Psycho #23
(January 1975)

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
?
Editing
Al Hewetson (credited as Alan Hewetson) (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Boada (credited) (signed as Boada) (painting)
Inks
Boada (credited) (signed as Boada) (painting)
Colors
Boada (credited) (signed as Boada) (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense

People of the Dark (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robert E. Howard (credited as R. E. Howard)
Pencils
Gene Day (credited) (signed as Gene Day) (illustration)
Inks
Gene Day (credited) (signed as Gene Day) (illustration)
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Frontispiece. Consisted of a brief bit of prose from a horror writer {in this case, Robert E. Howard} and a full page illo for that bit. At least 12 of these pages were completed but only two saw print.

Midnight in Wax (Table of Contents: 2)

The Phantom of the Dead / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Al Hewetson (credited as Alan Hewetson)
Pencils
Martín Saurí
Inks
Martín Saurí
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

César López was miscredited as artist on the first page of this story. The real artist, Josep Maria Martín Saurí, appeared on the credits page as Bob Martin.

[Gene Day/Augustine Funnell Profiles] (Table of Contents: 3)

Psycho Mailbag / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Profiles on artists Gene Day and Augustine Funnell. A ‘Horror-Mood Character Vote’ in which readers could vote on their favorite continuing character was included. ‘The Little Horror-Mood Shop Of Horrors’—a 5-page catalog of novelty items similar to Warren’s Captain Company—begins appearing this issue.

The Curse of the Snake Goddess (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Fedory
Pencils
José María Cardona (credited as Cardona)
Inks
José María Cardona (credited as Cardona)
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Portfolio of the Master Criminal, the Vampire (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gene Day; Ricardo Villamonte; Ferran Sostres; Jesús Durán; Pablo Marcos; Zesar; Suso; Jaime Puigagut Mas
Inks
Gene Day; Ricardo Villamonte; Ferran Sostres; Jesús Durán; Pablo Marcos; Zesar; Suso; Jaime Puigagut Mas
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

With the exception of Day, all art is from previous stories.

A Garden of Hellish Delight (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Al Hewetson (credited as Edward Farthing)
Pencils
César López (credited as Cesar Lopez)
Inks
César López (credited as Cesar Lopez)
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense

Killerclown (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Augustine Funnell (credited)
Pencils
Gene Day (credited) (illustration)
Inks
Gene Day (credited) (illustration)
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense

The Werevampirewolf (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Wordless tale
Reprints

The Man of the Crowd (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Edgar Allan Poe (short-story); Al Hewetson (adaptation)
Pencils
Ferran Sostres (credited as Sostres)
Inks
Ferran Sostres (credited as Sostres)
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

The 300th Birth Day Party! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Al Hewetson
Pencils
Ramón Torrents (signed as Ramón Torrents)
Inks
Ramón Torrents (signed as Ramón Torrents)
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

The Mummy Khafre, Part 2: The Murderess (Table of Contents: 11)

The Mummy Khafre / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Al Hewetson (credited as Alan Hewetson)
Pencils
César López (credited as Cesar Lopez)
Inks
César López (credited as Cesar Lopez)
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Maelo Cintron
Inks
Maelo Cintron
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[Zombie Pin-Up] (Table of Contents: 13)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gene Day (signed as Gene Day)
Inks
Gene Day (signed as Gene Day)
Colors
?

Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Back cover

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. People of the Dark
  3. 2. Midnight in Wax
    The Phantom of the Dead
  4. 3. [Gene Day/Augustine Funnell Profiles]
    Psycho Mailbag
  5. 4. The Curse of the Snake Goddess
  6. 5. Portfolio of the Master Criminal, the Vampire
  7. 6. A Garden of Hellish Delight
  8. 7. Killerclown
  9. 8. The Werevampirewolf
  10. 9. The Man of the Crowd
  11. 10. The 300th Birth Day Party!
  12. 11. The Mummy Khafre, Part 2: The Murderess
    The Mummy Khafre
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
  14. 13. [Zombie Pin-Up]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Richard Arndt
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Eduardo Urrutia
  • Jim Van Dore