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Cover: L. B. Cole
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Startling Terror Tales #8

Feb 1954 · Star Publications [1949-1954] · 0.10 USD
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In "The Curse of the Phantom Brigade," General Chavez of the French Foreign Legion finds himself haunted by a vengeful curse after a forbidden love affair with a native woman. Tormented by a relentless sandstorm, he is transformed into a spectral warrior, doomed to join the cursed phantom brigade. Max Elkan’s eerie artwork brings the supernatural dread to life, while L. B. Cole’s cover captures the storm’s terrifying fury.

Contains 4 stories
The Curse of the Phantom Brigade
6 pp · Horror-Suspense
Pencils Max ElkanInks Max Elkan

General Chavez, once a soldier of the French Foreign Legion, finds himself haunted by a curse born of forbidden love and desert wrath. Tormented by a relentless sandstorm and transformed into a spectral figure, he now walks as part of the cursed Phantom Brigade—haunted by the past he can't escape.

Facts About Crime
1 pp · Non-Fiction
Monarch of Murder
9 pp · Crime
Johnny "Socks" Lazia
Career of Terror
10 pp · Crime
Fred BellLefty"Gorilla" Jenkins"Sly Sam" ShortChuck Stryker

ComicBooks.com Value

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Raw (Good) $114
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $527
CGC 7.5 · 2 in census $423*
CGC 7.0 none in existence
CGC 6.5 none in existence
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 · 4 in census $118*
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CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $112*
CGC 4.5 · 5 in census $96*
CGC 4.0 · 3 in census $83*
CGC 3.5 · 1 in census $74*
CGC 3.0 · 7 in census $66*
CGC 2.5 · 2 in census $53*
CGC 2.0 · 1 in census $45*
CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $35*
CGC 1.0 none in existence
CGC 0.5 · 1 in census $23*
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Full credits

artist, inker Max Elkan ?
cover pencils, inks L. B. Cole

Reprints

↩ Reprints Crimes by Women #1 (1948), Murder Incorporated #9A (1949), Murder Incorporated #12 (1949), Crimes by Women #14 (1950)

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