Rare Pre-Code Comic: Mystery Tales! 

This Auction Includes:
LOT OF 1 VINTAGE COMIC BOOK: MYSTERY TALES #21 CGC 5.0 With Cream To Off-White Pages, From Atlas Comics In The Summer Of 1954 With The Gruesome Decapitation Story; This Is The Vaunted "Blackstone Copy", From A Heralded Golden-Age Collection Sold Via ComicConnect Several Years Ago. This Comic Came Out Years Before The Publisher Became Marvel, (Of Course, Eventually This Publisher Would Become The Most Influential And Beloved Of Them All.) Note A VG/FN Is An Excellent Grade For A Pre-Code Atlas Horror Comic-Book As They Are Scarce Above VG 4.0. It Boasts A Haunting Cover With A Young Man Getting To The 13th Floor And The Bellboy Ushers Him Off Into The Awaiting Flying Bats. This Striking Cover By Harry Anderson Is One Of The More Memorable Horror-Themed Ones In This Cult-Classic Series And This Later Issue Contains An Excellent Mad Scientist Story Titled "It Walks Erect", Which Includes Gory Severed Head Panels, And Half-Human Critters, Making It A Must-Have For Any Zombie, Ghoul, Or Walking Dead Fan. This Book Is Packed With Other Lurid Material Inside As Well, In Stories Such As "Nothing" By The Underrated Tony DiPreta, And "Helen's Hubby" Drawn By Jay Scott Pike. It's Flat, Tight, And Brilliant, With Bone-White Pages.  Mystery Tales Is An Increasingly Popular Long-Running Fifties Horror Title Filled With The Work Of Highly-Collected Artists, Leading In To The Marvel Age Of Comics When It Concluded. This Scarce Late Number Came Out During The Original Horror Craze So It Has The Ubiquitous Salacious Content Including Gore, Witchcraft, Decapitation, Occult, Zombies, Ghosts, Undead Ghouls, Black Magic, Good Girl Art And Explicit Violence.
 
This elusive issue is flat, bold and glossy; This well-preserved Blackstone Copy sure to be an upgrade for most devout fans. Please view all our photos, this is a stunner, and it's a rare opportunity for the Atlas horror investor or devout collector.
 
 
MATERIAL LIKE THIS SPOTLIGHTING ICONIC THEMES OF FILM, PULP FICTION, CINEMA AND LITERATURE NEVER LOSES APPEAL.
 
   This will be carefully packaged very thoroughly to ensure safe delivery.
 
COLLECTOR'S ITEM WALKING DEAD-THEMED PRE-CODE HORROR COMIC WITH PROVENANCE INCLUDED ON AUCTION HOUSE LABEL ON UPPER REVERSE.

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