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Chilling Tales #16 is one of the best of each worlds in terms of Pre-Code Horror. It is obtained a splendidly creepy cowl, and a few basic horror interiors to match. Whereas we do not know who drew that cowl, the contents right here seem to have been assembled by Adolphe Barreaux‘s Majestic Studio. Barreaux was a longtime affiliate of DC Comics proprietor Harry Donenfeld, and worked with Donenfeld on every part from Police Gazette to his spicy pulp line, which made him a perfect candidate for modifying a Pre-Code Horror title. That mixture of canopy, contents and shortage in something above low grade has made Chilling Tales #16 catch hearth in current occasions, and there is a Chilling Tales #16 (Youthful Magazines, 1953) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white pages up for public sale in Thurday’s 2021 November 4 The Black Cat Collection and Pre-Code Horror Showcase Auction #40183 at Heritage Auctions.
The story content material of Chilling Tales #16 is surprisingly subtle. The lead story (although not the duvet story as is implied right here) is “The Mark of the Beast” by Rudyard Kipling. On this 1890 story, An Englishman in India “is cursed by the bite of a leper priest after he desecrates a Hindu temple. The quick story describes his transformation from a person right into a wolf-like creature.” The second story on this challenge is the primary Edgar Allan Poe ever revealed. “Metzengerstein: A Story in Imitation of the German” was first revealed in Philadelphia’s Saturday Courier journal, in 1832, and is the saga of two rival households and the success of an historic prophecy.
In one of the best PCH custom, Chilling Tales #16 is devilishly tough to get in something above low grade, and this CGC 6.0 copy ties with the very best graded instance that Heritage has ever supplied. All of which suggests there is a uncommon probability to get this PCH basic in good form with the Chilling Tales #16 (Youthful Magazines, 1953) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white pages up for public sale in Thurday’s 2021 November 4 The Black Cat Collection and Pre-Code Horror Showcase Auction #40183 at Heritage Auctions.
Chilling Tales #16 (Youthful Magazines, 1953) CGC FN 6.0 Off-white pages. Adapts “Metzengerstein” by Edgar Allan Poe and “The Mark of the Beast” by Rudyard Kipling. Bondage cowl. Henry Kiefer artwork. Overstreet 2021 FN 6.0 worth = $387. CGC census 9/21: 4 in 6.0, 6 larger.
View the certification for CGC Certification ID 1308421008 and purchase grader’s notes if available.
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