(April 1954)

Quality Comics, 1952 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic Magazines
Brand
A Quality Comic Publication
Editing
Al Grenet (editor); Richard Arnold (credited as Richard E. Arnold) (associate editor; business manager)

Issue Notes

Indexed from scan from http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/.

The Ghoul of Ghost Swamp (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
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Demon Inferno (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Nicholas
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Raymond Stevens discovers the abode of inner-earth demons Hate, Violence and Betrayal. They brand him with the devil’s sign and send him back home. Stevens is now ruled by his demons and starts killing people in a satanic rage.
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Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested Chic Stone ? for pencils and inks.

Timepiece of Terror (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Horror writer Ward Blake searches for a fabled “bronze clock of Tibet”. When chiming the artifact is revealing projections of terrifying events of history. Blake finally finds the clock in Cairo and kills the owner to get his hands on the timepiece. Ward then uses the clock as inspiration for countless bestselling horror novels. But success comes with a price. The clock begins to drive Blake insane.

Prehistoric Beast (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Louis Ravielli
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Museum curator Edmond Manard unfreezes a prehistoric man from an iceberg and brings him back to life by transfusing him his blood. From now on the ice age man goes on a rampage – and Manard experiences the same pain as the creature.
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Indexer Notes

Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. confirms Ravielli on pencils.

From Outer Space (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A thousand witnesses saw the meteorite blaze...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Denny Henz
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Indexer Notes

Includes Statement of the Ownership, Management, and Circulation at the bottom of the page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Busy Arnold (credited as Everett M. Arnold) (publisher)
Letters
typeset

The Ghoul of Ghost Swamp (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Nicholas
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
“Ghost Swamp” in the Florida everglades is said to host a supernatural ghoulish creature killing all who dare enter. An oil surveying expedition penetrates the swamp and gets wiped out by a swift-acting being in a weird mask. One of the company men donnig a costume is behind the murders, but gets strangled by the real swamp ghoul.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested John Forte ? for pencils and inks.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Ghoul of Ghost Swamp
  2. 1. Demon Inferno
  3. 2. Timepiece of Terror
  4. 3. Prehistoric Beast
  5. 4. From Outer Space
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
  7. 6. The Ghoul of Ghost Swamp
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Tillmann Courth
  • Pat Lang
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky