Cover: Edd Ashe

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Weird Comics #6

Sep 1940 · Fox · 0.10 USD

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In "The Red Shirt Ring," Lex's life hangs in the balance after a winged snake bite, forcing Blast to seek the blood of the mysterious "Unknown Horror" as a cure. Don Rico’s dynamic art brings this eerie, high-stakes quest to life, while Edd Ashe’s cover captures the story’s unsettling tone. A 10-cent comic from 1940, this issue stands as a standout in the early Weird Comics series.

Contains 9 stories

The Red Shirt Ring

8 pp

Pencils ? [as Jerry Arbo]

The Redshirts (villain, introduction, death)The governor (introduction)HansDart [Caius Martius Wheeler]Ace Barlow

The Episode of Prince Ja'afar

8 pp · Fantasy

Prince Ja'afar (introduction)Sorceress of ZoomShiekh AbdulahIshmael (horse)Shiekh KalifahShahzarad

Untitled Humor story

2 pp · Humor

Pencils ? [as Jupiter]

Solar PlexisProf. PottsOrson

The Unknown Horror

8 pp · Science Fiction

Lex (introduction)Bordo (villain, introduction)Blast BennettRed

When Lex is bitten by a winged snake, Blast Bennett is drawn into a desperate mission: to retrieve the blood of the Unknown Horror, a creature said to hold the only cure. With Red at his side and Bordo’s shadowy schemes looming, the hunt for the elusive beast begins in the heart of a forgotten jungle.

The Reducing Formula

6 pp · Science Fiction

Dr. Mortal (villain)Kalak (villain, introduction)MarleneGary Brent

The Rites of Lucifer

8 pp · Fantasy

Pencils ? [as Allen Spectre]

Lucifer (villain, introduction)Voodoo Man (villain)Dr. WarrenPetroPierre

The Tidal Annihilator

8 pp · Adventure

Pencils ? [as Phillips Judge]

Menar (villain, introduction, death)TyphonInaHank

Untitled Non-Fiction story

1 pp · Non-Fiction

Introducing Dynamite Thor

10 pp

Pencils ? [as Wright Lincoln]

Dynamite Thor [Peter Thor] (introduction)Glenda (introduction)Dead John's Gang (villain, introduction)John Holmes

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta

Raw (Good) $265

CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $4,540*

CGC 9.0 none in existence

CGC 8.5 none in existence

CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $1,639

CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $1,445

CGC 7.0 · 1 in census $1,150*

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CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $965*

CGC 6.0 none in existence

CGC 5.5 none in existence

CGC 5.0 none in existence

CGC 4.5 · 2 in census $603

CGC 4.0 none in existence

CGC 3.5 none in existence

CGC 3.0 · 2 in census $391

CGC 2.5 none in existence

CGC 2.0 · 1 in census $302

CGC 1.5 none in existence

CGC 1.0 none in existence

CGC 0.5 · 2 in census $136*

* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade

Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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Full credits

artist, inker Don Rico

cover pencils, inks Edd Ashe

Reprints

Reprinted in Gwandanaland Comics #6 (2016)

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