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| The cover here appears to be an almost-swipe of Sid Check's cover for issue #5, particularly the woman. |
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| It sure is. Hey, if it works once... |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | October 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Female figure swiped from Sid Check's cover to #5. |
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| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Female figure swiped from Sid Check's cover to #5. |
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| Comic Story | The Light That Lured! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A young couple foils the attempt of dead Captain Dorrance to lure a passenger ship upon a reef. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: The ghost of Captain Dorrance; John Blair; Anne Blair |
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| Comic Story | The White Gorilla! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Big game hunter Frank Blair captures a giant white gorilla revered by the natives as "The Sacred Gorbu", whose spirit escapes and transforms the hunter into a white gorilla. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Frank Blair; The Sacred Gorbu (a white gorilla); Bob Morgan |
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| Text Story | The Spectre at the Opera! (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | La Scala Opera House in Milan, 1836. A "spectral songstress" sings the arias of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" with supernatural beauty. |
| Credits | Pencils:? (5 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (5 spot illustrations) | Colors:? (5 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Alfieri (prima donna) |
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| Comic Story | Stamp Murder! (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Roger Banning kills his rich uncle and cleans up the murder scene afterwards. But the police get him, because a stamp from the crime scene is clinging to the sole of Banning's shoe. |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Roger Banning; Robert Frost (Banning's uncle); Sergeant Monahan |
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| Comic Story | Help Us to Die! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jim and Marjorie Torrence steal an Egyptian mummy from the museum. Learning the secret of eternal life from the long dead king, they apply the drink to themselves - with fateful consequences. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Jim Torrence; Marjorie Torrence |
| Notes | Art credits from the Haunted Horror reprint. |
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