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| From today’s Random 12, an interesting blend of the supernatural and crime.
A visit to Sleepy Hollow with ghostly Sergeant Spook leads to a modern mystery which only the semi-corporeal Spook can resolve.
Wally Wood’s pencils leap out and grab you on The Sensitive Killer where a gunsel with bad feet, the Bunion Bandit you might say, shuffles into trouble.
Her Face of Horror is a bit wordy – could be stretched into a decent novel, I guess, except that the plot is set on repeat and needs a sub-story to balance the main thread. |
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| Great cover by LB Cole. Headless Horseman, skeletal horse, hanged man, grotesque tree, gravestones in a cemetery. Did he leave anything out? Oh wait, no blonde in a red dress! |
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| Publication | January 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | "Hanging" cover. |
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| Cover | The Headless Horror |
| Credits | Pencils: L. B. Cole (signed) | Inks: L. B. Cole | Colors: L. B. Cole |
| Content | Genre: Crime; Detective-mystery; Horror-suspense |
| Notes | "Hanging" cover. |
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| Comic Story | Headless Horror! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Boy sleuth Jerry and his partner Captain Spook (a ghost of a policeman), try to solve the mystery of the Headless Horseman. |
| Featuring | Sergeant Spook |
| Credits | Pencils: Ken Battefield? | Inks: Ken Battefield? |
| Content | Genre: Adventure |
| Notes | Original title: "Headless Horseman!"
Cover story. |
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| Comic Story | The Sensitive Killer (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A gangster with bad feet is trailed by cops who track him down after finding a pair of his special therapeutic shoes. |
| Featuring | A True Crime Story |
| Credits | Pencils: Wally Wood | Inks: Wally Wood |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Johnny Burro |
| Notes | Original title: "Six Feet Under". |
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| Text Story | Crazy to Kill (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The murder of a crime boss by one of his own men is solved by sheriff Ben Higgins. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Original title: "The Shattered Alibi." |
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| Comic Story | Double Cross to Death (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A kid tries to warn a gangster that rival gangsters will kill him in his own apartment, but he won't listen. |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Original title: "Smart Guy." |
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| Comic Story | Her Face of Horror (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | An old woman that runs a beauty salon fleeces her clients by burning their faces with acid and robbing them of their jewels. |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
| Notes | Original title: "Madame Rachel." Completely new first page here. Acid in face story. |
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