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| Mr. Lucifer was the first of two "serious" entries here, which acted as bookends to some humorous features. I liked his story, unlike the other one-shots, this actually had an ending - even though they left the door open for more. Gregory the Ghost was sort of an "anti-Casper", being afraid of humans and all, while the Paul Barer story had some moments, too. The "Obi" story was an oddity, I'm not sure WHAT I thought of that one - and before I forget, check out the coupon on the inside front cover - that Narfstar DO get around, don't he? |
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| Publication | [1945] | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | Meet Mister Lucifer |
| Featuring | Mr. Lucifer |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Up Pops the Devil! (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two crooks rob a store, shoot a policeman and hide out in a cemetery to hide their stolen funds, when suddenly Mr. Lucifer appears, being freed by the crook's actions. Lucifer then frees his evil minions and together all go forth to commit dastardly deeds. By a quirk of fate, Lucifer and his followers trap themselves in a grave of cement. |
| Featuring | Mister Lucifer |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: unnamed policeman (death); Mulligan (policeman); Mister Lucifer (villain); Lucifer's evil minions (villains); two thugs [Clipper; other unnamed] (villains) |
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| Comic Story | Exiled to Earth (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Gregory the Ghost |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Gregory the Ghost |
| Notes | art id by Jim Vadeboncoeur |
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| Comic Story | Haunted House (3 pages) |
| Featuring | Cheap Skate |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Cheap Skate |
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| Comic Story | The More-or-Less Living Corpse (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A medical journal writer visits a mental hospital. He interviews a patient, who says he was turned into a "living corpse" by Dr. Paul Barer. Paul Barer used his victim as a stage performer and also ordered him to abduct celebrities who were then put into a trance and displayed in a wax museum. The "journalist" is revealed to be Dr. Paul Bearer. |
| Featuring | Dr. Paul Barer |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Dr. Paul Barer; living corpse; nurse |
| Notes | Art credit from Jim Vadeboncoeur. This story was inspired by the film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari." |
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| Comic Story | The Obi Makes Jumbee (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Original art credit to "Robert Baldwin," however Paddock is identified on the note card attached to the scanned copy online (http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=28363) and if you look at the signed ("MP") cover of SLAPSTICK COMICS vol. 1 no. 1 (as well as other credited Paddock work), this clearly seems to be work of Munson Paddock. |
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