(February 1955)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bimonthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- St. John Publishing Company
- Brand:
- St. John
- Editing:
- Marion McDermott
- Format:
- standard newsstand comic book
Issue Notes
Indicia states "Formerly Nightmare" and "published bimonthly". Editor credit from Ownership statement in this issue.
The Widow's Lover
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Kubert
- Inks:
- Joe Kubert
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- A former executioner beheads his old boss and is allowed to be his own executioner.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
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from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) #4 (Summer 1952)
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The Tentacles of Death
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- George Tuska
- Inks:
- George Tuska
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Dr. Mark Savant; Ventro
- Synopsis:
- Dr. Mark Savant heads to Genero where the inhabitants are practicing human sacrifice. There he finds a horrible monster called an Octeel.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) #4 (Summer 1952)
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Polio Precautions
public service announcement / 0.66 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
Indexer Notes
Last third of page is ownership.
Dr. Osborne's Secret Weapon
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- A future scientist discovers a way to defeat the invading Sirians by disabling atomic energy.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) #4 (Summer 1952)
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The Bloody Sword
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Sy Barry?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- Robert MacCloran returns to his ancestral home to claim his birthright, but his evil uncle has other plans.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) #4 (Summer 1952)
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The Portrait of Death
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- George Roussos (signed)
- Inks:
- George Roussos (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- Gregory Harborough finds a painting of himself labelled "Portrait of Death" and is determined to find the artist.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) #4 (Summer 1952)
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The Finger of Fate
comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
- Inks:
- Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction
- Synopsis:
- Dr. Gladys Cross saves the finger of a holyman from being chopped off and gets a reward in return.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) #4 (Summer 1952)
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Indexer Notes
Jerry Bails' Who's Who mentions that all of Kinstler's work at St. John Publications was reprints.
Graveyard in the Antarctic
comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Marvin Stein (signed) [as M. Stein]
- Inks:
- Marvin Stein (signed) [as M. Stein]
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction
- Characters:
- G. Murray Levick; Captain Robert Scott
- Synopsis:
- G. Murray Levick, surgeon with Captain Robert Scott, finds a thousands of dead and dying seals in the Antarctic.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) #4 (Summer 1952)
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