Chilling Tales
Youthful // December 1952 - October 1953
Issue count: 5
Chilling Tales Youthful Magazines // December 1952 - October 1953 Issue count: 5 Some horror and scary tales to keep you awake at night! See what copies that are floating around are selling for by using our online price guide!
Youthful Magazines was a small publisher that knew how to ride the wave of new genres for comics. After the superheroes got a little repetitive, the publishers started exploring different genres, such as teen humor, female heroes, and an audience-favorite: horror stories.
Chilling Tales featured 4 or 5 short horror stories per issue, and when it was first-released, it continued the numbering from Beware - Chilling Tales of Horror, after the Beware franchise was acquired by Trojan Magazines in 1952. The series had already been renamed twice before, and it ran for 17 issues in total.
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Issue #13
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What's Chilling Tales #13 worth in 2024?
The record sale was $3,222 in 2016 for a CGC VF/NM 9.0 grade. An issue graded at FN 6.0 went for $233 in 2013; however, the value of “Chilling Tales #13” (1953) may be increasing as an issue graded at GD+ 2.5 was recently sold for $246.
Why is this comic book valuable?
The first issue of the magazine, featuring art by Matt Fox (Weird Tales, Tales of Suspense), Harry Harrison (Flash Gordon, The Stainless Steel Rat), Vic Carrabotta (Journey into Mystery, Strange Tales), and Vince Napoli (Weird Tales).
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $250 | $525 | $1,100 | $2,300 | $6,200 | $3,225 |
Issue #14
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What's Chilling Tales #14 worth in 2024?
There are very few graded copies of "Chilling Tales #14" (1953); in fact, there are fewer than 20 known copies. The record sale was $5,040 in 2018 for a CGC VF/NM 9.0 grade. A FN+ 6.5 went for $225 in 2015. And, nowadays, a GD- 1.8 sells for $150.
Why is this comic book valuable?
The second issue of the magazine, featuring art by Harry Harrison (Flash Gordon, The Stainless Steel Rat), Bob Baer, and Joe Galotti. It also features a Matt Fox (Weird Tales, Tales of Suspense) cover.
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $150 | $300 | $600 | $2,000 | $6,500 | $5,050 |
Issue #15
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What's Chilling Tales #15 worth in 2024?
The record sale was $305 in 2019 for a CGC Fa/Gd 1.5 grade. The only other graded copy of this magazine sold, a FN/VF 7.0, went for the price of $161 in 2011.
Why is this comic book valuable?
The third issue of the pulp horror magazine, featuring art by Matt Fox (Weird Tales, Tales of Suspense), Harry Harrison (Flash Gordon, The Stainless Steel Rat), Vince Napoli (Weird Tales), Henry Kiefer (Classic Illustrated), and Joe Galotti. Matt Fox did the cover art.
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $300 | $600 | $1,300 | $2,600 | $8,000 | $310 |
Issue #16
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What's Chilling Tales #16 worth in 2024?
The record sale was $1,680 in 2019 for a CGC VG 4.0 grade. A FN 6.0 went for $281 in 2010, then climbed up to $1,076. And, the only GD- 1.8 to have ever sold went for $290 in 2018.
Why is this comic book valuable?
The 1953 issue of the pulp horror magazine features adaptations of Edgar Allen Poe's "Metzengerstein' and Rudyard Kipling's "The Mark of the Beast." Additionally, there are many collectors who desire this issue because of the bondage cover and Henry Kiefer artwork.
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $600 | $1,525 | $2,600 | $5,000 | $12,500 | $1,675 |
Issue #17
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What's Chilling Tales #17 worth in 2024?
Published by Youthful Magazine and Art by Harry Harrison and Steve Kirkel, with Matt Fox on the cover art. A few of these issues have been seen around. It has a VG 4.0 value that equals to $100.00 value in todays world. The highest CGC copy is a FN/VF 7.0 , which ranges a value of $480. An FN 6.0 can sell for a price of $123.
Why is this comic book valuable?
Its rarity is what makes this comic a go-getter and is popular for Matt Foxs strange and oddly disturbing scene-stealing art. It also features a story Doomsday Ship that is adapted from an Edgar Allan Poes MS Found in a Bottle. The highest price found that it sold for is $150.00 back in May 2007 from Old Heritage Auctions.
Price Guide Report
| GD 2.0 | VG 4.0 | FN 6.0 | VF 8.0 | NM 9.4 | RECORD SALE! |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $150 | $500 | $900 | $1,700 | $5,400 | $500 |