Psycho #20
(August 1974)

Skywald, 1971 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
eight times a year
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Skywald Publishing Corporation
Brand
A Skywald Horror-Mood Publication
Barcode
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Editing
Al Hewetson (credited as Alan Hewetson) (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Salvador Fabá (signed as Fabá) (credited as Faba) (painting)
Inks
Salvador Fabá (signed as Fabá) (credited as Faba) (painting)
Colors
Salvador Fabá (signed as Fabá) (credited as Faba) (painting)
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints
  • in 1974 Nightmare Yearbook, The (Skywald, 1974 series) #1 [as inside back cover ad]

[Nosferatu Ad] (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Zesar (illustration)
Inks
Zesar (illustration)
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Frontispiece. The illustration was made up of two panels taken from the story "Satan's Third Reich", included in Scream #7.

The Dead and the Superdead (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Al Hewetson (credited as Alan Hewetson)
Pencils
José María Cardona (credited as Cardona)
Inks
José María Cardona (credited as Cardona)
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

The Horror Film Vault (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Al Hewetson
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Psychotic Psycho Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Hewetson (credited as Archaic Al)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Revealed that subscriptions for Skywald magazines were no longer currently available, reflecting Skywald’s uncertain future as Marvel & Marvel’s distributor ate up valuable shelf space on the magazine stands.

[Ad for 1974 Nightmare Yearbook] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Burial Vault of Primal Eld!!! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Fedory (credited)
Pencils
Antonio Borrell (signed as Borrell) (credited as Borrell)
Inks
Antonio Borrell (signed as Borrell) (credited as Borrell)
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense

Maelo Cintron (Table of Contents: 7)

Horror-Mood Artist of the Month / character profile / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Al Hewetson
Pencils
Maelo Cintron
Inks
Maelo Cintron
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense

The Masque of the Red Death (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Edgar Allan Poe (short-story); Al Hewetson (adaptation)
Pencils
Ricardo Villamonte (credited)
Inks
Ricardo Villamonte (credited)
Letters
Irv Watanabe

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Adaptation of short-story "The Mask of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe.

Tomorrow the Snowman Will Kill You! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Augustine Funnell (credited)
Pencils
Luis Collado (credited as Collado)
Inks
Luis Collado (credited as Collado)
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Requiem for a Human Being (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Al Hewetson (credited as Howie Anderson)
Pencils
Antonio Borrell (credited as Borrell)
Inks
Antonio Borrell (credited as Borrell)
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense

The Human Gargoyles, part 7: The Freaks (Table of Contents: 11)

The Human Gargoyles / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Al Hewetson (credited as Alan Hewetson)
Pencils
Maelo Cintron (credited)
Inks
Maelo Cintron (credited)
Letters
Irv Watanabe

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Human Gargoyles; Al Hewetson; Maelo Cintron

Indexer Notes

Continued from Nightmare #19. Next in Nightmare #20. Part 7 of 9. Moved to Psycho for this issue only, probably due to the concurrent Nightmare issue being a reprint special.

[Ad for 1974 Nightmare Yearbook] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Ad for Tomb of Horror] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [Nosferatu Ad]
  3. 2. The Dead and the Superdead
  4. 3. The Horror Film Vault
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Psychotic Psycho Mailbag
  6. 5. [Ad for 1974 Nightmare Yearbook]
  7. 6. The Burial Vault of Primal Eld!!!
  8. 7. Maelo Cintron
    Horror-Mood Artist of the Month
  9. 8. The Masque of the Red Death
  10. 9. Tomorrow the Snowman Will Kill You!
  11. 10. Requiem for a Human Being
  12. 11. The Human Gargoyles, part 7: The Freaks
    The Human Gargoyles
  13. 12. [Ad for 1974 Nightmare Yearbook]
  14. 13. [Ad for Tomb of Horror]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Richard Arndt
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Merlin Haas
  • James Ludwig
  • Per Sandell
  • Eduardo Urrutia
  • Jim Van Dore