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| Date | | Number: 5 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Fantastic Fears 5 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Horror-suspense |
| First Line | Quickly, brothers! This is a very restless one! |
| Comic Story | My Coffin Must Wait (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Seth is informed that his wife Martha is dying. He vows to fulfill her last wish, driving her through a blizzard, defeating some bank robbers who want to hijack his car, and crashing through a police roadblock to reach town. Seth says he promised Martha she'd have her photograph taken one last time, and he gets Mr. Townsend to do it just before she dies. |
| Genre | Drama |
| Characters | Seth Bates; Martha Bates; Doc Wilcox; Mr. Townsend |
| Notes | Iger Shop artwork previously credited to Robert Webb. |
| Comic Story | Caught in the Graft (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Corrupt city official Sam is caught and sentenced to prison. Since he suffers from claustrophobia, Sam can't tolerate confinement. Working in the prison morgue, Sam learns the bodies are subsequently sent to the city morgue, a building constructed under his crooked supervision. Sam climbs into a coffin and escapes from prison, but when his henchman Maxie arrives at the city morgue to free him, he discovers there are thousands of "ice boxes" (morgue drawers) and he doesn't know which one Sam is in. |
| Genre | Crime; Horror-suspense |
| Characters | Sam Green; Maxie; Jim |
| Pencils | Howard Nostrand ? |
| Inks | Howard Nostrand ? |
| Letters | Ben Oda |
| Notes | Possible Nostrand art per Nick Caputo, April 2013. Previous indexer credited Rudy Palais. |
| Text Story | Ghost Gift (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dan finds his war comrade Don in Africa, now in possession of a valuable jewel mine. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Comic Story | Stretching Things (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dawson suffers from brittle bone syndrome, but Dr. Doyle invents "muiclac" to cure him. He discovers this makes him "elastic" and murders Doyle to keep his secret. However, Dawson's face becomes permanently twisted and he goes to scientist Harrell, who has a formula to restore him to normal. Dawson kills Harrell before he learns the proper dosage. When the police arrive to arrest Dawson, he's just a puddle on the floor. |
| Genre | Horror-suspense; Science Fiction |
| Characters | Lawrence Dawson (first appearance, death); Dr. James Doyle; Dr. Harrell |
| Script | Bruce Hamilton |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Letters | Ben Oda |
| Notes | This was Ditko's first sale to a publisher, although not his first published work. Info per Robin Snyder and Bruce Hamilton. "Muiclac" is "calcium" spelled backwards. |
| Comic Story | Escape from Hell! (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Criminal Richard Benton dies and goes to Hell. He's sentenced by Satan to drag a boulder around for eternity. Benton struggles to climb a mountain to freedom, plagued by demons and hindered by the boulder, only to learn "there is no escape from Hell!" |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Characters | Richard Benton; Satan |
| Pencils | Jack Abel ? |
| Inks | Jack Abel ? |
| Letters | Ben Oda |
| First Line | The wise men have said "where there is life there is hope" |
| Comic Story | Temple of the Beast (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | In Siam, American tourists Sam and Anne buy "the hand of Sivak," a local god. The vendor later buys it back from Sam but the hand comes alive and strangles him. Anne recovers the hand and mails it to the USA. On the ship home, a mysterious man demands the hand from Sam and throws the American overboard when he learns the hand isn't there. Back home, Anne is greeted by fellow passenger Kavis, who reveals himself to be Sivak. Anne is strangled and Sivak can now go home with his hand. |
| Genre | Horror-suspense |
| Characters | Sam Graves; Anne Graves; Sivak [as Kavis] |
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