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| More spooky than scary, in a good way. |
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| I was thinking,"What a great cover". Then I spotted the signature. "Frazetta" and "great cover" are, after all, synonymous. And once again excellent scans, Cimmerian 32, thanks. |
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| Beautiful scan, Jay Disbrow art starting page 19 "The Thing in the Fens". |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | July 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Despite the apparent order of the signatures, Check penciled and Frazetta inked. |
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| Cover | The Bell Tolls Death |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Despite the apparent order of the signatures, Check penciled and Frazetta inked. |
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| Publisher advertisement | The Farmer's Daughter |
| Synopsis | Promo for The Farmer's Daughter comic book. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Synopsis | Promo for Blackouts. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Bell Tolls Death (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A husband and wife dive for pirate treasure, but find it is guarded by skeleton pirates. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Advertisement | Jet Plane (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for Jetex model jet plane by Jetex. Located between pages 6 & 7 in first story. |
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| Advertisement | "Dropex" Reducing Cocktail (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for Dropex weight reducing formula by Charm Company. |
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| Comic Story | Man with the Broken Neck! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A hanged man's ghost takes revenge on the people who really committed the crime he was hanged for. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Art credits from Sid Check's records. Keith Chandler previously suggested the possibility of Wally Wood inks. |
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| Comic Story | The Thing in the Fens (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Scientists are attacked by a zombie while trying to discover the secret formula that will give people long life. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Professor Baxter; Rex Burton (the Professor's assistant) |
| Notes | Jerry Bails' Who's Who mentions that Jay Disbrow lettered most of his own work. |
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| Advertisement | Draw the First Day (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for Magic Art Reproducer by Norton Products. |
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| Text Article | Out of the Grave (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A girl digs up corpses while she is sleepwalking... eleven times! |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Horror-suspense | Characters: Marta Muulsberg |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for Bird House for Bird Friends of America. |
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| Comic Story | The Spell of Doom (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Friends Carl and Jan get lost in a forest and are turned into dogs by a young witch who lives there. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Artwork is unsigned. Henry Kiefer credits from original indexer. |
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| Advertisement | Bed Wetting (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for tablet to control bed wetting by Gary Pharamacal. |
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| Advertisement | 1000 Live Baby Turtles (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for baby turtle and mini garden bed by Honor House Products Corp. |
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