| Additional Information |
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| Publication | August 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bimonthly |
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| Credits | Pencils: Hy Fleishman? | Inks: Hy Fleishman? |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Advertisement | Dean Ross Piano Studios (1 page) |
| Notes | Advertisement for the Patented Automatic Chord Selector |
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| Comic Story | The Choker (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A necklace has been in the husband's family for generations and takes revenge on the woman who killed him by strangling her and putting the blame on her boyfriend who hangs for her murder. |
| Credits | Pencils: Ross Andru? | Inks: Ross Andru? | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | First-person narrative by a choker, a diamond necklace. |
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| Advertisement | Stops "Bed Wetting" (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for Gary Pharmacal Co. Dry-Tabs |
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| Advertisement | Price Smash (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for Dept. M dresses |
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| Comic Story | The Coward (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Butcher father breaks up son's engagement and son disembowels him in revenge in a very EC-esque tale. "Who's gutless now? Eh, eh, eh." |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Savage? | Inks: Bill Savage? | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Text Story | Horror of the Guerrilla (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tim Chapman steals penicillin to sell on the French black market. But when he double crosses the local guerilla, he has to pay with his life. |
| Credits | Script: Ellen Lynn | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Comic Story | Beauty and the Beast (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Woman avoids the executioner by promising to bring the king the fortune of the Beast. She tries for months to get the beast to kiss her and turn into a prince, but he avoids her. She tries to kill him & fails. When she does kiss him, he turns into a handsome prince and she turns into a hideous beast. |
| Featuring | Mother Ghoul's Nursery Tale |
| Credits | Pencils: Hy Fleishman? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Horror-suspense |
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| Advertisement | Stops "Nail Biting" Habit Instantly (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for Elmorene Co. for anti-nail biting formula |
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| Advertisement | 400 Movie & TV Star Pictures (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for Hollywood Star Pix |
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| Comic Story | Blood Thirsty (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Girl visits her grandmother and becomes convinced she is a vampire. Granny is incensed and insulted because she is really a ghoul and kills her granddaughter in fit of pique. |
| Credits | Pencils: Dick Beck? | Inks: Dick Beck? | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Advertisement | Prizes Given (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for The FUNman Fun Club |
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| Advertisement | Beads Contain Water from the Miraculous Fountain at Lourdes (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for Inspiration Guild, Inc. prayer beads (which, in an ultra-violent horror comic, is pretty amusing) |
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| Advertisement | Do You Need Money? (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Advertisement for Cheerful Card Company |
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