Psycho #4
(September 1971)

Skywald, 1971 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Bi-Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Skywald Publishing Corporation
Brand
A Skywald Publication
Editing
Sol Brodsky (credited) (editor); Herschel Waldman (credited) (associate editor); Helen Rudin (credited) (editorial assistant)

Issue Notes

First squarebound issue.

Out of Chaos!; Comes the Stalking Monster! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ken Kelly (credited) (signed as K. W. Kelly) (painting)
Inks
Ken Kelly (credited) (signed as K. W. Kelly) (painting)
Colors
Ken Kelly (credited) (signed as K. W. Kelly) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
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The Innsmouth Apparition (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Larry Todd
Pencils
Larry Todd (signed)
Inks
Larry Todd (signed)
Letters
Larry Todd ?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
The US Coast Guard destroy a huge humanoid sea monster with depth charges.
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Indexer Notes

Frontispiece

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
various
Inks
various
Letters
typeset

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Night Of Evil! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Heap / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Ross Andru (credited)
Pencils
Ross Andru (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited)
Letters
Irv Watanabe

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
The Heap asks his friend Monty Elliot to help him with his condition. While waiting, the Heap makes his way to a nearby bog and kills two escaped convicts who had taken a woman hostage. While fleeing authorities, he runs into quicksand and sinks.
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Out Of Chaos... A New Beginning (Table of Contents: 4)

Out of Chaos / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Marv Wolfman (credited)
Pencils
Rich Buckler (credited)
Inks
Rich Buckler (credited)
Letters
Irv Watanabe

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
The universe is being destroyed and Satan desperately tries to create a new Hell before he's wiped from existence.
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Indexer Notes

Concluded in next issue.

Museum Piece (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein (credited)
Pencils
Serg Moren (credited) (signed as Serg Moren)
Inks
Serg Moren (credited) (signed as Serg Moren)
Letters
Jean Simek

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A wax sculpture's adult son is horribly mangled in a car accident. To save him, he rebuilds him into a living wax figure.
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Comes The Stalking Monster! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Tom Sutton ? (credited as Larry Todd)
Pencils
Tom Sutton ? (credited as David Cook)
Inks
Syd Shores (credited)
Letters
Irv Watanabe

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A scientist conjurs up a demon so can learn infinite knowledge from the beyond, but his female assistant (who he believes to be intellectually inferior to him) turns the tables on him and takes control of the demon.
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Indexer Notes

Cover story.

Psycho Delivery (Table of Contents: 7)

letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sol Brodsky ?
Pencils
Ross Andru (illustration); Tom Sutton (illustration); Ernie Colón (illustration)
Inks
Mike Esposito (illustration); Dan Adkins (illustration); Ernie Colón (illustration)
Letters
typeset

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Behind The Planet Of The Apes (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Allan Asherman (credited)
Pencils
? (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Features preproduction sketches and notes from the 1968 film Planet of the Apes.
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Indexer Notes

Text article with storyboard art.

Escape (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dennis Fujitake (credited)
Pencils
Dennis Fujitake (credited) (signed as Fujitake)
Inks
Dennis Fujitake (credited) (signed as Fujitake)
Letters
Jean Simek

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
In the middle ages, a condemned evil Baron hires some men to free him from the castle's dungeon, but they unwittingly kill him by mistake.
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Indexer Notes

Dennis Fujitake's professional debut.

Plague of Jewels (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Bruce Jones (credited)
Pencils
Bruce Jones (credited) (signed as Bruce Jones)
Inks
Bruce Jones (credited) (signed as Bruce Jones)
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Two men looking for treasure in a Peruvian jungle, encounter skeletal warriors and an ancient Incan priestess looking for a mate.
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Frankenstein, Book II: Freaks Of Fear! (Table of Contents: 11)

Frankenstein / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Tom Sutton (credited as Sean Todd)
Pencils
Tom Sutton (credited as Sean Todd)
Inks
Jack Abel (credited)
Letters
Jean Simek

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
The Frankenstein monster survives the destruction of Castle Frankenstein and flees the country by hooking up with a traveling freak show. He's eventually put on display in France in front of the legendary Notre Dame cathedral. He escapes, only to encounter the monsterous bell ringer Quasimodo!
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Indexer Notes

Story and pencils credited to Sean Todd.

Psycho Presents the Heap (Table of Contents: 12)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)
Inks
Bill Everett (signed as Bill Everett)
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
The Heap
Synopsis
A drawing of the Heap fighting off a woman and a man.
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Indexer Notes

Back cover

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Out of Chaos!; Comes the Stalking Monster!
  2. 1. The Innsmouth Apparition
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. Night Of Evil!
    The Heap
  5. 4. Out Of Chaos... A New Beginning
    Out of Chaos
  6. 5. Museum Piece
  7. 6. Comes The Stalking Monster!
  8. 7. Psycho Delivery
  9. 8. Behind The Planet Of The Apes
  10. 9. Escape
  11. 10. Plague of Jewels
  12. 11. Frankenstein, Book II: Freaks Of Fear!
    Frankenstein
  13. 12. Psycho Presents the Heap
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Craig Delich
  • Jochen G.
  • lionel grime
  • Glenn MacKay
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Eduardo Urrutia
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Mike White