Haunted Thrills

Yes, relatively desirable and pre-code, but not something that's too well known or sought after enough to raise more eyebrows I guess. Another strange thing is that I believe Ken Bald did ALL of the Out of the Night covers, Schaffenberger didn't do any of them.

I sent them an email several days ago but have yet to receive a response. In any case, I have no complaints against Comic Connect, I've always done good biz with them. This could all just be an innocent mix-up.

Several sources have now confirmed that this is a mid to late 60's piece affixed to a pre-code horror title...! Verrrrry Interrrrestink.

Yep, currently on auction at CC. So how does a 60's piece get affixed to a pre-code title? (to my knowledge Out of the Night only ran up to 1954)

And yet it is supposed to be an unpublished piece from Out of the Night which was only published during the pre-code era (to my knowledge).

I already posted this in the original art section, but in case someone here knows... This original art by Kurt Schaffenberger for an unpublished cover for the pre-code horror comic OUT OF THE NIGHT is really cool, but is the art actually pre-code? Notice the dress styles on the couple. They don't look early 50's, but I might be mistaken. The comic ran from 1952 through 1954. Thoughts?

This original art by Kurt Schaffenberger for an unpublished cover for the pre-code horror comic OUT OF THE NIGHT is really cool, but is the art actually pre-code? Notice the dress styles on the couple. They don't look early 50's, but I might be mistaken. The comic ran from 1952 through 1954. Thoughts?

This is the only Web of Evil I have, but it has Valley of Horror in it - one of my fav pre-code stories.

Prize Group's Black Magic comic. I like some of those early Kirby horror covers and there were some great stories to boot.

One of my favorite Russ Heath covers for Marvel Tales, and in pretty decent condition.

Iger Shop madness with VOODOO #1. It's pretty beat up, but I love 'er just the same.

Nov. cover is superb. I believe the original art is on the comic connect auction block now.

The Jack Cole stuff in Web of Evil is awesome.

Yes, the details are great! I'd read that Baily pencilled and Mortellaro inked the cover, but then again, the female looks a lot like a Maurice Whitman girl (Ghost comics).

Recent purchase. Fantastic Fears #9 featuring the cover art for "Experiment in Terror" which is not in this issue!

Aye that it is. I love the Mortellaro and Baily art!

One of my favorites. Apparently there's some controversy as to the cover artist, but it looks like Shelly Moldoff to me. He did several TMIH covers and the fisherman has that Moldoff look about him.

That is a beauty.

Great covers and in really nice shape. LB Cole was one of the greats.

Great cover. I have this one and number 8 with the woman in the ship cabin being menaced by a corpse flying through the porthole. Some insane covers in the series, but of course many issues are quite pricey.

The mysterious Iger Shop artists (note - i posted this in another thread, but it might be more applicable here) So Iger shop did a lot of covers and stories for Ajax/Farrell and Superior in the pre-code days but trying to figure out who did what is kind of tricky. Go to GCD for example, and they have "artist unknown" for most Journey into Fear covers, art and stories. It is widely known that Ruth Roche wrote many stories during her tenure at Iger Shop, so she probably did quite a few for Journey into Fear. But the art is another thing. Here are two pieces of original art (I only own the Journey into Fear 7 piece) and the one originally listed in Heritage auctions from issue number 2 they credit the artwork to Robert Webb who was art director at Iger for years. If you look at the similarities of the OA and then compare them to the covers of issues 7 and 9 (That is my copy of #9), it appears that ALL of this art was done by Robert Webb and that Webb did a ton of art of Superior under the Iger Shop name. I refer to the faces, the eyes, the expressions and the art style. It is very hard to find any books or articles which pin individual artists at Iger to any given comic book cover or artist, but some of these Iger artists were top notch and deserve the credit for their work.

Yep. Myron Fass either reprinted them directly from the original pre-code comics, or he had new artists re-do the stories to "modernize" the look. Mike Howlett wrote a great book called "The Worst of Eerie Publications" which goes through the history of these mags, the artists and of course some hilarious stories and background about Myron Fass himself.

The mysterious Iger Shop artists So Iger shop did a lot of covers and stories for Ajax/Farrell and Superior in the pre-code days but trying to figure out who did what is kind of tricky. Go to GCD for example, and they have "artist unknown" for most Journey into Fear covers, art and stories. It is widely known that Ruth Roche wrote many stories during her tenure at Iger Shop, so she probably did quite a few for Journey into Fear. But the art is another thing. Here are two pieces of original art (I only own the Journey into Fear 7 piece) and the one originally listed in Heritage auctions from issue number 2 they credit the artwork to Robert Webb who was art director at Iger for years. If you look at the similarities of the OA and then compare them to the covers of issues 7 and 9, it appears that ALL of this art was done by Robert Webb, and that Webb did a ton of art of Superior under the Iger Shop name. I refer to the faces, the eyes, the expressions and the art style. It is very hard to find any books or articles which pin individual artists at Iger to any given comic book cover or artist, but some of these Iger artists were top notch and deserve the credit for their work.

The "incomparable" Myron Fass who would later strike up Eerie Publications and publish those infamous titles "Weird" "Tales of Voodoo" "Terror Tales" et al, with a ton of reprints and re-dos of pre-code comics. When I was a teen in the late 70's - early 80's, I bought those incredibly over-the-top magazines, never realizing the stories were reprints until many years later, which then began my obsession with pre-code horror comics.

Great story. Black Magic really had some cool stories, and considering the talents of Kirby and Simon, you'd think these books would be worth a lot more, but alas they can still be picked up rather reasonably.