(August 1952)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Current Detective Stories, Inc.
- Brand:
- Atlas [black & white]
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- 4 Color; Standard Golden Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series
Dead Man's Escape!
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Maneely
- Inks:
- Joe Maneely
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- A-438
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- A convict from an island prison tries to escape by being dumped in the bay inside of a corpse bag. Instead of dumping him in the bay, a large well has been dug which they are now using to dispose of bodies, inhabited by a large octopus.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
-
in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #9 (August 1972)
-
Under the Knife!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Tony DiPreta
- Inks:
- Tony DiPreta
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- A-384
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- During an operation a man dies briefly and experiences a boatride with a beautiful woman named Zoe who is trying to outdistance Death. After passing dead man on the shore who died in battle as cowards and later on down the line, sirens, they are overtaken by Death. The man looks Death in the face and screams. He regains consciousness and the doctor congratulates him on his yell calling him a miracle since he was dead for seventeen minutes. He is taken to another doctor and he screams in his mind after anesthesia is administered because he had seen the man's face and it was that of...Death.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #18 (July 1972)
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Caraniti's Curse
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- A-525
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #32 (April 1954) [as "Pearls of the Dead"]
-
He Who Laughs Last, Gets the Horselaugh
comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- Jack Abel (?)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- A-524
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- A man who plays the rear end in a dummy horse act is jealous of the man who plays the head, so he kills him and when he returns to the stage that night, is trampled by the front part of the costume.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #16 (July 1972)
-
Ed's Young Wife!
comic story / 3 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Ben Brown
- Inks:
- David Gantz
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- A-508
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- A man tries to get his lover's husband out of the way by sawing through the steering column of his car so it will give way on the mountain road, but is surprised to see him when he goes to his lover's abode. The husband tells him he wasn't feeling well that morning so he sent his wife in his place.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #19 (October 1972)
-
in Fantomet (Semic, 1976 series) #13/1987 (uke 25 1987)
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Island of Horror
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Inks:
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- A-504
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Nick Allen; Wheeler; Jeannie; Ronstedt; Morel; Perry
- Synopsis:
- A "ghoulish" reporter finds more than he bargained for when he meets with a mysterious stranger on a boat to talk about some local disappearances.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #17 (June 1972) [reprint title: Island of Fear!]
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