Witches Tales #7 – Pre-Code Monster Cover – 2.5 GD+ (1952)

Witches Tales #7 – Pre-Code Monster Cover – 2.5 GD+ (1952) An original January 1952 Harvey Comics horror anthology, with a colourful cover showing a group of grotesque creatures menacing a woman among ruined stonework. Witches Tales #7 brings together four supernatural tales from the Golden Age, presented here as a raw, ungraded copy estimated at 2.5 GD+. Key Details Series: Witches Tales Issue: #7 Publisher: Harvey Comics Indicia Publisher: Witches Tales, Inc. Publication Date: January 1952 Printing: Original 1952 US printing Era: Golden Age / Pre-Code Cover Price: 10¢ Cover Artist: Al Avison (attributed; unconfirmed) Editor: Leon Harvey Stories: Invitation to Doom!; Screaming City; Curse of the Statue; League of the Damned Condition: 2.5 GD+ (Raw) Format: Raw Comic Language: English Why It Matters This is an original pre-Code Harvey issue, published before the Comics Code era, rather than a later I.W./Super Comics reprint. Its monster-filled cover and four horror stories make it an appealing example of Harvey's early-1950s supernatural comics. The photographed contents page identifies Invitation to Doom!, Screaming City, Curse of the Statue and League of the Damned. The supplied interior photographs also show Strange Superstitions and the text features Six Chances to Live!, The Blood Plant! and Ghost Doctor! Creators The cover has been attributed to Al Avison, but this attribution is not conclusively verified and is not presented as a definitive credit. Indexed artistic contributors include Bob Powell, John Giunta, Vic Donahue, Rudy Palais, Howard Nostrand and Manny Stallman; Leon Harvey is listed as editor. Individual script credits have not been reliably established. Collector Notes The photographed indicia identifies Witches Tales, January 1952, Vol. 1, No. 7, published by Witches Tales, Inc. The 1951 copyright line does not change the January 1952 issue date. This is a raw, ungraded comic. The supplied 2.5 GD+ (Good Plus) grade is a visual estimate only. Grading is subjective; no professional or future CGC grade is guaranteed. Visible wear includes cover rubbing, creasing and edge wear, with a small tear at the lower edge of the back cover. Please inspect all five photographs: they show the actual copy being sold and form part of the description. ShippingShipped securely by Redsters Comics using collector-focused packaging, with care taken to protect this Golden Age comic in transit.

Witches Tales #7 – Pre-Code Monster Cover – 2.5 GD+ (1952)

An original January 1952 Harvey Comics horror anthology, with a colourful cover showing a group of grotesque creatures menacing a woman among ruined stonework. Witches Tales #7 brings together four supernatural tales from the Golden Age, presented here as a raw, ungraded copy estimated at 2.5 GD+.

Key Details

Series: Witches Tales
Issue: #7
Publisher: Harvey Comics
Indicia Publisher: Witches Tales, Inc.
Publication Date: January 1952
Printing: Original 1952 US printing
Era: Golden Age / Pre-Code
Cover Price: 10¢
Cover Artist: Al Avison (attributed; unconfirmed)
Editor: Leon Harvey
Stories: Invitation to Doom!; Screaming City; Curse of the Statue; League of the Damned
Condition: 2.5 GD+ (Raw)
Format: Raw Comic
Language: English

Why It Matters

This is an original pre-Code Harvey issue, published before the Comics Code era, rather than a later I.W./Super Comics reprint. Its monster-filled cover and four horror stories make it an appealing example of Harvey's early-1950s supernatural comics.

The photographed contents page identifies Invitation to Doom!, Screaming City, Curse of the Statue and League of the Damned. The supplied interior photographs also show Strange Superstitions and the text features Six Chances to Live!, The Blood Plant! and Ghost Doctor!

Creators

The cover has been attributed to Al Avison, but this attribution is not conclusively verified and is not presented as a definitive credit. Indexed artistic contributors include Bob Powell, John Giunta, Vic Donahue, Rudy Palais, Howard Nostrand and Manny Stallman; Leon Harvey is listed as editor. Individual script credits have not been reliably established.

Collector Notes

The photographed indicia identifies Witches Tales, January 1952, Vol. 1, No. 7, published by Witches Tales, Inc. The 1951 copyright line does not change the January 1952 issue date.

This is a raw, ungraded comic. The supplied 2.5 GD+ (Good Plus) grade is a visual estimate only. Grading is subjective; no professional or future CGC grade is guaranteed. Visible wear includes cover rubbing, creasing and edge wear, with a small tear at the lower edge of the back cover. Please inspect all five photographs: they show the actual copy being sold and form part of the description.