(April 1953)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched (squarebound #224-229)
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #5 (May-June 1972) -
in 2 ruskiga timmar (Williams Förlags AB, 1973 series) #[nn] (1973) [originally titled "The Tell-Tale Mirror"]
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The Theater of a Thousand Thrills
comic story / 5.67 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Leonard Starr
- Inks:
- Leonard Starr
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Indexer Notes
Cover story
Good Neighbor Spirit
Leave It to Binky / public service announcement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils:
- Win Mortimer
- Inks:
- Win Mortimer
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp
Content Information
- Genre:
- teen
- Characters:
- Binky
Album of Fear
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Ed Smalle
- Inks:
- Ed Smalle
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Lifelong Trance
filler / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Morris Waldinger
- Inks:
- Morris Waldinger
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Morris Waldinger
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #89 (August 1959)
-
Indexer Notes
Artist ID by Bob Rozakis and Gene Reed.
Silk Gauze
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Morris Waldinger
- Inks:
- Morris Waldinger
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Morris Waldinger
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #18 (October 1957), #68 (December 1961-January 1962)
-
Nightmare Nemesis
comic story / 5.67 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Ray Burnley
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
England's Most Haunted House
text article / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Miller (credited)
- Pencils:
- Raymond Perry
- Inks:
- Raymond Perry
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction
The Tell-Tale Mirror
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jerry Grandenetti
- Inks:
- Jerry Grandenetti
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- B-1275
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- John Bowers
- Synopsis:
- John Bowers finds a mirror that shows the future.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
-
in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #18 ([March 1976]) - in Showcase Presents: Ghosts (DC, 2012 series) #1 (January 2012)
-
Indexer Notes
Note 1: Inks in conflict.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Theater of 1,000 Thrills!
-
1.
The Theater of a Thousand Thrills
-
2.
Good Neighbor Spirit
Leave It to Binky -
3.
Album of Fear
-
4.
Lifelong Trance
-
5.
Silk Gauze
-
6.
Nightmare Nemesis
-
7.
England's Most Haunted House
-
8.
The Tell-Tale Mirror
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Gene Reed
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Mike Tiefenbacher
- Carl Gafford
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
- Dwayne Best
- Gregory Fischer
- Mike Nielsen
- Bob Hughes
- Peter Croome
- James Ludwig
- Ramon Schenk
- Ed Boner
- Gary L. Watson
- R. J. Roper
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