vaultkeeper Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 A recent and unexpected cool addition to my spider web cover collection. A book I was unfamiliar with till our own Pat Calhoun posted a copy that caught my eye. I immediately searched and found one for sale. a Fox book from 1950 that contains the book length story "The Black Tarantula" that was retitled and reprinted in Startling Terror Tales #11 as "The Ghost Spider of Death!!". I never knew the STT 11 story was a reprint till now. Entertaining story and some great art and a splash posted below... Great cover! It also fits into your top hat cover collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Great cover! It also fits into your top hat cover collection. What do you mean by that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaultkeeper Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Great cover! It also fits into your top hat cover collection. What do you mean by that? Just talking off the top of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Smokin book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayman Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Smokin book +1, great line work on that cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 (edited) This one was very hard to find in nice shape. And i thought this copy was pretty decent Edited December 2, 2016 by comicjack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hap Hazard Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Here's a couple of pre-code pickups in a different vein Bob Hope 1 and Scribbly 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamstrange Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 It's hard to resist a "girl in test tube" cover. Spokane copy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Spokane copies are so nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinky Lee Zepplin Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Just picked this one up, not 100% it's pre-code. Going to have to research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldust40 Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Just picked this one up, not 100% it's pre-code. Going to have to research. Beware 9, from May 1954 (if in doubt, there's always the rather awesome Grand Comics Database). It's pre-code all right. The absence of a certain Comics Code Authority stamp in the top right corner also confirms that. Plus the mention of a vampire, a skeleton driver, the words "weird" and "eerie" on the cover, etc. all definitely verboten post-code (well, until the early 1970s at least). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinky Lee Zepplin Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Just picked this one up, not 100% it's pre-code. Going to have to research. Beware 9, from May 1954 (if in doubt, there's always the rather awesome Grand Comics Database). It's pre-code all right. The absence of a certain Comics Code Authority stamp in the top right corner also confirms that. Plus the mention of a vampire, a skeleton driver, the words "weird" and "eerie" on the cover, etc. all definitely verboten post-code (well, until the early 1970s at least). Thank you. I bought it with no research outside of looking at the cover and thinking it looked pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldust40 Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Just picked this one up, not 100% it's pre-code. Going to have to research. Beware 9, from May 1954 (if in doubt, there's always the rather awesome Grand Comics Database). It's pre-code all right. The absence of a certain Comics Code Authority stamp in the top right corner also confirms that. Plus the mention of a vampire, a skeleton driver, the words "weird" and "eerie" on the cover, etc. all definitely verboten post-code (well, until the early 1970s at least). Thank you. I bought it with no research outside of looking at the cover and thinking it looked pretty cool. It's a pretty good title, and no serious PCH collector would ignore this series (and the Youthful run of three issues). I have the complete set, and I'd rate at least a third of the books as classics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IngelsFan Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Just picked this one up, not 100% it's pre-code. Going to have to research. Love it! I'm about halfway thru putting this run together, and so far all of the issues have great content and most of the covers are cool too, this one included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Beware is a GREAT series with lots of good stuff in them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 I added a few more Astonishing covers to my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Yeah, another great run of pre-code Atlas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 The 30 is my fav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 I love #6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
