The Undead Thread: Pre-Code Horror 21 21

[CAP Freak]

This one is cooler:

[zzutak]

Returning from that momentary interruption to the pre-code aspect of this thread, here's a quartet of Atlas beauties from the mid-1950s: Adventures Into Weird Worlds 13 (Edgar Church copy), Marvel Tales 104 and 127 (White Mountain copy), and Spellbound 23. Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

[Jayman]

Great books as always! (thumbs u

Love the MT 104 with the Gateway to Horror and there's something about the way that gargoyle says "I know!" on the 127 that gets me every time I see it!

[rjpb]

Never noticed that WW #13 cover before - Everett just keeps them coming - and even if it had caught my eye in the Gerber guide - I never would have seen the bullet holes in the dead men - the smoking one in the guys chest is a nice touch.

 

I've seen a few Church horror books that appear to be midgrade, are there highgrade examples of Church PCH? - I'm sure there must be. And was he as much of a completist in the early 50s as he had been during the 1940s?

[zzutak]

I first met Chuck at an ultra-small and very poorly attended convention in Sacramento in the late 1970s. I spent a few hours looking through the collection (which was still not being promoted as anything special). Conditions on the 1950s stuff was quite mixed relative to the GA issues (although all the books had bright cover colors and beautiful white pages). For example, the Adventures Into Weird Worlds run looks like Mr. Church picked it up second hand. However, the Adventures Into Terror and Astonishing runs are absolute smokers.

 

 

[johnenock]

Here's a MH...

 

Only one staple(is this standard for this issue? undisclosed by Heritage, btw), otherwise in the F/VF range but obviously not the 9.0 plus books we're used to seeing from the collection:

 

[Bonds25]

Returning from that momentary interruption to the pre-code aspect of this thread, here's a quartet of Atlas beauties from the mid-1950s: Adventures Into Weird Worlds 13 (Edgar Church copy), Marvel Tales 104 and 127 (White Mountain copy), and Spellbound 23. Enjoy!

 

 

Awesome, awesome, awesome, and awesome! (thumbs u

[Wrightson fan]

You guys know what this bad mutha is.

 

Scott

 

 

[TheWatcher]

(worship)

[Kamandi]

I just discovered this cover the other day and....jeez, is it grisly.

I'm sure you've all seen it before, but I wanted to share how freaky this image is to me.

Btw, is this considered a 'headlight's cover?

[Jayman]

Double headlight & headless cover! (thumbs u

[TheWatcher]

It's considred an very hard to find cover

[TheShadowKnows]

Returning from that momentary interruption to the pre-code aspect of this thread, here's a quartet of Atlas beauties from the mid-1950s: Adventures Into Weird Worlds 13 (Edgar Church copy), Marvel Tales 104 and 127 (White Mountain copy), and Spellbound 23. Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

That Heath cover on the 104 is AWESOME.All the rest are nice but that one really caught my eye.

Dennis

[TheShadowKnows]

Returning from that momentary interruption to the pre-code aspect of this thread, here's a quartet of Atlas beauties from the mid-1950s: Adventures Into Weird Worlds 13 (Edgar Church copy), Marvel Tales 104 and 127 (White Mountain copy), and Spellbound 23. Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

That Heath cover on the 104 is AWESOME.All the rest are nice but that one really caught my eye.

Dennis

You guys know what this bad mutha is.

 

Scott

 

 

WOW these are tuff in anything above fine let alone a 8.5.Very nice.

Dennis

[adamstrange]

The Vampire Maker story in this issue is by Carmine Infantino. There's actually a sequel to that story in Adv Into WW 15 by Tuska that is quite good as well.

 

[Bonds25]

Wasn't sure if I was supposed to post this here, or in the thread that's pinned at the top, so I decided on both

 

 

 

[Kamandi]

 

I'm a 'late bloomer' to appreciating Russ Heath's artwork. The man was quite good!

This cover is no exception.

 

 

[adamstrange]

Wasn't sure if I was supposed to post this here, or in the thread that's pinned at the top, so I decided on both

 

 

 

Sweet. And it's full of horrific pre-code violence inside!

[zzutak]

A few good nightmares, in celebration of the scariest month of the year: Adventures Into Terror 14 (Edgar Church copy), Adventures Into Weird Worlds 26 (Petaluma copy), Journey Into Unknown Worlds 27 (River City copy), and Strange Tales 19 (Aurora copy). Beware the Ides of October!

 

 

 

 

[CAP Freak]

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