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The Alex Toth story is pretty good . Generally above average for early 50s comic |
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Publication | November 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
Notes | Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker. |
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Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
Notes | Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker. |
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Comic Story | Edge of Darkness (7 pages) |
Synopsis | A witch's evil plan to ruin a marriage is thwarted by the ever watchful father of the bride, who happens to be the local witch hunter. |
Credits | Job #: B-1740 |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Lottie Gaunt; Adam Larkin; Jethro; Daniel Weaver; Elaine Larkin |
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Comic Story | The Screaming Skulls (1 page) |
Synopsis | An evildoer is haunted by the floating heads of his victims. |
Credits | Job #: B-1734 |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Myles Willitson (villain); Kraster Barr; Dorothy Barr |
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Comic Story | Weird Facts |
Synopsis | Account of cruel rites of sunken civilizations. |
Credits | Job #: B-1737 |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Horror-suspense |
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Comic Story | The Beast Within (7 pages) |
Synopsis | The ugly Don Maynard is the laughing stock on campus. He dons the skin of a grizzly bear, turns into a wild beast and takes cruel revenge on all who made fun of him. |
Credits | Job #: B-1707 |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Donald Maynard; Lydia; Tex |
Notes | Art identification by Ger Apeldoorn. Might be signed on the right hand side of the splash as "GR". |
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Comic Story | The Helmsman (3 pages) |
Synopsis | A sailor spreads lies about his brave captain, steals the man's girl, even beats her to death eventually. Finally he is punished by the captain's ghost and dragged under water. |
Credits | Job #: B-1786 |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Lon Burdick; Morgan Wilson; Meg Wilaon |
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Text Story | The Murder Room (2 pages) |
Synopsis | Policewoman Janet is the beautiful bait for a lady killer lurking at the Fairview Hotel. |
Credits | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Colors:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Officer Janet Kendrick; Chief Jonathan Cummings; Officer Mike O'Tulley |
Notes | One splash and one smaller illustration. |
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Comic Story | Grip on Life (4 pages) |
Synopsis | A corrupt district attorney is brought to poetic justice by his wife who returned from the dead after a car accident. When she finds out that he doesn't love her anymore, she goes back to the grave - taking him with her. |
Credits | Job #: B-1725 |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Tom Hawley; Linda Hawley (death, a ghost); Monell (crook) |
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Comic Story | The Thing in the Well (1 page) |
Synopsis | A traveling salesman encounters a horrible, ghost-like creature living in an abandoned well. |
Credits | Job #: B-1743 |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Millard Barton |
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Comic Story | The Thing from the Dark (6 pages) |
Synopsis | On an expedition in Peru, Larry Graham is caught in a cave-in caused by his rival. He survives underground, but turns into a monster mole yearning for human blood. Larry goes on a killing spree, finally getting his claws on the man responsible for his situation. |
Credits | Job #: B-1726 |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Larry Graham; Pete Marden; Anita |
Notes | Art identification by Ger Apeldoorn via the GCD Error List. |
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