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Don't care much for the book but that's a nifty Reed Crandall cover. Looks like Charles Nicholas pencils on the lead story. |
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Holy Christ.. Witch of Death.....boring story.
Convoluted. Don't waste your time reading it. |
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Additional Information |
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Publication | May 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
Notes | Per Reed Crandall expert Roger Hill, the cover consists of swipes of earlier Crandall work by an unknown artist. |
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Cover | Witch of Death |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
Notes | Per Reed Crandall expert Roger Hill, the cover consists of swipes of earlier Crandall work by an unknown artist. |
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Comic Story | The Witch of Death (9 pages) |
Synopsis | Newspaperman Dick Groom arrives in New England's Misty Moors community to cover "Witchery Week". The local Duncan family is decimated one by one - haunted by the curse of the once alive moor witch. The last family member, the lovely Dora, is spared - for a sinister reason. |
Credits | Pencils: Charles Nicholas |
Content | Genre: Crime; Horror-suspense |
Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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Comic Story | The Monster Genie (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Bank teller Arthur Cook is offered the services of a mighty genie. After the brute has disposed of two of Cook's enemies, Cook murders the genie's master. To save money and to operate the fiend himself. Too late Cook realizes he had fallen for an elaborate scam. |
Content | Genre: Crime; Horror-suspense |
Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested Chic Stone ? for pencils and inks. |
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Comic Story | Lighthouse of the Dead (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Old Pearly Marston, operator of the Searock lighthouse, keeps away the dead from the sea by shining his beacon. When the lighthouse is dismantled, dozens of zombies attack the city and claim their former possessions. Marston is able to lure them back into the sea. |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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Text Story | The Man Who Dug His Own Grave (1 page) |
Synopsis | When a police informant tries to murder the detective and bury him in a cemetery, he digs too deep and perishes in the open grave. |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Crime |
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Comic Story | The Sealed Corpse (6 pages) |
Synopsis | The butler Jeffers murders his employer, Sir Wendell Eaton. When Scotland Yard detective Peabody impersonates Eaton's ghost, Jeffers panics and confesses. |
Credits | Inks: Chuck Cuidera? |
Content | Genre: Crime; Horror-suspense |
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