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Tales of Horror #3
Toby Press / Minoan Publishing Corp.
November 1952
Golden Age Pre-Code Horror
Scarce early 1950s pre-Code horror issue featuring the striking “The Devil’s Clock!” cover by Myron Fass and the giant-monster story “The Big Snake!”
Cover Artist: Myron Fass
Cover Pencils: Myron Fass
Cover Inks: Myron Fass
Publisher: Toby Press
Indicia Publisher: Minoan Publishing Corp.
Editor: Elliott Caplin
Cover Date: November 1952
Original Cover Price: 10¢
Original Page Count: 36
Era: Golden Age
Genre: Pre-Code Horror / Suspense
Stories originally published in this issue include:
The Big Snake! - 8 pages - Art by Mel Keefer
The Devil’s Clock - 8 pages - Pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz
The Toy Army - 6 pages - Art by Myron Fass
Trespasser from Beyond - 8 pages - Art by Myron Fass
Prospector Pete - 1 page - Art and script by Art Helfant
The Big Snake features a scientist’s experimental growth serum creating a gigantic, humanly intelligent snake that ultimately terrorizes New York City and climbs the Empire State Building.
CONDITION:
Extremely low-grade structural condition.
Comic is completely detached and consists of loose original sheets/pages and cover housed together in a bag and board. There is no functional binding.
COMPLETENESS HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED AND THIS COPY SHOULD BE ASSUMED INCOMPLETE.
Cover exhibits extensive wear including heavy spine deterioration, tears, creasing, edge wear, paper loss, staining/discoloration and substantial age-related deterioration.
This is being sold primarily as an affordable original 1952 pre-Code horror survivor, reader/filler copy, restoration candidate or collection of original comic pages.
Please examine photos carefully for exact contents and condition.
Sold exactly as pictured
