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CGC certified VG+ (4.5). Off-white to white pages. Bernard Baily cover. Sal Trapani art. Bruce Hamilton story. Basil Wolverton story (reprinted from Weird Mysteries #4).

"Horror leers out from every page of this wild mag. Fantastic bondage and blood drainage cover, nothing short of bizarre." -EC, MAD and Pre-Code HORROR Comics of the 1950s. [Green Apple: 1997].

Publisher Stanley Morse, the Ed Wood of pre-Code horror, is up to his usual tricks in this schlocky classic (published under Morse's "Key Publications" imprint, rather than Gilmor, for byzantine reasons that may or may not include dodging creditors and the IRS). Bestiality overtones (woman marries ape). A woman and her lover try to gaslight her husband into madness. Man tries to kill his lover's hubby, destroys universe by accident (oops).  

CGC census: Five 4.5 copies. Comparable CGC sales: 4.5: $1320 (Nov. 2018); 3.5: $1195 (Nov. 2019). Few recent sales.

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