Web of Evil
#18
(September 1954)
Quality Comics,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Magazines
- Brand
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A Quality Comic Publication
- Editing
- Alfred Grenet; Richard Arnold (associate); Everett M. Arnold (general manager)
The Messenger From Beyond
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Small-time crook Zero Martin is shot by mobster Big Eddie and dies on the operating table. A pact with dead gangsters from beyond brings him back to life. The ghosts may use Martin’s body to avenge their deaths; and a ruthless Martin becomes the new crime czar – until one of the ghosts seeks out a deadly confrontation.
Scared to Death
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Medical student Guy Bradbury is victim of a cruel prank. Three of his friends scare him with a corpse, because Bradbury believes in supernatural phenomena. Bradbury is accidentally mutilated and fakes his own death. Years later he returns to teach his doctor friends a grim lesson.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Cover story.
The Inhuman Creature
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Unconquered mount Karachi claims two victims and is furthermore haunted by a wild man attacking the next mountaineering expeditions. When the first victim’s son, Jean Beauchamp, arrives on the mountain top, he is shocked to learn that the “monster” is none other than his missing father.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Crypt of the Living
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- In the Texas countryside sheriff Peters has to deal with father and daughter Eaglesham – risen from the tomb to claim back their land. The supposedly walking dead, however, are a couple of impostors trying to get hold of a valuable Uranium lode.
Indexer Notes
Art identification confirmed by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Scared to Death
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1.
The Messenger From Beyond
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2.
Scared to Death
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3.
The Inhuman Creature
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4.
Dead Man's Return
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5.
Crypt of the Living
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Tillmann Courth
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Claus Simonsen
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