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| Publication | March 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Cover | Web Of Horror |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Countess Arachni |
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| Comic Story | The Web of Horror (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dr. Weir travels to the Valley of Horror to visit his friend Dr. Italo Schiasi. Unfortunately, Dr. Schiasi is already dead at the hands of a giant spider. Dr. Weir accuses Baron Latro of killing him out of jealousy. The Countess Arachni manages to steal the Purple Claw from him. When Weir travels to her castle he is caught in a web. The Countess rescues him by killing Baron Latro in his spider form and taking Dr. Weir to her castle. Because he knows too much the Countess also transforms into a giant spider. He recovers the Purple Claw to defeat the Countess. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Dr. Italo Schiasi (death); Enzo (death); Baron Latro (death); Countess Arachni (first appearance) |
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| Comic Story | The Killer In the Snow (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A skiing party is confronted with a killer snowman - avenging his murder years ago. One by one the wrongdoers meet their icy fate. Dr. Jonathan Weir aka "The Purple Claw" can only save himself. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Don Elkins (death); Preta Palley Elkins (death); Peter Palley (as the snowman, death); Agnes (death); Fred Grady (death) |
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| Comic Story | The Serpent Strikes (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dr. Jonathan Weir battles Leera, a weresnake woman preying upon a befriended couple. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Anne Windom; Ted Redding; Leera Redding (death) |
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| Cartoon | Sparks of Life (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | 6 single panel cartoons reprinted from newspaper comics: "The Good Old Days," "Jobs We'd Love" et al. |
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| Text Story | Brief Stop at Lambeau (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Parisian killer Henri Roche awakes in limbo and meets the cursed hangman of the afterworld - who will hang him again. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | U.S. Marines in the Boxer Rebellion (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Historical account of US intervention in China, summer 1900. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History | Characters: Capt. John Twiggs Myers; Major Littleton Waller |
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