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| Publication | January 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | Hangman's Horror |
| Credits | Inks: Chuck Cuidera? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Hangman's Horror (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jeb Daws is looking to run for mayor in a small town to restore democratic processes. The current corrupt mayor and his cronies want to get rid of him and frame him for murder. They then testify against him in court resulting in a guilty sentence. Jeb is condemned to die by hanging the next day. Before he dies he swears he will get revenge. Later that evening, Jebs' hanging corpse is gone and people swear that they see his ghost roaming the streets at night. |
| Credits | Script: Jack Cole? | Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole | Letters: Sam Rosen |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Jeb Daws; Dean Slade; Beach; Gendley; Hawkins; Daniel Slade |
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| Comic Story | Ghost Ship (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rival tugboat captains Hook Larson and Blackjack Grant go head to head in a small port. Grant eliminates the competition by ramming down Larson's ship. But on the anniversary of the foul deed, a ghost ship pulls into port and a hooked spectre takes revenge. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Make-Up for Death (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Theater makeup artist Karl Rageese murders three actors who talked bad about him and perishes in the same fire he layed to kill his last victim. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Text Story | The Sobbing Thing (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Corpse That Wouldn't Die! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Charles Venable is hired to translate an ancient book by Carl Granger in the hopes that it can reveal the secret to stoping his brother, Andrew. |
| Credits | Script: Jack Cole? | Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole | Letters: Sam Rosen |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Andrew Granger; Carl Granger; Charles Venable |
| Notes | Fred Snyder, via the GCD Error Tracker (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4603), notes a very strong resemblance between this story and the Clark Ashton Smith short story, "The Return of the Sorcerer" |
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