Additional Information |
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Publication | July 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Junior Space Pilots on the Beam! (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Comic style ad asking kids to sell Cloverine Salve for cash and prizes. |
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Contents | Table of Contents (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Advertisement | Appear Slimmer Instantly (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Ad for a girdle from Ward Green Co. |
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Comic Story | Big Joke (5 pages) |
Synopsis | Hi Goodman is a practical joker who likes to scare his work colleague Joe Melsner. One day Melsner runs from a joke, falls out a window and is seriously injured. Now he gives Goodman a scare by showing him his patent brain. |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Hi Goodman; Pete Elwood; Joe Melsner |
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Text Story | Murder for Sale |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Crime |
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Publisher advertisement | Back in the Army Again! |
Featuring | Sad Sack |
Notes | House ad for Sad Sack Comics. |
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Comic Story | Why We Call It Blue Monday (1 page) |
Synopsis | Terrible historic events took place on a Monday. |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Historical | Characters: Cain; Able; Judas; Julius Caesar; Marie Antoinette |
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Comic Story | Noah's Arg-h! (5 pages) |
Synopsis | Henpecked Noah builds a boat to escape from his wife Rhoda. He floats away with the Deluge, but is marooned on a lonely moutain top. |
Content | Genre: Humor; Horror-suspense | Characters: Noah; Rhoda |
Notes | Labelled as the "Boo of the Month". |
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Advertisement | Magic Rock Garden (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Ad for a rock garden Honor House Products Corp. |
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Publisher advertisement | Harvey Famous Name Comics (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | House ad for the entire Harvey Comics line. |
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Advertisement | I gained 60 lbs. (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Ad for an exercise plan. |
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| How 'Black Beauty' Turns and Also-Ran into 'Video Vic!' (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Comic style ad for an exercise device. |
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Comic Story | A Rose Is a Rose (5 pages) |
Synopsis | Super intelligent orphan boy Tommy can feel the pain of flowers. His new foster parents deceive him by assuring him flowers want to be cut and put into vases. When Tommy finds out that he's being lied to, he cuts down his foster parents. |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Tommy; Herman; Wilhelmina |
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Text Story | The Big Idea |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Crime |
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Publisher advertisement | Thrill of the Month Club! |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Subscription information for Tomb of Terror. |
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Comic Story | Man Made Monsters |
Synopsis | Presentation of yale, griffin and unicorn. |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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Advertisement | Fireworks |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Ad for an assortment of fireworks. |
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Comic Story | The Trial! (5 pages) |
Synopsis | The crooked lawyer Eddie King goes to hell and is regarded as a murderer. His victim, however, the gangster Silvera, died accidentally during their fight. King demands a trial to prove his innocence. But Silvera commits perjury and there's no one in hell to help the doomed lawyer. |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Satan; Eddie King; Carol Stevens; Raymond Silvera |
Notes | Cover story |
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Advertisement | Free! 235 Stamps (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Ad for collectible stamps. |
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Advertisement | Giant Beach Ball (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Ad for a giant beach ball from Young Products. |
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Advertisement | Powerful Long Range (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Ad for binoculars from Consumers Mart. |
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Advertisement | Uncle Bernie's Fun Shop Prices! (1 page) |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Ad for various novelty products. |
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