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| Date | | Number: 4 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Horrific 4 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Pencils | Don Heck (signed) |
| Inks | Don Heck (signed) |
| Advertisement | Reducing Specialist Says Lose Weight Where It Shows Most / Spot Reducer / Body Massager (1 page) |
| Pencils | ?; ? (photo) |
| Inks | ?; ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Like a magic wand, the "Spot Reducer" obeys your every wish. |
| Notes | Interior front cover mail order advertisement. Indicia for the issue exists on this page. |
| Comic Story | Last Ride! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Death narrates the fate of race-car driver Hugh Lanson. Hugh's face was deformed in a burning car crash. Hugh confronts his rival, Johnnie Rivers. Vickie tells Johnnie to let the confrontation go. Later at a bar, Hugh is approached by a fortune teller named Maggie. He hires her, but she says she sees death for him. Maggie helps Hugh possess Johnnie's body through a magical ritual. He does so, but demons begin to follow him. After the switch, instead of paying her a promised $10,000, Hugh kills Maggie and takes Johnnie's identity. In a race, Hugh finds himself racing in the land of the dead. |
| Genre | Horror-suspense |
| Characters | Death; Hugh Lanson; Johnnie Rivers; Vickie; Maggie |
| Pencils | Don Perlin |
| Inks | Don Perlin ? |
| Letters | John Duffy |
| First Line | After him, my brothers! Let us tear his evil heart from his body! |
| Advertisement | Sheet of 100 Stamps – Now Only $2.00 / Empire Photo-Stamps (1 page) |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Can be made from any photo, snapshot or negative you have. |
| Comic Story | Ring of Death (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | During WWII, Nazi submariners Max and Hans buy an antique jar in Algiers. Max dreams about Princess Narnia, whose betrothed Kasir betrayed her to Genghis Khan in exchange for a ruby he made into a ring. Kasir was cursed for the rest of his life and now Narnia warns Max to give up the ring as well. The submarine sinks to the bottom of the ocean. Before they die, Max and Hans discover the ring was hidden in the jar. |
| Genre | Horror-suspense |
| Characters | Max Richter; Hans; Princess Narina; Ghengis Khan; Kasir |
| Pencils | Alvin Hollingsworth (signed) |
| Inks | Alvin Hollingsworth (signed) |
| First Line | Come, come young man...I give you a choke no other conqueror would bestow... |
| Notes | Genghis Khan is spelled "Ghengis" in this story. |
| Text Article | How to Embalm a Corpse (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Pencils | Don Heck (illustration) ? |
| Inks | Don Heck (illustration) ? |
| First Line | The art of preparing dead bodies for indefinite preservation is an old one... |
| Text Article | Notes on the History of Horror (1 page) |
| Synopsis | History of the term "blood-money." |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction; History |
| First Line | Blood-money nowadays is usually a term applied... |
| Comic Story | The Coffin (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jud coerces his great-uncle Andrew Marlin--who has a heart attack and dies--into handing over a manuscript indicating their ancestor obtained a fortune in gold during the War of 1812 and hid it in the family house in Salem. While Jud is searching for the gold, his cousin Chris arrives and Jud murders him as well. While burying the corpse, Jud becomes trapped. The police arrive as Jud is dying. They see tracks of a man with a peg-leg (like Captain Marlin had) going into the sea. |
| Pencils | ? [as Tewks] (signed) |
| Inks | ? [as Tewks] (signed) |
| Genre | Horror-suspense |
| Characters | Jud Wayne; Captain Ebenezer Marlin; Andrew; Chris Marlin; Bill; Sergeant |
| First Line | No! No! Don't, Jud! I've given you the manuscript! |
| Advertisement | Blackheads "Pet Hate" / Vacutex Blackhead Remover (1 page) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| First Line | I wonder why we're not popular, sis? |
| Comic Story | Hating Corpse (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Nathan loans Charlie money that Charlie can't repay, but offers to forgive the debt if Charlie divorces his wife Thyra and urges her to marry Nathan. Charlie prepares to fight Nathan but is shot to death. Nathan arranges the scene to look like suicide, then leaves to establish an alibi. However, Charlie's hate keeps him alive until Nathan returns to his office: Charlie writes a letter to his wife, kills Nathan, then collapses. The police are puzzled because Charlie died hours before Nathan, yet still appears to have shot him. |
| Genre | Horror-suspense |
| Characters | Charlie Kennedy; Nathan Boyd; Thyra; Doc |
| Pencils | Don Perlin ? |
| First Line | Dearest Thyra: By the time you receive this I will be quite dead... |
| Advertisement | Save Your Hair / Ward's Formula (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Kill these hair-destroying germs |
| Advertisement | Dream Girl / Dream Girl Fashions (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Tryptich style advertisement featuring Bewitching, Heaven Sent and Black Sorcery women's clothing. |
| Advertisement | Sacrifice Sale! / U.S. Diamond House Rings and Watches (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Swiss watches forced to raise cash! |
| Notes | Interior back cover. |
| Advertisement | New Figure Mold - Hide-A-Waist / Hide-a-Waist [Slim-a-Waist] Corset (1 page) |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Colors | ? (photo) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Say "good-bye" to that unbecoming tummy bulge and clumsy waistline... |
| Notes | Back cover mail order advertisement from S. J. Wegman Co. |
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