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| Oh boy, on pg. 8 the rendering of the cigarette smoke was confusing at first. |
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| I adore "The Garden of Evil". It's just the kind of creepy, over-the-top horror I look for in these old comics. |
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| Murder by Movie is pencilled and inked by Dan Loprino. Lettered by C. McCue. Pencilled and inked on the 16th of July 1952. Lettered on the 18th.
All info from the original art that a comic book artist friend of mine owns. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | June 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Cover | Frozen Death |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Garden of Evil! (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | A jealous sculptor breaks into the house of his famous colleague and rival to learn his secret of success. It has to do with the artist's wife, who lives in utter reclusion. |
| Credits | Job #: VB-5 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Pietro Mancini; Daviso; Medusa the Gorgon |
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| Comic Story | Murder by Movie (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A gangster goes into hiding, but is discovered because he plays bit parts in Hollywood movies. |
| Credits | Job #: B-1313 |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Artie Kass |
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| Comic Story | Weird Watson |
| Credits | Job #: B-1589 |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Outcast (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mitch, a brutal killer, makes a deal with the devil to live forever. When Mitch defies his obligations, Satan takes away all his possessions and condemns him to a life of misery. |
| Credits | Job #: VB-4 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Mitch; Gina |
| Notes | Possible Esposito pencils/inks per Nick Caputo. Saltarella previously credited Mastroserio with both pencils and inks. |
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| Text Story | The Living Brain (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mad scientist uses the brain of his assistant to create a thinking robot. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Harry Seeberling; Uncle Elbert; Bill |
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| Comic Story | The Frozen Death (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A woman captured in a block of ice comes to life again after fifty years. She only can survive in a cold environment. Exposed to heat she starts to decay. |
| Credits | Job #: B-1865 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Paula; Mack Lane; Baron von Neufelt |
| Notes | Roussos identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Nick Caputo suspects Bill Molno may have pencilled. |
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| Comic Story | Horror's Scrapbook (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Weird facts |
| Credits | Job #: VB-1 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Curse of the Ancient Devil Gods (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | And then there were none. Adventurers in the jungle get decimated by a native curse. |
| Credits | Job #: B-1864 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Adam Stokes |
| Notes | Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker. |
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| Comic Story | Part-time Lunatic (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A man is sentenced to spend his nights at an "asylum for the insane" because he is believed to be not normal after dark. |
| Credits | Job #: B-1407 |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Comic Story | Ghosts in the Sky |
| Synopsis | Allegedly true ghostly apparitions |
| Credits | Job #: B-1849 |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy |
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| Comic Story | The Corpse Candle |
| Synopsis | Account of superstitious belief in Wales and Scotland. |
| Credits | Job #: B-1850 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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