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| The list says this is issue 004, but it is actually o16. |
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| The odd sequencing of these issues is explained in this collections ' description
" (1953 Series A) January 1953 - July 1953 Issues published - 13 [1]-16 [4] Tracking - Continues from Beware (Youthful, 1952 series) #10-12. Continues as Beware (Trojan, 1953b series) #5 onwards. ------- (1953 Series B) September 1953 - May 1955 Issues published - 5-15 ..." |
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| Publication | July 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-Monthly |
| Notes | Redrawn version of Howard Parkhust's cover of Spicy Mystery February 1941, a pulp also published by Trojan. |
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| Cover | The Web of Doom |
| Credits | Pencils: William Zeller | Inks: William Zeller | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Redrawn version of Howard Parkhust's cover of Spicy Mystery February 1941, a pulp also published by Trojan. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Includes story synopsis and credits for writers and artists. |
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| Comic Story | The Web of Doom (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | What were these foul, loathsome creatures that the shipwrecked sailors encountered on a desert isle? Their deadly tentacles stretched way back civilization for their victim. |
| Credits | Script: Martin Smith | Pencils: Harry Harrison | Inks: Harry Harrison | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | None of the chracters are named. Synopsis taken from contents page. |
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| Advertisement | Do you want Spending Money? (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Advertisement to sell religious mottoes on behalf of Stephen's Credit Sales. |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Located within the Web of Doom between pages 6 & 7. |
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| Advertisement | Invisible Helmet (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Advertisement for Tom Corbett space helmet. |
| Credits | Pencils: . | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | The Mummy's Bride (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Woe be to him who deprives an ancient pharaoh of his mate! Only a live girl, shivering in terror, will placate the wrath still churning in the mouldering bones. |
| Credits | Script: Jesse Merlan | Pencils: Albert Tyler (signed) | Inks: Albert Tyler (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Professed Bond; Nancy Bond; Ak-Ahmen (mummy) |
| Notes | Art was formerly attributed to the writer Jesse Merlan. Contents page credits Albert Tyler. Synopsis taken from contents page. |
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| Comic Story | Kill No More (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The hunter becomes the hunted when Eric Lestrang, with a million dollar prize in site, embarks on the trail of the most terrible of living creatures--the fabulous Blue Gorilla. |
| Credits | Script: Richard Kahn | Pencils: A. C. Hollingsworth | Inks: A. C. Hollingsworth |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Eric Lestrang; Victor Cielo; Blue Gorilla |
| Notes | Synopsis taken from contents page. |
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| Advertisement | Weight reducing chewing gum (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Advertisement for weight reduction chewing gum. |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
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| Text Story | Eyes of the Dead (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The gift of sight to a blind man becomes a nightmare of horror when the eyes of an electrocuted criminal are grafted on an he gazes with fear into the World Beyond! |
| Credits | Script: Jack Miller [as Jesse Merlan] | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Synopsis taken from contents page. |
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| Advertisement | Learn to Dance (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Advertisement for mail order dance lessons. |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | The Murderous Presence (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dr Grimes thinks he has gotten rid of his nagging wife by means of arsenic and a fake death certificate but Alice is loser than ever, filling his days and nights with terror. |
| Credits | Script: Paul S. Newman | Pencils: Henry Kiefer | Inks: Henry Kiefer | Letters: Jon D'Agostino? |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Dr Jarvis Grimes; Alice; Tom |
| Notes | Synopsis taken from contents page. |
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| Advertisement | Stop Smoking (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Advertisement fir product to stop smoking. |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
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| Advertisement | Smooth, Flat Tummy (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Advertisement for a girdle. |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
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