| Additional Information |
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| Publication | January 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | Tale of Terror |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Advertisement | 50 Cowboys & Indians; 41 Circus Toys (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:?;? (photo) | Inks:?;? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Wild West toy and Circus toy from unamed company at 45 West 45th St, NY, NY, on inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | Tale of Terror (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Satan himself sells a story to a comic book editor and demons threaten the creative staff until the printing plates are destroyed, and the demons along with them. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Satan; Scotty; Georgette; Lou; unnamed editor; demons |
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| Advertisement | Boys, Get That Real R.R. Engineer's Thrill (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Lionel Trains. |
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| Text Story | Behind The Door! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Joan keeps repeating a horrific experience of entering a house with a monster lurking within, unable to tell where a daydream ends and reality begins. |
| Credits | Script: Rosie Ferrero | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Joan |
| Notes | The author is a 14 years old fan of this comic book. |
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| Comic Story | Apollo's Fatal Gloves (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Glen Sanders finds a pair of magic gloves but they are stolen by someone who uses them to murder, until Apollo creates a second pair so Glen can defeat the murderer. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Glen Sanders; Apollo; Ginny; unnamed janitor |
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| Publisher advertisement | It's New... |
| Featuring | Skeleton Hand |
| Notes | House ad for Skeleton Hand comic. |
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| Advertisement | Hurry! Get Your Own Gold Lettered Personalized Wallet! |
| Featuring | Smith Brothers Cough Drops |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Smith Brothers Cough Drops, featuring a Personalized Wallet for $0.35 plus the front of a cough drop box. |
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| Comic Story | The Ghostly Flag-Raising (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Relates that some Army personnel have seen an apparently ghostly recreation of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima on the anniversary of the actual event. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
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| Comic Story | The Hungry Horde (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | After a theft of a large amount of blood plasma, Mark and Martha are called to investigate. They discover the Master Vampire using the plasma to create an army but destroy the army and the Master. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Mark; Martha; Mr. Mason; Master Vampire |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Letters from: Becky Stone; M. Barrows; B. Wagner; Jean Tennaro, with illustration and editorial. |
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| Comic Story | The Skeleton's Secret! (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | To forestall a tough exam, Frank Moore steals a skeleton from a classroom, but the skeleton of the professor's wife has a plan of revenge against her murdering husband. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Elwood Barker; Frank Moore; Len; Stella Barker (as skeleton) |
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| Comic Story | The Evil Eye (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mike escapes from prison and kills an old woman but she has placed a curse on him and he goes mad before he is recaptured. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Mike Benson; Hester |
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| Advertisement | Giant Collection of 100 Games $1 (1 page) |
| Featuring | Seagee Co. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for games, books, and other toys from Seagee Co. on inside back cover. |
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| Advertisement | Announcing the New Daisy Defender (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Ad for Daisy Defender air rifles on back cover. |
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