The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #[3] - Zombies

(2012)

[Endpapers] (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

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Inks

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Indexer Notes

Enlarged detail from "Dust Unto Dust" by Howard Nostrand from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #23 (May 1954), which is not in this volume. Source identified by Gary C. Myers via the GCD Error Tracker.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Lin Streeter

Inks

Lin Streeter

Colors

?

Indexer Notes

Enlarged detail from story "The Zombie's Eyes", pg. 6 (Adventures into the Unknown #25). Source erroneously given as Adventures into the Unknown #23. On endpapers.

[Indicia] (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Chilling! (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Craig Yoe

Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Introduction.

A Word of Warning About Zombies! (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Stephen Banes (credited as Stephen "Karswell" Banes)

Pencils

various

Inks

various

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Intrigue (Quality Comics, 1955 series) #1 (January 1955)

Indexer Notes

Article illustrated with comics frames and a cover reproduction.

I Am a Zombie! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lin Streeter

Inks

Lin Streeter

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Roger Hanks [Morto]; Mother Harana

Reprints

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #50 (December 1953)

The Corpse That Wouldn't Die! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Cole ?

Pencils

Jack Cole

Inks

Jack Cole

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Andrew Granger; Carl Granger; Charles Venable

Synopsis

Charles Venable is hired to translate an ancient book by Carl Granger in the hopes that it can reveal the secret to stoping his brother, Andrew.

Reprints

• from Web of Evil (Quality Comics, 1952 series) #2 (January 1953)

Indexer Notes

Fred Snyder, via the GCD Error Tracker (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4603), notes a very strong resemblance between this story and the Clark Ashton Smith short story, "The Return of the Sorcerer"

Step into My Empty Shroud (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lou Cameron (signed)

Inks

Lou Cameron (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

The gangster Reynolds is executed in the electric chair and buried in Potter's Field. In his mind he refuses to have died and battles his way out of a cemetery full of collegial skeletons. In the end Reynolds realizes the truth and crawls back into his grave.

Reprints

• from The Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #24 (January 1954)

City of the Living Dead! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Alvin Hollingsworth (signed as A. C. Hollingsworth)

Inks

Alvin Hollingsworth (signed as A. C. Hollingsworth)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from City of the Living Dead (Avon, 1952 series) (1952)

Treasure of the Dead (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

Gene Colan

Colors

?

Letters

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

On the deathbed of his father, Ralph Sandon promises to return a pirate treasure the father stole. Only then will his soul rest in peace. Hesitating for some time, Ralph brings back the gold - against the wish of his wife Phyllis. The couple has to fight pirate ghosts and Phyllis has to die.

Reprints

• from The Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #17 (November 1952)

Live Man's Funeral (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Eadeh

Inks

Al Eadeh

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #41 (December 1952)

Indexer Notes

Reproduced from original art.

Horror of the Mixed Torsos! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Beck

Inks

Dick Beck

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Dark Mysteries (Master Comics, 1951 series) #13 (August 1953)

Indexer Notes

Artist identification according to this book.

Mission of Lost Souls (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sy Grudko

Inks

Sy Grudko

Colors

?

Letters

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

The witch Zita must supply Satan with men's souls. To this purpose Zita runs a derelicts' home, the "Mission of Lost Souls", forcing her residents into a pact with the devil. The reporter Sam Brant goes in undercover and puts an end to Zita's evil reign.

Reprints

• from Web of Mystery (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #27 (November 1954)

The Zombie's Eyes (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lin Streeter

Inks

Lin Streeter

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Dru Parry; John Kirkwood; Johnson; Old Man Stevens

Reprints

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #25 (November 1951)

The Dead Awaken (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Powell ?; Howard Nostrand ?

Pencils

Bob Powell

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Thrills of Tomorrow (Harvey, 1954 series) #18 (December 1954)
which is reprinted
• from Tomb of Terror (Harvey, 1952 series) #1 (June 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Basil Wolverton (signed)

Inks

Basil Wolverton (signed)

Colors

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Weird Tales of the Future (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #3 (September 1952)

The Terror of the Hungry Cats! (Table of Contents: 17)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Hy Fleishman

Inks

Hy Fleishman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Dark Mysteries (Master Comics, 1951 series) #13 (August 1953)

Indexer Notes

Artist identification according to this issue.

