Fantastic 8 (#1) CGC 4.0 Skull Face Vampire GGA 1952 laterBeware Chilling Tales

LOT OF 1 VINTAGE COMIC BOOK: FANTASTIC #8 (ACTUALLY #1) CGC 4.0 With Exceptional Off-White To White Pages. KEY FIRST ISSUE, THIS SERIES WOULD QUICKLY BE RE-NAMED "BEWARE", BEFORE BECOMING THE ICONIC "CHILLING TALES", WHICH HAS EVOLVED INTO ONE OF THE MORE SOUGHT-AFTER'SMALL PRESS HORROR TITLES'; BUT THE RECIPE WAS CREATED HERE, NOTE THE SIDEBAR ALONG THE SPINE: "CHILLING TALES OF TERROR", PLUS "THE HAUNTING HORROR" BANNER ACROSS THE TOP! Increasingly Popular Issue Which Boasts A Dynamic Cover With A Scantily-Clad Young Blonde Abducted By A Horrific Skull-Headed Vampire Bat Creature. Perfect Lurid Cover With Headlights And Legs And The Fanged Skull Demon To Promote The Shock And Gore Stories Inside Such As "Isle Of Madness", By The Masterful Harry Harrison Who Probably Also Drew The Great Cheesecake Cover! It Closes With The Memorable "Dinosaur In Grandfather's Barn" Drawn By Henry Kiefer.

This Brilliant Specimen Has The Appearance Of An Even Nicer Copy, The Colors Are Amazing, And With The Bold Unmolested Logo, Free Of Date Stamp Or Other Markings, The Eye Appeal Is Impressive. Fifties Book By Youthful Came Out At The End Of 1951 With A Cover Date Of February Of 1952, And It Must Have Had A Tiny Print-Run As It's Downright Scarce In Any Shape. So Don't Take This Chance To Score A Well-Preserved. Example Lightly Or You Could End Up Settling For A Rugged Filler Copy, Or Worse, A Humiliating Photocopy Facsimile.

The Pre-Code Horror Craze Was Already Kicking-In So It's Got The Ubiquitous Salacious Content Including Gore And/Or Good Girl Art And Graphic Violence, And Supernatural And Science-Fiction Themes. THIS HALCYON EARLY FOUNDATION OF THE UNCOMMON YET CLASSIC HORROR SERIES THAT CHANGED NAMES MORE THAN ONCE IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED BY NOVICE COLLECTORS, BUT. IT PROBABLY WON'T REMAIN AFFORDABLE FOR MUCH LONGER AS MORE GOLDEN-AGE FANS LEARN OF THIS FASCINATING QUIRKY SMALL PRESS TITLE, SO DON'T MISS THIS FLEETING OPPORTUNITY. The Horror And Supernatural Themes Never Go Out Of Style! This hails from a dark, dry, pet-free, climate-controlled environment.

It was a part of my personal horror collection for the past 22 years, and I recently submitted it, not expecting it to only garner VG; My loss is your gain! Although it's about seventy years old, it retains an amazing amount of luster and the eye appeal from the front is incredible! MATERIAL LIKE THIS SPOTLIGHTING ICONIC THEMES OF CINEMA, TELEVISION, POP CULTURE AND LITERATURE NEVER LOSES APPEAL. ELUSIVE KEY PRE-CODE HORROR COMIC.

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The item "Fantastic 8 (#1) CGC 4.0 Skull Face Vampire GGA 1952 laterBeware Chilling Tales" is in sale since Tuesday, October 19, 2021. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Comic Books & Memorabilia\Comics\Comics & Graphic Novels". The seller is "keycomics" and is located in Mesa, Arizona. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Certification Number: 1568581007
• Issue Number: 8
• Series: Original First Series
• Grade: 4.0 Very Good
• Title: Fantastic/Beware/Chilling Tales
• Vintage: Yes
• Publication Year: 1952
• Professional Grader: Certified Guaranty Company (CGC)
• Publisher: Youthful Magazines
• Tradition: US Comics
• Genre: Fantasy & Mystery
• Certification: CGC
• Era: Golden Age (1938-55)
• Scarce Antique Comic Book: Pre-Code Horror, Classic Cover And Story