Pocket Chiller Library   Top Sellers   c1974

Four editions of the notoriously dark comic book published by Thorpe & Porter / Top Sellers. Printed in Spain and believed to use original artwork by Spanish and Italian artists.

Issues all in sound and very readable condition, generally FN or VG-FN, with a little edge wear and light toning to interior pages and edges, consistent with age and paper quality used. No spine damage. Additional faults noted below.

#76 Tomb of the Vampire - The identity of the vampire was soon on everyone's lips...

Small dent top left corner, but no loss.

#78 Immortal Armour - Dismember it... that's what we must try to do...

Small crease bottom right corner.

#81 Execution of Sinners - They did not deserve a sacred altar...

Issues between 79 and 85, which have never been reprinted, feature perhaps the most extreme imagery in the series. #81 goes as far as including both female nudity and some particularly violent scenes.

This copy is perhaps VG(-). Cover has a small corner crease top right. Right edge stress/turn-in to cover, and general stresses around the bottom right corner throughout.  Light staining to rear cover, the outer edges of inside covers and many pages; corresponding darkening to edge of page block. But still a great reading copy!!

#87 Gibbet of the Damned - The staring eyes of death - the fearful horror of that mangled throat...

Vertical stresses around spine. Light vertical stress (which follows through to the last few pages) and a little rubbing/marking to rear cover.

Note I am not an experienced grader so please take my grades as indicative. Please examine all photos and ask for more detail if required.

66 or 68 pages including soft covers. 168 x 120mm.