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| Publication | November 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Credits | Pencils: Jim McLaughlin | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
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| Comic Story | The Terror of Dread Isle (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Off the coast of Scotland lies Dread Isle. There live "fog creatures" with the ability of shapeshifting. When a party of visitors lands, the shapeshifters build clones of the three people and drive them against each other and into madness. |
| Credits | Pencils: Louis Zansky | Inks: Louis Zansky | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | True Tales of the Supernatural #34 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "At one time, a favorite pastime in Europe was falconry. Falconry was the art of training sharp-clawed hawks to attack and kill sporting prey..."
A falconer trains his bird to attack a certain hat and kill his bearer. The scheme succeeds. Years later that falconer puts on the fatal hat (in an act of forgetfulness) and is killed as well by his murderous falcon. |
| Featuring | True Tales of the Supernatural |
| Credits | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Comic Story | I Walked at Midnight (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two vampires live in a cemetery. One day this hunting ground cannot provide nourishment for both of them. They fight each other to the death. Peace is restored in the cemetery. |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Eadeh | Inks: Al Eadeh | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Lyre of Doom (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Unrecognized musician Emil Parkston steals an ancient lyre from the museum. Playing this instrument brings him success. But it is a haunted lyre from the satyrs of old Greece. Parkston changes into a satyr and dies onstage. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Cover story. |
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| Comic Story | True Tales of the Supernatural #33 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "The tale of the 'idol's eye' is one of the most astounding stories ever told..."
Stealing the idol's eye, a precious ruby, from a blind beggar, the thief himself is blinded by the brilliance of the gem. When the beggar repossesses the stone, the thief can see again. |
| Featuring | True Tales of the Supernatural |
| Credits | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy |
| Notes | Number 33 following numer 34?
This looks like a mix-up of the one-page stories.
But that's how it is in the scan... |
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| Text Story | The Scarlet Curse (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A witch takes over the body of another woman, but can be shot by the police. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Treasure of the Dead (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | On the deathbed of his father, Ralph Sandon promises to return a pirate treasure the father stole. Only then will his soul rest in peace. Hesitating for some time, Ralph brings back the gold - against the wish of his wife Phyllis. The couple has to fight pirate ghosts and Phyllis has to die. |
| Credits | Pencils: Gene Colan | Inks: Gene Colan | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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