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Good+ (2.5). Spine stress, staples pulled, transverse tears to spine and a small chip to back cover near spine (2mm x 3mm), ¼x2" chip to right edge of front cover, name written in elegant cursive with fountain pen in margin of one page. Light tan pages. Professionally cleaned and pressed by Comics In A Flash. Cover: Johnny Craig Plots and scripts: Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein Johnny Craig Art: Johnny Craig Graham Ingels Joe Orlando, Jack Davis Artist's biography: Johnny Craig GPAnalysis: No reported sales in tis grade. A 3.0 sold for $110 in 2018. Graham Ingels' "With All the Trappings," about an old gaffer who can't stand the idea of his wife's corpse being munched by maggots, has been read as a personal statement by publisher and co-plotter Bill Gaines: "Bill Gaines's feelings about the American Way of Death were evidently both very strong and very mixed... 'With All the Trappings' is a powerful story because it captures Gaines's feelings in their totality. Pierre's desire for a metal vault is both loathesome and touching, and the twist ending is at once Pierre's punishment for his vanity and extravagance and a moment of pure, unmitigated horror." — Bill Mason, The Complete Vault of Horror. Russ Cochran, 1982. A deluxe limited edition of 12 hardcover catalogues is available, in addition to a small number of softcovers. 400 lots, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcover $40, deluxe hardcover with dust jacket and limitation plate $200. Eight of the 12 hardcovers are pre-ordered and the rest will go quickly, so reserve yours now. To order, contact [email protected] . Consignments welcome for PBA's Spring 2022 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 comics auctioneers. "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 [email protected] .