The stories in Fiction House's 1953 classic Monster 1 center around themes of combining science and the supernatural with terrible results. PreCodeHorror FictionHouse sponsored
, a Fiction House publication from 1953, has one of the more unique covers from this pre-code horror auction that has been going on at Heritage.is responsible for the cover, which features a green monster taking hold of a damsel in distress while also bashing a man to death. It's a representation of the lead story in this issue, a tale set in 1853 London that combines a deal with the devil with a sort of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde situation.
As far as pre-code horror goes, you would be hard-pressed to find a book that is much rarer than this. Ditto for the second issue as well, but this auction is just for the first. Maybe someday you can complete the set, but that is only a possibility if you bid on
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