The Thing from Beyond (Table of Contents: 18)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Myron Fass ?

Inks

Myron Fass ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Beware (Trojan Magazines, 1953 series) #6 (November 1953)

The Bell Tolls Death (Table of Contents: 19)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Frank Frazetta (signed)

Inks

Sid Check (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Beware (Trojan Magazines, 1953 series) #10 (July 1954)

The Clutching Hand (Table of Contents: 20)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Roy Krenkel

Inks

Harry Harrison

Colors

?

Reprints

• from Beware (Trojan Magazines, 1953 series) #14 [2] (March 1953)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Alvin Hollingsworth

Inks

Alvin Hollingsworth

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Diary of Horror (Avon, 1952 series) #1 (December 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Carl Burgos ?

Inks

Carl Burgos ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Reprints

• from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #121 (March 1954)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Ross Andru

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Mister Mystery (Stanley Morse, 1951 series) #1 (September 1951)

Keywords

cemeteries; graveyards; living dead; tombstones

Not Dead Enough! (Table of Contents: 24)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Joe Maneely

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Joe Maneely

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?

Letters

?

Reprints

• from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #28 (March 1954)

Going, Going, Gone! (Table of Contents: 25)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Lee Elias

Inks

Lee Elias

Colors

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Tomb of Terror (Harvey, 1952 series) #16 (July 1954)

A Day of Panic (Table of Contents: 26)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Warren Kremer; Lee Elias

Inks

Lee Elias

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #22 (December 1953)

Indexer Notes

Kremer credit according to this book.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #20 (June 1951)

Keywords

tombstones; zombies

Corpse That Wouldn't Sleep! (Table of Contents: 28)

Ken Shannon / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Millard

Pencils

Reed Crandall

Inks

Chuck Cuidera

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime; detective-mystery

Reprints

• from Ken Shannon (Quality Comics, 1951 series) #3 (February 1952)

Indexer Notes

Writers credits this issue from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/. Inker credits according to this book.

Where the Undead Roam (Table of Contents: 29)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Benulis (signed as Benulis)

Inks

Jack Abel (signed as Abel)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

The undead roam the bayou.
An insurance detective discovers a plot to turn a young woman into a zombie. He steps in and can prevent the evil ritual.

Reprints

• from Monster (Fiction House, 1953 series) #2 ([June] 1953)

The Vault of Living Death (Table of Contents: 30)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Vic Donahue

Inks

Vic Donahue

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #22 [2] (August 1951)

Indexer Notes

Reproduced from original art. Date of first printing erroneously given as March 1954.

The Thing from the Sea (Table of Contents: 31)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Wally Wood

Inks

Wally Wood

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Eerie (Avon, 1951 series) #16 (June-July 1954)
which is reprinted
• from Eerie (Avon, 1951 series) #2 (August-September 1951)

Marching Zombies (Table of Contents: 32)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Rudy Palais

Inks

Rudy Palais

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Bates; Sanders; Kalu

Synopsis

A tribe of zombies sacrifice two explorers in an attempt to appease their god, Kalu.

Reprints

• from Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #35 (May 1952)

The Giant From the Tomb (Table of Contents: 33)

The Purple Claw / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ben Brown

Inks

David Gantz

Colors

?

Letters

?

Feature Logo

A Purple Claw Mystery

Genre

horror-suspense; superhero

Reprints

• from The Purple Claw (Toby, 1953 series) #3 (May 1953)

Master of the Undead (Table of Contents: 34)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Hartley

Inks

Al Hartley

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Mystery writer Peter Brandon has to do research for a book on zombies. Though flying to Haiti and experiencing a wild zombie chase, he wakes up in his own New York room a week later. Was it all just a nightmare?

Reprints

• from Baffling Mysteries (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #17 (September 1953)
which is reprinted
• from The Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #1 (November 1950)

Yoe Books! (Table of Contents: 35) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 3 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Rudy Palais

Inks

Rudy Palais

Indexer Notes

Enlarged detail from story "Marching Zombies" (Black Cat #35), pg. 5. On endpapers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bill Benulis

Inks

Jack Abel

Colors

?

Indexer Notes

Enlarged detail from story "Where the Undead Roam" (Monster #2), pg. 1. On endpapers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 38) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)