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This is my all time favorite issue in this series ! There are 3 stories here that I am especially fond of.
I first read "The Gossips" in a EERIE pubs or Stanley b&w title years ago.
"Vampire" has great art and imagery and was an xlnt read.
" The Picnic " was great also with great imagery . |
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Publication | September 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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Comic Story | The Gossips (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Three fiendish old ladies spread hateful rumors about other people, driving them into suicide. The dead, however, come back from the grave and take cruel revenge. |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
Notes | Infamous final panel depicting the severed and mutilated heads of the ladies, put on spikes. |
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Comic Story | Vampire (5 pages) |
Synopsis | Attractive vampire lady feeds on a group of hobos. The last one manages to impale the creature on a tree branch. |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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Text Story | When The Deep Purple Falls (2 pages) |
Synopsis | A murderous vampire depends on the assistance of trained hawks to wake him at night. With the summer comes the arrival of martins and swallows. These birds drive the hawks away. The vampire can't rise again and will starve in his hiding place. |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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Comic Story | The Clock Maker (5 pages) |
Synopsis | With the help of a witch woman watchmaker Ben Loftus creates lifelike timepieces. When his wife Lois betrays him and plans to kill him, Loftus bewitches them to murder each other. |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
Notes | Previous indexer suggested A. C. Hollingsworth ? for pencils and inks. |
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Comic Story | Custom-Made Murder! (5 pages) |
Synopsis | A man wants to get rid of his unfaithful wife and seeks the services of a contract killer named "R. Sennic". The job is accepted, but the man has to die himself. |
Content | Genre: Crime |
Notes | The comic story version of Mister Mystery #11's text story "First Come, First Served!" |
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Comic Story | The Picnic! (4 pages) |
Synopsis | Hugo Brandt loves to engorge himself on food. He meets a lovely woman who shows interest in him. On a picnic he discovers why - she's a vampire looking for fat prey. |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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