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Section 2: Pre-Code Horror from Various Publishers ADVENTURES INTO DARKNESS No. 9 Publisher: Standard [Indicia: Visual Editions, Inc.] Date Published: April 1953 Description: GPAnalysis: Fine- (5.5). Off-white to white pages. Cover: Unknown. Art: Alex Toth Rafael Astorita, Mike Sekowski, Nick Cardy. Classic werewolf cover. GPAnalysis: A 5.5 sold for $500 in 8/19. "One of the best Alex Toth efforts to appear in Standard horror, 'The Hands of Don José' can be found in Adventures Into Darkness #9." — George Suarez, Tales To Terrible To Tell #7. NEC: 1992-93, p. 36. As pre-Code poobah Suarez says, Toth's terror tale is tops. But the real prize in this ish is Mike Sekowsky's demented "Flowers on Deborah's Grave," in which a bitter, man-hungry hag feeds her cute rival's corpse to domesticated crawdads. "In the grotesque 'Flowers on Deborah's Grave'.... a witch-like old woman named Annie.... savagely jealous of her rival, not even caring that she's dead.... opens a hole in the grave and allows crawfish to enter it and feast on the corpse." — William Schoell, The Horror Comics: Fiends, Freaks and Fantastic Creatures, 1940s-1980s. McFarland: 2014, pp. 108-109. A limited edition of ten hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a few dozen softcovers. Fun reference, great keepsake, fully illustrated, chockablock with obscure facts, gags, bon mots. Softcovers are $40, deluxe hardcovers with dust jackets and limitation plates are $200. These books always go fast so don't delay. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com. Consignments welcome for PBA's Fall 2023 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Find out why PBA is the new fan-fave of funnybook fiends. "This is some of the best commentary I've yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books... Priceless." — R. Crumb. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com. Coming soon: The DC Universe Collection, featuring over 40,000 comics, comprising every comic book published by DC for retail sale between 1934 and 2014. Contact ivan@pbagalleries.com to get on the notifications list. Item#: 352205 Headline: ADVENTURES INTO DARKNESS #9 * CGC 5.5 * Classic TOTH Story * Crawdads of DOOM