(September 1953)

Quality Comics, 1952 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1953
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic Magazines
Brand
A Quality Comic Publication
Editing
Alfred Grenet (Editor); Richard Arnold (Associate Editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Chuck Cuidera ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Orgy of Death (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole ?
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Greedy Dr. Morgan discovers the remnants of a Phoenician cult on a remote island. He’s willing to sacrifice his niece Lela and his pilot Alan to get his hands on the lost treasure of Moloch. But tables are turned when the earth starts to quake and a volcano erupts.
Reprints

The Man Who Saw Doom (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Nicholas
Inks
Charles Nicholas ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
The Hindu mystic Arnar lets John Durrand wear a death-foreseeing magic ring. If John encounters a person with a blank face, that person is going to die in the next minute. The visions drive Durrand almost insane. He passes the ring on to a jeweler.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer Saltarella suggested Vernon Henkel? for pencils and inks.

The Spectre's Face (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole ?
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
crime; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Mob gunman Barker Crane retires from his killing career and aims for a life of respectability. Whenever Crane has his picture taken, the photograph will reveal a ghostly rotting zombie looming behind him. Crane tries to find the man in the picture, but does not succeed and – demoralized and worn out – turns himself in to the police.
Reprints

Vampire Valley (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense

The House Where Horror Lived (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
John Carlton, “The Bravest Man Alive”, and his man-servant, Drake, spend a night in a haunted house. Drake, however, rigged the place to teach Carlton a lesson in fear. The terror proves to be too stark for Carlton who drops dead from fright.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Orgy of Death
  3. 2. The Man Who Saw Doom
  4. 3. The Spectre's Face
  5. 4. Vampire Valley
  6. 5. The House Where Horror Lived
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Tillmann Courth
  • Peter Croome
  • Kenneth English
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Claus Simonsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Jim Walls