Mel Keefer’s cover for the 1953 Toby News release Tales of Scary # 8 functions a huge beast rampaging in New york city City.
Tales of Scary # 8 is a book example of the value of the power of a good comics cover. This traditional Pre-Code Scary cover by artist Mel Keefer based upon the function “The Huge Snake” in this problem is the crucial aspect that drives the interest in this title amongst Pre-Code Scary collectors, fitting because specific niche in between scary and the huge beast sci-fi style that will explode throughout this mid-1950s age. An unknown comics with a strangely appealing cover, there’s a Tales of Scary # 8 (Toby Publishing, 1953) Condition: GD/VG up for auction at Heritage Auctions in their 2023 January 29-30 Sunday & & Monday Comic Books Select Auction # 122305.
Keefer is mostly kept in mind as a syndicated cartoon artist, having actually dealt with strips consisting of Perry Mason, Dragnet, Gene Autry, and the long-running gold strip Mac Divot In comics, he dealt with a range of war, western and other titles for publishers consisting of Toby Press, Charlton, Dell, and Marvel. Keefer likewise did work for comic publications Animations and Drag Animations In his story “The Huge Snake,” a power-mad researcher develops a serum efficient in producing huge animals with the intent of utilizing it to develop an army with which to take control of the world. Among those experiments eventually leaves control and rampages in New york city City.
Toby Press was formed by Elliot Caplin, sibling of cartoonist Al Capp Caplin had actually been the editor of Moms and dads’ Insitute’s comics line, that included Real Comics, Calling All Ladies, and University A the time the business was formed, Newsweek defined Toby Press as a joint endeavor in between Capp and his sibling as a vehicle for releasing comics based upon Capp’s Li’l Abner, however the publisher did a lot more than that, eventually releasing over 350 comics 1949-1955. Tales of Scary was released by means of their Minoan Publishing Corp. imprint.
Surprisingly, “The Huge Snake” had actually initially appeared in Tales of Scary # 3 with a really various cover. The publisher would eventually return to the huge beast style on the covers of Tales of Scary consistently. This copy of
Tales of Scary # 8
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