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PS ARTBOOKS BEWARE SOFTEE #1
PHANTOM WITCH DOCTOR CVR
(W) Various (A) Doug Wildey (CA) Na
The Phantom Witch Doctor from Avon Magazines by Everett Raymond Kinstler marvelously compliment the cover of Beware Softee Volume 1. The story tells of how George Harcourt (British East Africa commissioner); murders M'Basi (witch doctor) and Naba (M'Basi's daughter) to acquire their ivory cache. And there's even more with the added bonus of Night of Mystery: John Mason leaves behind a diary detailing how he tried to help his friend Bob Trant who was a roaming monster, but there is no sign of Mason to be found? Collects Beware #10-12 (June 1952 to October 1952), plus The Phantom Witch Doctor (1952) and Night of Mystery (1953).
PS ARTBOOKS PLANET COMICS SOFTEE #2
(W) Various (A) Arthur Peddy (CA) Na
And here's the second installment of PS Artbooks yummy Softee series of Fiction House's Planet Comics. Writers and artists include Charles Sultan, Arthur Peddy, Bob Powell, Alex Blum, Henry Kiefer, Will Eisner, Don Rico, Nick Cardy, Gene Fawcette and Charles Quinlan plus more fins and headlights than you'd ever see in the world's biggest motor show and more gigantic teeth than ever made it into a dentistry lab. Pick up this baby and save yourself a few thousand dollars on the original book. Collects Planet Comics #4-5 (April-June 1940).
SILVER AGE CLASSICS SPACE ADVENTURES HC #5
(W) Various (A) Dick Giordano (CA) Na
Space Adventures Volume 5 is a bumper-full line-up from Charlton Comics which has everything you could ever imagine! Issue #23 tells the tale of our "First Trip To The Moon": scientist Charles Cargreaves and General Thayer are bound and determined to put an American rocket on the Moon. And they have to leave now, before the government can stop them. This baby near on demands that you dig out that old goldfish bowl and holster your interstellar raygun four-color-fans. Writers and artists include Charles Nicholas, Dick Rockwell, Steve Ditko, John Severin, Bill Molno, Maurice Whitman, Dick Giordano, and Rocco Mastroserio. Collects Space Adventures #21, 23-26 (August 1959, May-December 1958).
SILVER AGE CLASSICS SPACE ADVENTURES SLIPCASE ED #5
(W) Various (A) Dick Giordano (CA) Na
Space Adventures Volume 5 is a bumper-full line-up from Charlton Comics which has everything you could ever imagine! Issue #23 tells the tale of our "First Trip To The Moon": scientist Charles Cargreaves and General Thayer are bound and determined to put an American rocket on the Moon. And they have to leave now, before the government can stop them. This baby near on demands that you dig out that old goldfish bowl and holster your interstellar raygun four-color-fans. Writers and artists include Charles Nicholas, Dick Rockwell, Steve Ditko, John Severin, Bill Molno , Maurice Whitman, Dick Giordano, and Rocco Mastroserio. Collects Space Adventures #21, 23-26 (August 1959, May-December 1958).
SILVER AGE CLASSICS STRANGE MYSTERIES HC #2
(A) Ross Andru
Strange Mysteries features an eccentric mix of weird and strange tales from Ross Andru, Jon D'Agostino, Alvin C. Hollingeworth, Joe Orlando, Ed Goldfarb, Tont Tallaico, and Joe Kubert. I.W. Publishing became notorious for publishing unauthorized reprints of other company's comics, often with new covers. The numbering of most of the company's titles is misleading, often not starting at issue #1 and skipping issue numbers. Incredibly though, the company produced 118 separate titles, no mean achievement! Plus: the bonus issue Fantastic Tales featuring glorious horror tales from the fantastic A.C. Hollingsworth, Norman Nodel and Harry Lazarus. Collects Strange Mysteries #15-18 (1964), plus Fantastic Tales (1958).
SILVER AGE CLASSICS STRANGE MYSTERIES SLIPCASE ED #2
(A) Ross Andru
Strange Mysteries features an eccentric mix of weird and strange tales from Ross Andru, Jon D'Agostino, Alvin C. Hollingeworth, Joe Orlando, Ed Goldfarb, Tont Tallaico, and Joe Kubert. I.W. Publishing became notorious for publishing unauthorized reprints of other company's comics, often with new covers. The numbering of most of the company's titles is misleading, often not starting at issue #1 and skipping issue numbers. Incredibly though, the company produced 118 separate titles, no mean achievement! Plus: the bonus issue Fantastic Tales featuring glorious horror tales from the fantastic A.C. Hollingsworth, Norman Nodel and Harry Lazarus. Collects Strange Mysteries #15-18 (1964), plus Fantastic Tales (1958).