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Rare LB Cole Cover:Startling Terror!
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LOT OF1 VINTAGE COMIC BOOK: STARTLING TERROR TALES #4, From Star Publications In 1953, The Rare Original Edition, Still Unrestored And Unpressed; Only TWO CGC Copies Above GD 2.0 Have Come To Market In The Last TWO DECADES, This Is Almost Extinct! This Insane Cover Has It All: A Gruesome Bloody Murder With A Big Skull, Leering Eyeball Looking-In From The Background, A Horrifying Hooded Green Zombie, And Even A Psycho Killer Clown And Tribal Voodoo Mask! This Extraordinary Cover Boasts The Ornate Details And Color Contrasts Providing A Surreal Effect That Only Cole Could Achieve: "Crime At The Carnival"! That Unique Front Cover Looks Striking On This Blazer, It Has Plenty Of Wear And Tear, But The Cole Cover Remains Bright And Attractive. It's Complete, Intact, And Supple, With Good Gloss And Cream-Colored Pages Inside With Mild Edge Toning, So It'sGreat For A Fan Without Decades To Spend Searching And Thou$ands To Spend Buying An Attractive Certified Copy. This Is A Scarce Small Press Classic, And Much Like Blue Bolt #105 & 114 And Mask Comics And Startling Terror #11, It's A Sought-After Commodity By This Highly-Collected Artist. This Is The April, 1953, Bi-Monthly Shock/Crime/Horror Issue By LB Cole's Little Comics Company, Star Publications, And It Is Filled With Gripping Violent Stories, With Top-Tier Art By The Masterful George Peltz And Others. It Came Out During The Original Horror Craze So It Has The Ubiquitous Shocking Content Including Gunfights And Double-Crossings And Gore And/Or Good Girl Art And Explicit Violence. This issue is so rare, that in the past 21 years, a grand total of ONE copy graded by CGC higher than 4.5 has changed hands. Even trashed copies seldom surface, this obscure periodical must have had a very small print-run back seventy-plus years ago, as they are incredibly tough to find in recent decades.
THIS ANTIQUE COMICHAD AN ORIGINAL PRICE OF TEN CENTS.That terrific LB Cole image is bold and bright, please view our assorted photographs. The front and back cover are all here, as is the interior, it's all attached and fresh and supple. It is clean inside and is a solid collectable copy. There are the requisite bumps, creases, smudges and dings, but that awe-inspiring front cover has nice eye-appeal; There is a long center crease, that is thin and barely breaks the color in some areas, as well as a reading crease by the spine of the front cover. There is a small tear and chip at the bottom of the spine which is seen at lower corner of the front and back cover, and an arrival date at the top edge of the back cover, along with some smudges, indentations and soiling on reverse. Please see all the photos, we show many different views.Crucial fare for any Cole-ector! Or for any serious horror fan or curator of American pop culture fromthe middle of the twentieth century.MATERIAL LIKE THIS SPOTLIGHTING ICONIC THEMES OF FILM, PULP FICTION, CINEMA AND LITERATURENEVER LOSES APPEAL.
This will be carefully bagged and boarded in ARCHIVAL MYLAR, with an acid-free backing-board, and packaged very well to ensure safe delivery.Please inspect the images as you get the exact copy shown.
COLLECTOR'S ITEM RARE PRE-CODE HORROR COMIC.
We are now selling many LB Cole covers along with assorted pre-code horror comic-books, plus sci-fi, GGA, and crime, and even rare artwork, with more to come in the comingweeks. Which means this is a good opportunity for an astute fan to acquire multiple scarce items in one fell swoop, and save on shipping to boot.Many of you have dealt with us through our ads in CBM, CBG, O.P.G., etc.
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