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| Haunted Morgue was a great story |
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| Inspired by PM1313’s comment, I decided to take an adventure into the unknown. There’s a slight variation on the classic imperilled blonde in a red dress cover meme - delightfully crafted by Ogden Whitney.
Land of the Zombies brings the dead to life. Janet is wrong though in saying Haiti is the only place where the living dead, soulless human bodies with a mechanical semblance of life, are said to walk – she’s clearly never reported on a Conservative Party conference.
The Haunted Morgue is a stand-out for the issue with its startling premise on post-mortem revenants but I have a soft spot for Double Doom – it’s not often you get to confess to killing yourself, twice! In these days of 3-D printing, the idea’s not as strange as it once appeared.
The letters page was interesting – I’m pretty sure Deanna Terry is the same Deanna Terry Peterson who became an English major and then assistant Dean of Students at UCLA before graduating into oddly both a minister and astrologer until her death in 2003 – and all from being inspired by Adventures into the Unknown! |
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| LAND OF THE ZOMBIES good interesting twists and turns ..... wire recorders wow THE HAUNTED MORGUE my 2nd favorite story would have liked to see abe lincolns ghost materialize and beat up the bad guys DOUBLE DOOM my favorite story deserves a follow up THE FACE IN THE MOONSTONE ok not great THE WEREWOLF STRIKES wanted to see a nazi werewolf in uniform lol |
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| LAND OF THE ZOMBIES good interesting twists and turns ..... wire recorders wow THE HAUNTED MORGUE my 2nd favorite story would have liked to see abe lincolns ghost materialize and beat up the bad guys DOUBLE DOOM my favorite story deserves a follow up THE FACE IN THE MOONSTONE ok not great THE WEREWOLF STRIKES wanted to see a nazi werewolf in uniform lol |
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| Publication | December 1950-January 1951 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | You can see the original art to this cover in the July 29, 1952 episode (called "The Crooked Frame") of the tv series SUSPENSE. Actor Richard Kiley is suspected of murdering the creator of a comic book series called SALLY FORTH. You can see the episode in the DVD set called SUSPENSE THE LOST EPISODES Collection 1. Other American Comics Group original art covers featured in this episode are ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN (American Comics Group, 1948 series) 13 (October-November 1950), 15 (January 1951), 16 (February 1951), 17 (March 1951); OPERATION: PERIL (American Comics Group, 1950 series) 4 (April-May 1951); BLAZING WEST (American Comics Group, 1948 series) 15 (January-February 1951). |
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| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | You can see the original art to this cover in the July 29, 1952 episode (called "The Crooked Frame") of the tv series SUSPENSE. Actor Richard Kiley is suspected of murdering the creator of a comic book series called SALLY FORTH. You can see the episode in the DVD set called SUSPENSE THE LOST EPISODES Collection 1. Other American Comics Group original art covers featured in this episode are ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN (American Comics Group, 1948 series) 13 (October-November 1950), 15 (January 1951), 16 (February 1951), 17 (March 1951); OPERATION: PERIL (American Comics Group, 1950 series) 4 (April-May 1951); BLAZING WEST (American Comics Group, 1948 series) 15 (January-February 1951). |
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| Comic Story | Land of the Zombies (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Lou Walton; Janet Walton; Vaudoux; Zandor |
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| Saving the Farmer's Crop (1 page) |
| Featuring | "U. S." Royal with His Jet-Propelled Bike; U. S. Royal Bike Tires |
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| Text Story | The Pied Piper (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Fergus Jenkins |
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| Comic Story | The Haunted Morgue (9 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Adele; Bernard Hampton; Frederic Swanson; John Wilkes Booth |
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| Text Story | Revenge in Time (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Oswald Farnsworth; Phineas Farnsworth |
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| Comic Story | Double Doom! (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Dan Jansen; Homer; Thatcher |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Letters from Deanna Terry, Janet Bishop & Judy Irving, and C. Roland. |
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| Comic Story | The Face in the Moonstone (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Scientist Van and his fiancee Lorna travel to an old abbey in France on a scientific expedition where they encounter Lilith, the ancient Queen of Darkness. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Van Fletcher; Lorna; Lilith |
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| Text Story | Strange Thermometer (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Rodney Ferriss |
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| Comic Story | The Werewolf Strikes (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Captain Hugh Dixon; Captain Alan Marboro; Hans Castorp; Marlene Lupus; Herr Burgomeister |
| Notes | script credit via Will Murray in COMIC BOOK MARKETPLACE # 119 (January 2005) |
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