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| Interesting that they would be advertising girdles in 1953. Maybe more women read comic books back then. |
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| The lead story is so good & the great art makes it even more delirious. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | July 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Credits | Pencils: George Rousous? | Inks: George Rousous? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Corpse That Came to Dinner (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A young couple returns from their honeymoon. They learn that a friend has committed suicide, because he had wanted to marry the girl. The friend's corpse climbs out of his grave and lays siege to the couple's apartment. |
| Credits | Pencils: Reed Crandall [as C] (signed) | Inks: Mike Peppe [as P] (signed) | Job #: B-1645 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Human Hyena of Pirra |
| Synopsis | Hunter shoots a were-hyena in Northern Africa. |
| Credits | Inks: George Roussos? | Job #: B-1659 |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Horror-suspense |
| Notes | top half of page is an ad for Slinky toy with art by the Double Bubble Fleer artist.
Art id by Ger Apeldoorn. |
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| Comic Story | The Horror of Candle Lodge (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ghost of US-American freedom fighter slays the descendants of British soldiers who lured him into a trap. |
| Credits | Pencils: Nick Cardy | Inks: Nick Cardy | Job #: B-1642 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Battle of Edge Hill |
| Synopsis | Eye-witnesses confirm the "fata morgana" of a ghost battle in the sky. |
| Credits | Job #: B-1630 |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Horror-suspense |
| Notes | top half of page is an ad for Funman prize company |
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| Comic Story | Till Death Do Us Part (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Charles finds out that her sister's husband is keeping him from his inheritance by pretending the sister still to be alive. She died some time ago and is paraded through town as a veiled mummy. |
| Credits | Pencils: Nick Cardy | Inks: Nick Cardy? | Job #: B-1622 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Art credits from discussion on GCD-main (April 12, 2011). |
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| Text Story | High Hung the Witch (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Barkham in New England. Cob Hathorne, descendant of a witch hunter, comes to visit and is killed by a surviving witch who stayed young through the centuries. |
| Credits | Script: John Marvin | Pencils: John Celardo? (illustrations) | Inks: John Celardo? (illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Comic Story | Gunnvor the Sorceress (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Account of Icelandic saga about madwoman Gunnvor, who could not be killed and haunted her people in many different shapes. |
| Credits | Pencils: Ralph Mayo (signed) | Inks: Ralph Mayo (signed) | Job #: B-1639 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Hanged by the Neck (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The magician El Rondo grows jealous of his assistant and hangs him on stage (during a magic routine). Haunted by the man's ghost, El Rondo meets his fate getting paid back in kind. |
| Credits | Pencils: Reed Crandall | Inks: Reed Crandall | Job #: B-1640 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Spanish Steed (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Wanting to tame a legendary gray stallion, a sportsman is suddenly faced with a centaur. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Mort Meskin (pencils) and George Roussos (inks) first suggested by Ger Apeldoorn. Roussos (pencil and inks) per Dick Limacher and Steven Brouwer. |
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