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L.B. Coles cover for Jay Disbrows Lost World-style feature Morass of Death makes Terrors of the Jungle #4 a 1953 Pre-Code Horror classic.

In Captain Science #7, Captain Science & Luana take on a Vampire Planet that intends to suck the life out of earth, Galactus style.

Before the Guardian and the Newsboy Legion there was Captain Freedom and the newsboy gang called the Young Defenders in Speed Comics.

In which the elusive Liberty Comics #14 gives us a hook into understanding the sometimes murky world of the comic book industry of its era.

Magno the Magnetic Man was the underappreciated star of Ace Periodicals long-running Super-Mystery Comics title, debuting in issue #1 in 1940

Avons Eerie #2 is a fascinating Pre-Code comic book from a historic publisher that features cover and artwork by the legendary Wally Wood.

Strange Mysteries was an obscure Pre-Code Horror title for the American market from Toronto publisher Superior Comics, lasting 1951-1955.

Zombie by Bill Everett debuted in Menace #5 from Marvel/Atlas in 1953, and would return to enter the Marvel Universe 20 years later.

The Marvel/Atlas Venus series ended with a seven-issue run with covers, stories, art and even letters by legendary creator Bill Everett.

Subtitled "Weird and Strange" on covers, Superior Comics "Mysteries" is as obscure as Pre-Code Horror gets -- and with lots of skulls.