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| Hmmmm, I can find nothing on google on "Howard reis" sculptor LOL! |
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| The idea of chewing gum to lose weight is more fantastic than any of the stories in this book LOL! |
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| Publication | November 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Doomsmoke (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Pipe collector Ira Krim is fascinated by a skull-shaped pipe in a curio shop. Despite all warnings, he is compelled to own the pipe, even if it means his doom. |
| Credits | Pencils: Ken Rice | Inks: Ken Rice | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Ira Krim; Madame Grazza; Arleen |
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| Comic Story | True Tales of the Supernatural #57: The Pipes of Pan (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "The pipes of Pan, the flute-like instrument used by the legendary half-man, half-beast Pan, to lure mortals to Hades, figured in a most outstanding event which took place in London in 1893..."
A young sculptor endeavors to create a statue of Pan, who in mythology, is to have lured mortals to Hades by the hypnotic power of his pipes. Before the sculture is complete, the sculptor receives a strange visitor. |
| Featuring | True Tales of the Supernatural |
| Credits | Pencils: Sy Grudko | Inks: Sy Grudko | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Legend of the Long 3rd Finger (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | With his terrible first marriage behind him, a man starts a life with a new family. He is called to the deathbed of his first wife, who lets the man know that his first-born was born with a long 3rd finger, a sure sign that he is cursed to be a werewolf. Years later, the first-born returns, his curse fulfilled, intent on claiming his inheritance. |
| Credits | Pencils: Louis Zansky | Inks: Louis Zansky |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | True Tales of the Supernatural #58: The Orchards of Hof (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "The citizens of the village of Hof in Bavaria were plagued by mysterious disappearances of villagers from the neighborhood..."
An orchard-keeper is caught burying bodies in the Bavarian village of Hof. The trees don't take kindly to the removal of the bodies. |
| Featuring | True Tales of the Supernatural |
| Credits | Pencils: Sy Grudko | Inks: Sy Grudko | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Candles for the Undead (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A down-and-out candle maker is desperate, and cannot buy animal fat to make more product. After his fiancee leaves him, he becomes desperate, and resorts to digging graves to steal the bodies for making his wares. This, of course, comes with consequences. |
| Credits | Pencils: Jim McLaughlin | Inks: Jim McLaughlin | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Text Story | The Bride of Jan Malthek (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Carpathia 1853: The glass blower Jan Malthek discovers that his wife Sofia is a werewolf. He learns about magic, shrinks her to the size of a figurine and keeps her enshrined in a bowl of glass. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Face in the Fog (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | An Army officer is trying to fly home to be with his wife for the birth of their first baby. He is stuck at an airfield, fog-bound, when the news reaches him that the flight on which he was booked has crashed en route to the air field, killing all aboard. Later, a mysterious stranger arrives and volunteers to fly the officer to his wife. The officer is later shocked to learn the identity of his benefactor. |
| Credits | Pencils: Martin “Marty” Rose (signed) | Inks: Martin “Marty” Rose (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy |
| Notes | Signature hidden on barrel in splash. |
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