Early Pre-Code: Crime Mysteries! 

This Auction Includes:
LOT OF 1 VINTAGE COMIC BOOK: CRIME MYSTERIES #11 CGC 5.0 With Cream To Off-White Pages, From Late 1953 As The January, 1954, Monthly Crime And Terror Comic By Ribage Publishing Corp/Trojan Comics. This Scarce Horror/Crime/Shock Comic Has A Gripping Good Girl Art Cover That Appears To Show A Shapely Young Brunette Victim About To Fall Prey To The Maniacal Strangler.  Crime Mysteries Was One Of The Earliest Titles That Fused The Most Lurid Genres, To Attract Readers Looking For Crime OR Horror Comics; A Technique Which Eventually Became Common In Other Titles Such As Crime SuspenStories, Fight Against Crime, Shock Suspense, And Shocking Mystery Cases.  This Series Is Listed In The Overstreet Guide For The "Crime And Terror Stories" It Contains.  This Uncommon Issue Is Scarcer Many Of The Famous Horror Classics Yet It Continues To Remain A Sleeper As Many Fans Haven't Yet Learned About It And Many If Not Most Dealers Have Never Handled A Copy. Inside It Features Exciting Salacious Tales Including The Gruesome Lead Story By Art Gates, "Cash For A Corpse", Which Is Followed By The Cover Story, "The Strangler".  The Masterful A.C. Hollingsworth Drew "Murder, And You Die", While The Morbid "Dance Of The Devil" Is By The Respected Prolific Henry Kiefer.  While Other Sellers May Offer Repro Copies And Photocopy Editions, This Is A Bona Fide Unrestored First Print From Late 1953.  

Don't Take This Chance To Score A Well-Preserved Copy Lightly, Or You May End Up Settling For A Humiliating Replica Facsimile Instead.  
 
THIS ANTIQUE COMIC-BOOK HAD AN ORIGINAL PRICE OF TEN CENTS.
 
 The Crime, Shock, Occult, And Mystery Themes Never Go Out Of Style!
 
This hails from a dark, dry, pet-free, climate-controlled environment.  Although it's already seventy years old it retains an impressive amount of luster along with bold colors.
  
MATERIAL LIKE THIS SPOTLIGHTING ICONIC THEMES OF CINEMA, TELEVISION, POP CULTURE AND LITERATURE NEVER LOSES APPEAL.
 
   This will be carefully packaged very thoroughly to ensure safe delivery.
 
SCARCE HEADLIGHTS & GGA STRANGULATION COVER COMIC. 
 
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