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| Publication | October-November 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Female figure swiped from Sid Check's cover to #5. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Female figure swiped from Sid Check's cover to #5. |
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| Foreword/Afterword | contents page (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Erik Dulan; John Morley |
| Notes | inside front cover |
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| Comic Story | The Phantom Hitch-Hiker (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | John Morley has been stealing money from the fortune of his ward, Gail. As she is about to find out, he lets her car crash down a bridge. Morley, however, is haunted by the hitch-hiking phantom of Gail. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: John Morley; Gail Gordon |
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| Comic Story | The Hands of Death! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Violinist Erik Dulan can’t use his hands anymore and would give anything to be able to play again. He meets with Dr. Necros who lets him chose a new pair of hands from a group of zombies he commands. Dulan has a terrible price to pay: the new hands have a will of their own and commit criminal acts. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Erik Dulan; Dr. Necros |
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| Text Story | The Thing from the Grave (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Professor Richard Jones |
| Notes | Small reproduction of cover art inset in story. |
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| Comic Story | Death on Skis! (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | American tourist Johnson is on skiing holiday in the Bavarian Alps. A guide warns him to not take the Northern slope. The ghost of a suicidal father who lost his son to a careless ski racer is out there for revenge. Johnson does not heed the warning and has to race a skiing skeleton for his life. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Johnson; Fritz |
| Notes | Drawn while Kubert was in the Armed Forces (per Kubert); artwork is signed "Joe Kubert, Sonthofen, Germany" |
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| Comic Story | The Haunted Melody (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Frederic Parker is a promising young pianist haunted by the “raindrop” prelude of his namesake Frederic Chopin. Every time he plays it, the ghost of Chopin’s muse Nona appears. Parker falls in love with Nona, but she’ll be his undoing. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Frederic Parker; Nona |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested John Rosenberger? for pencils. |
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| Text Story | The Haunted Cave (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (spot illustration) | Inks:? (spot illustration) | Colors:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Roger Nelson; Sam Jenkins |
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| Comic Story | Princess of the Subway (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | On a subway train, Dave Bartlet gets into a fight with a mysterious woman and her company. They make the train halt and let fish people in who attack the passengers. Bartlet overpowers the woman and brings the subway back to safety. No one believes him until he unmasks the woman. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Dave Bartlet |
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