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| There are a lot of horror comics set in Haiti. This is the first one I've read where it looks like the author did some research on the history of Haiti. |
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| Publication | December 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bimonthly |
| Notes | Cover does not directly represent any story in the issue and is unsigned. |
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| Cover | Woman and her horse frightened by ghosts |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Cover does not directly represent any story in the issue and is unsigned. |
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| Comic Story | Payment in Full! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A couple's car breaks down near an old mansion in New Orleans. A ghost in the house asks them to avenge his death by turning over proof of his murder to the Police, but the man gets an idea to make money off the deal. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Chris; Doris; the spirit of Albert Landers; Richard Wilson |
| Notes | Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin. |
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| Comic Story | The Stalking Doom (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | An underemployed actor kills his rich aunt, but finds out she only left him $400. Her cat stalks him until he is killed in a freak accident. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Derek Layne; Aunt Clara; Barber (lawyer); Johnson |
| Notes | Possible Brodsky art per Nick Caputo, July 2015.
This story is a swipe of Bram Stoker's "The Squaw".
Writer credit suggested from textual analysis by Lou Mougin. |
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| Text Article | Cagliostro -- Swindler or Superman? (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | History of the Egyptian Freemasonry of High Science. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography | Characters: Count Alexander Cagliostro; Serafina |
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| Comic Story | Out of the Unknown (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Odd facts from throughout history, including a man with a dream about horseraces and a man who claimed he was innocent of crime and that no grass would grow on his grave. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: John Godley; John Newton |
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| Comic Story | Wings of Death! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A hunter kills a rare snow eagle that the locals consider the king of birds. The birds in the forest swarm the killer and get revenge for their fallen king. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Warren Ames; Gloria Kane; Joe Arnold (bookie) |
| Notes | Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin. |
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| Cartoon | Graveyard Guffaws |
| Synopsis | 3 one-panel gags, including "Thank goodness! It's you, not my wife!" |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Cartoon | Spirit Spasms |
| Synopsis | 3 one-panel gags including "He's the black sheep of my family!". |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | All the King's Men (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jim Wolfe learns that in Haiti, soldiers will obey even after they are dead. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Jim Wolfe; King Henri Christophe I; Dan McGraw |
| Notes | Duffy lettering per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Ben Oda.
Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin. |
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