series) which is not CGC. It is in poor shape (ragged, torn and heavily taped) and incomplete, with one of the Strange Worlds stories removed. We shall be offering this free to anyone who successfully orders and pays for #1 & #2 at the same time. If they don’t sell together, after a short time, we will offer this copy of #3 on its own at a fairly nominal value.
ALSO PICTURED: EERIE #3 Poor and incomplete; only offered as a bundle, free with #1 & #2 at this time.