Psycho #24
(March 1975)

Skywald, 1971 Series
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Price
1.00 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)

Issue Notes

Final issue, and the last Skywald magazine released. The cover stated this was the 1975 Psycho Winter Special. Only the title page identified it as #24.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[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)

Genre
horror-suspense

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Saki (credited)
Pencils
Gene Day (credited) (signed as Gene Day)
Inks
Gene Day (credited) (signed as Gene Day)
Letters
Gene Day ?

Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Frontispiece. Consisted of a brief bit of prose from a horror writer (in this case, "Sredni Vashtar" by Saki) and a full page illo for that bit.

... a Fragment in the Life of Dracula... within the Dungeons of Castle Dracula! (Table of Contents: 2)

Dracula / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Al Hewetson (credited as Howard Anderson)
Pencils
Martín Saurí (credited as Robert Martin) (signed as Martin Sauri)
Inks
Martín Saurí (credited as Robert Martin) (signed as Martin Sauri)
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Monster, Monster, Chapter 7: Visions of Bloody Death (Table of Contents: 3)

Monster, Monster / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Augustine Funnell (credited)
Pencils
Jaime Puigagut Mas (credited as Paul Puigagut) (signed as Puigagut)
Inks
Jaime Puigagut Mas (credited as Paul Puigagut) (signed as Puigagut)
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense

Daughter of Darkness (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Joan Cintron (credited)
Pencils
Maelo Cintron (credited) (signed as Cintron)
Inks
Maelo Cintron (credited) (signed as Cintron)
Letters
Irv Watanabe

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

The Book of the Dead! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Al Hewetson (credited as Hugh Laskey)
Pencils
Domingo Álvarez (credited as Domingo)
Inks
Domingo Álvarez (credited as Domingo)
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense

From Hell to Eternity! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

The Cry of the White Wolf (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Sim (credited)
Pencils
Luis Collado [as Stan Connerty]
Inks
Luis Collado [as Stan Connerty]
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Dave Sim made his professional debut with this story, which featured a photo of Sim on the splash page, along with the note that Skywald was "pleased to introduce demented Dave Sim for the first time in the comic medium".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Boada (signed as Boada)
Inks
Boada (signed as Boada)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Mentioned Basil Wolverton’s ‘Barflyze’ book, previewed a pencil sketch for a never published cover by Boada and mentioned that upcoming stories (never published) would be written by former EC writer Carl Wessler and former Warren editor/writer J. R. Cochran. Boada's finished cover appeared in the Spanish magazine Dossier Negro #76.

...if I Should Die Before I Wake... (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Al Hewetson (credited as Victor Buckley)
Pencils
José María Cardona (credited as Andy Crandon)
Inks
José María Cardona (credited as Andy Crandon)
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

The Fiend of Changsha Chapter Two: Dead by Day -- Fiend by Night (Table of Contents: 10)

The Fiend Of Changsha / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Al Hewetson (credited as Alan Hewetson)
Pencils
Sanho Kim (credited as Chull Sanho Kim)
Inks
Sanho Kim (credited as Chull Sanho Kim)
Letters
Sanho Kim ?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continued from Psycho #21. Serial never finished.

[Werewolf Ad] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

[Psycho Next Issue Ad] (Table of Contents: 12) (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. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. ... a Fragment in the Life of Dracula... within the Dungeons of Castle Dracula!
    Dracula
  4. 3. Monster, Monster, Chapter 7: Visions of Bloody Death
    Monster, Monster
  5. 4. Daughter of Darkness
  6. 5. The Book of the Dead!
  7. 6. From Hell to Eternity!
  8. 7. The Cry of the White Wolf
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Psycho Mailbag
  10. 9. ...if I Should Die Before I Wake...
  11. 10. The Fiend of Changsha Chapter Two: Dead by Day -- Fiend by Night
    The Fiend Of Changsha
  12. 11. [Werewolf Ad]
  13. 12. [Psycho Next Issue Ad]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Richard Arndt
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Merlin Haas
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jason Sacks
  • Per Sandell
  • Eduardo Urrutia
  • Jim Van Dore