Terror Illustrated #2

(April 1956)

Horror in the Freak Tent (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein (credited)

Pencils

Reed Crandall (credited) (signed as R. Crandall)

Inks

Reed Crandall (credited) (signed as R. Crandall)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

My name is Henry Hastings.

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Enraged, a freak show owner blinds the carnival's knife thrower with red-hot pokers. The other freaks get revenge by gagging the owner, strapping him to the board and guiding the thrower's tosses with their comments.

Reprints

• in Terror Illustrated (Russ Cochran, 2006 series) (2006)
• in Tops: The Complete Collection of Charles Biro's Visionary 1949 Comic Book Series (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) (March 2022) [Reprints the title page of the story.]

Indexer Notes

adapted from original story in Haunt of Fear (EC, 1950 series) #5

Requiem (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

John Larner (credited)

Pencils

Graham Ingels (credited)

Inks

Graham Ingels (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mr. Jeremy was quite spent.

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Two grave robbers steal the jewels of corpses.

Reprints

• in Terror Illustrated (Russ Cochran, 2006 series) (2006)

Indexer Notes

Cover story.

Mother Love (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein (credited as Maxwell Williams)

Pencils

Charles Sultan (credited) (signed as Chas. Sultan)

Inks

Charles Sultan (credited) (signed as Chas. Sultan)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Just ahead, at the end of the dimly lit corridor...

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A horribly abused pregnant woman is institutionalized by her cruel husband and escapes with her baby, a deformed fetus in a jar.

Reprints

• in Terror Illustrated (Russ Cochran, 2006 series) (2006)

Head Man (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Oleck (credited)

Pencils

Jack Davis (credited) (signed as Jack Davis)

Inks

Jack Davis (credited) (signed as Jack Davis)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Bruce had been playing with his treasures in the attic.

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Someone is decapitating little boys in a small town. It turns out to be the lonely son of the powerful mill owner who wants friends to play with.

Reprints

• in Terror Illustrated (Russ Cochran, 2006 series) (2006)

Reflection of Death (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Al Feldstein (credited) (Alfred E. Neuman)

Pencils

George Evans (credited) (signed as GE)

Inks

George Evans (credited) (signed as GE)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ahead of you, the endless white line that divides the highway...

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Carl and Al are driving down a dark, lonely road when suddenly headlights appear in front of them, and there is a crash. Al awakens with torn clothes and a smell, asking a driver on the road for a lift to town, but the man screams and drives off. A similar reaction comes from a hobo and a woman, whose car he takes to his home, which has been foreclosed upon. Then he walks to his friend's house, but sees Carl without eyes and blind. Al walks to a mirror and sees his rotten and decomposed face, then is awakened...it has been a dream. Then car lights appear and there is a crash....for real!

Reprints

• in Terror Illustrated (Russ Cochran, 2006 series) (2006)

Indexer Notes

adapted from original story in TALES FROM THE CRYPT #23