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Worth if for the Kintsler art on one story and the b/w contents page. |
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Publication | August-September 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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Notes | inside front cover |
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Comic Story | The Monster of Zollmort Castle (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Novelist Peter Fletcher visits Zollmort castle in Central Europe. By opening a sealed door in the dungeons, he releases the Zollmort monster. He and his wife have to fight for their lives. |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Peter Fletcher; Alice Fletcher; Quadro (caretaker) |
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Comic Story | Song of the Undead! (6 pages) |
Synopsis | John and Dorothy Blaik travel through Mexico looking for folk songs. Native woman Xatl introduces them to the "Song of the Undead". Any singer will be doomed and fall prey to vampires. The couple does not heed the warnings. |
Credits | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: John Blaik; Dorothy Blaik; Xatl |
Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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Text Story | The Alchemist (1 page) |
Synopsis | A chemist poisons himself while searching for the elixir of life. |
Credits | Colors:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
Notes | One small illustration (by Sid Check) presumably lifted from an existing comic story. |
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Comic Story | The Phantom Python (6 pages) |
Synopsis | British Colonial East Africa: The commissioner's daughter Tani is seriously ill and seeks help from native witch doctor Loganzi. She dies during the ceremony and Loganzi is hanged. But he and Tani haunt the land in the shape of a giant python snake. |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Tani; Loganzi |
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Text Story | The Deformed of Zoar (1 page) |
Synopsis | A crime happens in the valley of Zoar. A family robs and murders a traveler and gets cursed for generations by being born with deformities. |
Credits | Colors:? (spot illustration) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
Notes | One small illustration (by Goldfarb/Baer) presumably lifted from an existing comic story.
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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Comic Story | The Curse of the Bulaga! (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Explorer Jon Norland travels to Antarctica to hunt the fabled Bulaga beast. He finds it caught in a block of ice. After thawing it, the Bulaga comes alive and chases Norland around the world to his doom. |
Credits | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Jon Norland; Althea |
Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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