Question about All-Pictures Adventures Magazine #2 0

[telerites]

I have a copy of All-Pictures Adventures Magazine #2.  I couldn't find much information on GCD since it has not been indexed.  There are only three on the census and I found raw sale on HA in 2006.  The HA listing description states: 

"All Picture Adventure Magazine #2 (St. John, 1952) Condition: Apparent VG/FN. Contains three St. John comics rebound -- one is an unknown issue of Authentic Police Cases, and the other two are indeterminate horror comics. Artists include Matt Baker, Don Perlin, and Paul Gattuso. Lingerie and bondage panels inside."

My copy has the following three issues rebound 

Weird Horrors #2

https://www.comics.org/issue/223257/

 

Atom-Age Combat #1

https://www.comics.org/issue/174254/#1030870

 

Authentic Police Cases #16

https://www.comics.org/issue/174293/#742173

 

So it has the artists HA mentions - Matt Baker, Don Perlin, And Paul Gattuso.

 

• Two questions if anyone knows - do the contents vary or are these three books the ones always rebound for this issue?
• I assume mine has glue on the spine from a previous owner but curious since it is rebound, could it be manufacturing (pics below)?

 

Thanks

 

Edited December 18, 2021 by telerites

[fifties]

I have that book as well, and mine also not only has a glued spine, but two sets of staples; one set on the original and now coverless copy, and a heavier duty staple in order to bind the books all together.  I'm guessing that they simply used whatever remaindered copies, sans the 3/4 covers, they had available.

The contents of mine are; Weird Horrors 1, Strange Terrors 1, & Authentic Police Cases 18.

[telerites]

On 12/18/2021 at 4:19 PM, fifties said:

I have that book as well, and mine also not only has a glued spine, but two sets of staples; one set on the original and now coverless copy, and a heavier duty staple in order to bind the books all together.  I'm guessing that they simply used whatever remaindered copies, sans the 3/4 covers, they had available.

The contents of mine are; Weird Horrors 1, Strange Terrors 1, & Authentic Police Cases 18.

 

Thanks so much. 

So one different book and two the same.  I can't see any staples on mine unless they hidden under the glue.  Are you the gluing is manufacturing then and not post production?

[fifties]

On 12/18/2021 at 2:25 PM, telerites said:

Thanks so much. 

So one different book and two the same.  I can't see any staples on mine unless they hidden under the glue.  Are you the gluing is manufacturing then and not post production?

My guess would be that the three content books were stapled together with heavier than the normal staples used on comic books, and then the cover was glued on, at the spine.  Mine has the cover attached only at the spine, and reveals the staples on the first page.

[Robot Man]

Here is my copy. It also has an extra set of staples and a glued on cover. It contains:

Strange Terrors #1

Weird Horrors #2

Authentic Police Cases #18

Edited December 19, 2021 by Robot Man

[Hap Hazard]

Here's mine, I believe my copy has the same interior as Robot Man's. Will have to verify.

[Hap Hazard]

Same books as Fifties.

On 12/19/2021 at 8:45 PM, Hap Hazard said:

Here's mine, I believe my copy has the same interior as Robot Man's. Will have to verify.

Same interior as Fifties.

[MB1952]

I sold my copy not long ago on bay, low grade. Issue #1 harder to find. 

[telerites]

On 12/20/2021 at 8:01 PM, MB1952 said:

I sold my copy not long ago on bay, low grade. Issue #1 harder to find. 

Do you mind telling me what it sold for and was it as low grade as my copy? 

[IngelsFan]

Is that supposed to be a Christmas ornament that they are trapped in?

[telerites]

On 12/21/2021 at 4:27 PM, IngelsFan said:

Is that supposed to be a Christmas ornament that they are trapped in?

I think it is a diving bell.

[MB1952]

On 12/21/2021 at 12:37 PM, telerites said:

Do you mind telling me what it sold for and was it as low grade as my copy? 

I save this pictures from IG. Sold 2019 for less $100. Hunting for All-Pictures Adventure #1 came cross my copy. 
 

 

[telerites]

On 12/22/2021 at 10:15 AM, MB1952 said:

I save this pictures from IG. Sold 2019 for less $100. Hunting for All-Pictures Adventure #1 came cross my copy. 

Thanks so much.  

[zzutak]

The remaindered books were stripped of their original covers and then stapled together.  Then, the new 100-page square-bound cover was attached via glue placed along the spine (aka "perfect binding").  Here's a shot of two coverless St. John 100-pagers.  Note the glue residue along the spine.

[RareHighGrade]

On 12/22/2021 at 5:36 AM, telerites said:

I think it is a diving bell.

I'm pretty sure it's a Christmas ornament based on the way the humans are dressed and the fact that it appears the scene takes place in a room indoors.  But until now, I never noticed the setting.  It's an apt one for this time of year.  [I need a Santa emoji to post here]

[Robot Man]

On 12/20/2021 at 6:01 PM, MB1952 said:

I sold my copy not long ago on bay, low grade. Issue #1 harder to find. 

 

[MB1952]

On 12/22/2021 at 3:50 PM, Robot Man said:

 

Yep lovely cover by the great Matt Baker. 

[Point Five]

On 12/22/2021 at 7:15 PM, MB1952 said:

Yep lovely cover by the great Matt Baker. 

Cool; never seen it before!

 

[Cat-Man_America]

On 12/22/2021 at 4:45 PM, RareHighGrade said:

I'm pretty sure it's a Christmas ornament based on the way the humans are dressed and the fact that it appears the scene takes place in a room indoors.  But until now, I never noticed the setting.  It's an apt one for this time of year.  [I need a Santa emoji to post here]

Interesting.  I don't believe this is a diving bell or Christmas ornament based on close examination.  As a November comic it was probably sold a month or two before the cover date, so the target demographic probably wasn't Santa's elves.  This "chamber of horrors" appears to be inside a laboratory as cradled test tubes are viewable through the globe and next to it.  The creature holding this container doesn't appear to be human.  The victims seem miniaturized and trapped inside this object with no oxygen available.  

It's certainly a compelling piece of artwork that invites more questions than it resolves.  

Edited December 23, 2021 by Cat-Man_America

[telerites]

On 12/22/2021 at 4:45 PM, RareHighGrade said:

I'm pretty sure it's a Christmas ornament based on the way the humans are dressed and the fact that it appears the scene takes place in a room indoors.  But until now, I never noticed the setting.  It's an apt one for this time of year.  [I need a Santa emoji to post here]

I see it now.  I saw the guy clutching his throat (like gasping for air) and my mind (what little there is left) went to a diving bell.  

@IngelsFan Christmas ornament it is.