Eerie #1

(May-June 1951)

The Werewolf of Warsham Manor (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Moe Marcus

Inks

Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Robert Warsham, last of the Warsham clan, hurries to his uncle’s death bed and learns about a family curse. In an experiment gone wrong decades ago, the scientist partner of Vincent Warsham was turned into a were-beast and killed. When the members of the Warsham family turn 45 years of age, the wolfman stalks and kills them in revenge.

Reprints

• in Eerie (Thorpe & Porter, 1952 series) #1 ([1952] ?)
• in Eerie (Avon, 1951 series) #15 (April-May 1954)
• in Eerie Tales (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1963 series) #12 (1964)
• in Horror House (AC, 1994 series) #1 (1994)
• in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #13 (2011)
• in Pre-Code Classics: Eerie (PS Artbooks, 2016 series) #3 (May 2016)

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

King of the Living Dead (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Martin Thall ?

Inks

Martin Thall ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

In Budapest Adrina Rollande, bride of Walter Austen, is kidnapped by a zombie and brought to an underground cavern. Austen manages to follow unnoticed through the sewer system. They meet a madman who is recruiting an undead army and plans to conquer the surface world. The courageous American, however, can dispose of the master and his servants by collapsing the cavern.

Reprints

• in Eerie (Thorpe & Porter, 1952 series) #1 ([1952] ?)
• in Eerie (Avon, 1951 series) #15 (April-May 1954)
• in Eerie Tales (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1963 series) #12 (1964)
• in Pre-Code Classics: Eerie (PS Artbooks, 2016 series) #3 (May 2016)

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

The Subway Horror! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Kida (signed)

Inks

Bob Fujitani ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Harry Horten is constantly nagged at and maltreated by his dominant wife Helen. Horten plans to dispose of her, but make it look like an accident. He pushes her in front of a subway train. But there's no relief for Horton, because he is haunted by visions and hallucinations.

Reprints

• from Eerie Comics (Avon, 1947 series) #1 (January 1947) [retitled]
• in Eerie (Thorpe & Porter, 1952 series) #1 ([1952] ?)
• in Eerie (Avon, 1951 series) #15 (April-May 1954)
• in Eerie Tales (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1963 series) #12 (1964)
• in Pre-Code Classics: Eerie (PS Artbooks, 2016 series) #3 (May 2016)

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Original title: "The Strange Case of Henpecked Harry."

Double Trouble (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• in Eerie (Thorpe & Porter, 1952 series) #1 ([1952] ?)
• in Eerie (Avon, 1951 series) #15 (April-May 1954)
• in Pre-Code Classics: Eerie (PS Artbooks, 2016 series) #3 (May 2016)

The Monster from the Pit (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Two cops of Transylvanian descent recognize a killer’s spree as the work of the Grahku, a supernatural werewolf-like fiend. They read up on the legend and find a means to destroy the monster. By putting a charm on a certain corpse in the cemetery the Grahku will be stopped forever. But one of the cops is digging his own grave.

Reprints

• in Eerie (Thorpe & Porter, 1952 series) #1 ([1952] ?)
• in Eerie (Avon, 1951 series) #15 (April-May 1954)
• in Eerie Tales (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1963 series) #12 (1964)
• in Pre-Code Classics: Eerie (PS Artbooks, 2016 series) #3 (May 2016)