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| Mort Lawrence art on “The Thirteenth Clown” Reminds me a bit of Steve Ditko |
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| Publication | July-August 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Cover | The Red Spider |
| Credits | Pencils: Gene Fawcette? |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Contents | Contents Page (1 page) |
| Credits | Script: Sol Cohen | Pencils: Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed) | Inks: Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed) |
| Notes | Inside Front Cover |
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| Comic Story | The Red Spider (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Damon Rankin, an entomologist, collects insects. While on vacation on a small Caribbean island, he comes across a fabled red spider. By killing it, he sets free evil powers. |
| Credits | Inks: Vince Alascia? |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Thirteenth Clown (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jacob Rok forged his brother’s testament to take over his circus business. When star performer Marco the clown confronts Rok, he’s being strangled and buried in the woods. But the ghost of Marco keeps performing as the “Phantom Clown”, bringing Rok to justice and supporting new owner Linda. |
| Credits | Pencils: Mort Lawrence (signed) | Inks: Mort Lawrence? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Better Off Dead (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Boxing champ Georgie Price gets the jitters when dead girl friend Anne starts to haunt him. She distracts him during a prize fight. Georgie dies of brain concussion and Anne leads him away to the afterworld. |
| Credits | Pencils: Leonard Starr? | Inks: Vince Alascia (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Unknown pencils per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Vince Alascia on inks, but while his name is the only signature it is clear that a space was left for a pencil credit.
Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. thinks the pencils for this story might be coming from Leonard Starr. |
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| Comic Story | The Ghost's Revenge (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | James Kendall is a professional ‘ghost-breaker,’ relieving troubled persons of their fear of spooks. He is also the man who embezzled his ward’s fortune. So Kendall throws young Anne off a cliff to her death and is haunted thereafter by her ghost. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | McCann can be spotted by his old faces with very long noses and small chins, also by much black inking that gives a very gloomy mood. Also his lack of movement is to be noted. |
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