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| The interior of this is identical to Eerie #17. The notes under each seem basically the same, though this one seems to have more detail in its citations. I'm commenting the same thing on both, in case it's useful somehow. |
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| Publication | October-November 1951 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Foreword/Afterword | contents page (1 page) |
| Notes | inside front cover |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Painted Beast! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The town of Maple Valley holds an art painting competition. When Ezra Vale's picture of a gruesome monster doesn't win, strange things begin to happen. A fiendish beast like that in the picture attacks the prize judges and kidnaps Vale into its nightmare world on canvas. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | The Wallace Wood Checklist (TwoMorrows, 2003) by Bhob Stewart and Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. credits Paul Gattuso on pencils, and inks possibly by Wood. Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. changed his mind about the pencils and suggested Maurice Gutwirth. Current credits based on Check's records. |
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| Comic Story | Was He Dead? (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Showgirl Marilyn asks her lover to kill her husband. The murderer, however, is haunted by visions of his victim. He goes to check on the corpse and is imprisoned in the dead man’s tomb. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Monster of the Storm (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | John Unter runs amok in the town of Mossy Glen. Before he can be apprehended by the police, lightning strikes and kills Unter. From now on Mossy Glen is cursed. With every thunderstorm Unter comes alive as a ghoulish monster and strangles someone. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Text Story | Kill a Witch (3 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | The spot illustrations used on pages 2 and 3 of this text story are both taken from the story "The Lost Princess" published in An Earth Man On Venus (Avon, 1951). |
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| Comic Story | The Mirror of Isis! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | An antique mirror from Egypt channels evil energy into Elyse, fiancée of Brad Stanfield. In a state of trance she stabs a servant in her grandfather’s home. Stanfield and archeologist Redmond soon find out about the connection. A last-minute destruction of the magic mirror prevents Elyse from killing Brad. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Kubert confirmed by Robin Snyder and others. |
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