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JOURNEY INTO UNKNOWN WORLDS Nos. 9, 13 and 15 * Lot of Three Comic Books Publisher: Atlas [Indicia: Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc.] Date Published: February 1952-February 1953 Description: #9: VG+ (4.5). Light wear with small paper losses to spine ends, a few small edge nicks (one of which has tiny dogear), curiously astringent whiff to pages. Cream pages, edges light tan. GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 2.5 sold for $155 in 4/23; a 5.5 sold for $240 in 8/21. #13: G/VG (3.0). Slight Resto. Spine stress, bottom spine nicked, corner creases, a few small nicks to right edge of front cover with SMALL COLOR TOUCHES, a few small scuffs and soil spots to back cover; tear and large chip to gutter of one page, two pages stuck together at spine with some kind of residue. GPAnalysis: No reported Restored sales in this grade. A Universal 3.0 sold for $127 in 3/23. #15: Fine- (5.5). Light spine stress, bottom corner of front cover nicked, tiny crease to top corner, top staples very slightly pulled, some rust specks to staples, super tiny chip to bottom edge of front cover. White to off-white pages. With former CGC label included (6.0, white pages). GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 6.0 sold for $143 in 5/07. Covers and art: Sol Brodsky, Bill Everett, Carl Burgos, Mike Sekowsky, Allen Bellman, Werner Roth, Pete Morisi, Joe Sinnott Carmine Infantino Jack Keller, Manny Stallman, Ed Robbins, Tony DiPreta, Jack Keller, Joe Maneely, Basil Wolverton. Giant eyeball beams dessert recipe to spaceship captain in the WTF panel of the century ("Why, it's my mother's secret recipe for angel-cake! But she's been dead for twenty years!"). Underworld rats bust caps with submachine gats, stacking corpses like cordwood with a rat-a-tat-tat — pure panelological poetry. Earthman morphs into Martian à la Bradbury's "Million-Year Picnic." Plus: Cute blonde crushed by car; "hot" babe burned at stake; creep turns into crustacean in weird Wolverton yarn. 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#: 357048 Headline: JOURNEY INTO UNKNOWN WORLDS #s 9, 13 & 15 * Lot of 3 Comics * Wolver-ton o' Fun