Chamber of Chills #26 – Final Issue / Al Avison Sea-Monster Cover – 3.0 GD/VG (1954)
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Original Issue

Harvey Comics, December 1954

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Condition

3.0 GD/VG Raw

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Actual Copy

Five photos, including indicia and interiors

Chamber of Chills #26 – Final Issue / Al Avison Sea-Monster Cover – 3.0 GD/VG (1954)

£150.00

Chamber of Chills #26 – Final Issue / Al Avison Sea-Monster Cover – 3.0 GD/VG (1954)

An original December 1954 Harvey comic featuring Al Avison's dramatic sea monster bearing down on a crowded raft. This is the final issue under the Chamber of Chills horror title, offered as a raw, ungraded copy with a visual grade estimate of 3.0 GD/VG.

Key Details

  • tag Series / issue Chamber of Chills Magazine #26, Vol. 1
  • storefront Publisher Harvey Comics; indicia publisher Witches Tales, Inc.
  • event Publication date December 1954, as printed on the cover and in the indicia
  • info Printing Original 1954 US Harvey issue, containing reprinted earlier material; not a later I.W./Super Comics edition or modern reproduction
  • info Era / genre Golden Age, pre-Code horror; no Comics Code seal
  • info Original cover price 10¢
  • info Format Raw English-language comic
  • info Condition 3.0 GD/VG, visual estimate

Why It Matters

A closing chapter in Harvey's pre-Code horror run: the numbering continued as Chamber of Clues #27. The Al Avison sea-monster cover is the main visual draw, alongside the final-issue significance.

The contents page lists The Ice Horror, Demons of the Night, The Eight Hands of Ranu and The Captain's Return. The stories range from a frozen prehistoric discovery to supernatural revenge and murderous nursery-rhyme figures. Earlier material is reused: The Eight Hands of Ranu appeared in #9 in 1952. The indicia's 1952 copyright line should not be mistaken for this issue's December 1954 publication date.

Creators

Cover
Al Avison
Editor
Leon Harvey
  • star Interior credits: Catalogued contributors include Al Avison, Tom Hickey, Manny Stallman, John Giunta and Vic Donahue. Unsigned story-level credits should be treated as attributions. Heritage separately attributes the original Eight Hands of Ranu artwork to Mo Marcus; that attribution is not certain.
Writers
Individual script credits have not been reliably established.

Collector Notes

Raw / ungraded. The supplied 3.0 GD/VG grade is a visual estimate. Grading is subjective and no CGC or other third-party grade is guaranteed. Visible wear includes spine and edge wear, creasing, surface rubbing and an ink marking over the “C” in “CHILLS”. Please inspect all five photographs of the actual copy, including the back cover, indicia and interior views; they form part of the description.

Issue identification and credits were checked against the photographed indicia, MyComicShop's issue record, GoCollect and Heritage's original-art record.

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