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| "The house that Jackdaw Built" - good foreshadowing of today's artificial intelligence! |
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| Publication | February 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Credits | Pencils: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio | Inks: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Comic Story | Mark of Evil (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A ruthless reporter kills for a camera which is able to show future events. When the gadget shows his own doom, he flees - but is caught by the police. |
| Credits | Pencils: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio [as Rocke] (signed) | Inks: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio [as Rocke] (signed) | Letters: Herb Field | Job #: B-1381 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Activity | Creepy Crossword Puzzle |
| Credits | Job #: B-1470 |
| Notes | Follows upper half page of advertising.
Illustration of a skeleton trying to answer the riddle. |
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| Comic Story | Death's Bridal Gown (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Young Olga goes to the dance in a second-hand dress. Not only is she haunted by the ghost of the former owner, but dies wearing it - because it was drenched in embalming fluid. |
| Credits | Pencils: Sam Citron | Inks: Sam Citron | Job #: B-1429 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Text Story | The Beast Wasn't Hungry (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two adventurers in Africa fight over a hidden treasure and try to feed each other to the crocodiles. |
| Credits | Script: R. S. Fenton | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Crime |
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| Comic Story | The House That Jackdaw Built (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Jackdaw entertains his guests in a futuristic "robot house". The electronic brain of the house tries to murder the guests, because Master Jackdaw taught it only to hate. When the brain realizes that there's also love, it turns against its inventor. |
| Credits | Pencils: Alex Toth | Inks: Mike Peppe | Letters: John Duffy | Job #: B-1421 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense; Science Fiction |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Comic Story | The Fatal Strands (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | A janitor murders his bossy landlady – and is in turn being murdered by the landlady’s hair (he used to mop the floors with). |
| Credits | Pencils: Charles Sultan | Inks: Charles Sultan | Letters: Herb Field | Job #: B-1450 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Comic Story | The Twisted Hands (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | After a traumatic event at sea, a skipper retreats into the desert. But the ghost of a man (whom the skipper broke his hands) comes for him and drowns him with equal cruelty in a waterhole. |
| Credits | Pencils: Alex Toth | Inks: Mike Peppe? | Letters: Herb Field | Job #: B-1454 |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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