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| Jack Cole's famous Killer From Saturn - terrific (and terrifying) stuff! A true classic, thanks for posting this one. |
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| Publication | March 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Cover | Goddess of Murder |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Kali |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Killer from Saturn (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | The city's in panic as an alien-like serial killer stalks the streets at night. Twelve people have to die until clever police lieutenant Jordan comes up with an explanation and confronts the fiend, who turns out to be a mousy city window clerk who wears an imposing monster costume with stilts, who is taking revenge on those who abused him. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Oswald Pilcher (villain); Ed; Jordan |
| Notes | Art credits confirmed by Art Spiegelman and Chip Kidd in Jack Cole and Plastic Man: Forms Stretched To Their Limits! (Chronicle Books LLC, 2001 series) nn (August 2001) |
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| Comic Story | Vengeance of the Red Ghost (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Susan Maynard fakes her death and plays the avenging ghost coming back from the grave. She starts killing the rest of the family to get her hands on a big inheritance. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Susan Maynard; Mr. Maynard; Dr. Jebb; Mildred Maynard; Edward Maynard; Wilkens; Tom Maynard |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested Ogden Whitney? for pencils and inks. |
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| Comic Story | Goddess of Murder (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Monstrous four-armed goddess Kali demands human sacrifices. When the lovely Caroline is chosen to be the next victim, her lover Kenneth comes to the rescue. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Kali; T. C. Hamlock; Louie; Joe; John Angsworth; Caroline Angsworth; Kenneth |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Text Story | House of Horror (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Constable Belden is convinced there is a human murderer behind the deaths of tramps in a deserted house. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Jack Belden; Dr. Howard |
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| Comic Story | The Beast from Beyond (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A hunting company from the city enters the woods and finds no moose, but a dragon-like monster! When all of the campers disappear one by one, the police come investigating. They confront the monster with high-powered rifles and grenades. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Amy; Bill; Pierre; Ellen; Ed; Sally; Joe; Reynolds; Greyson |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested Vernon Henkel? for pencils and inks. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: J. E. Smith (photo) |
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| Notes | Back cover. |
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