Eerie #5

(February-March 1952)

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

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sid Check ?

Inks

Sid Check ?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Was it a dream?

Genre

horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

One panel each depicting a scene from the four main stories of the issue.

I Painted Only Terror! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Norman Nodel ?

Inks

Vince Alascia

Colors

?

Letters

typeset (Leroy lettering)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Paul Beaumont built his fame with his paintings of human terror!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Paul Beaumont; Officer Clancy

Synopsis

Paul Beaumont is a success with his paintings of human terror. Feeling exhausted he goes to work on one final masterpiece. He scares a model to death and paints the ultimate terror. The ghost of the woman, however, urges him on to work until he collapses.

Reprints

• in Psycho (Skywald, 1971 series) #1 (January 1971)
which is reprinted
• in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2371 - Skywald's Psycho Volume 1 ([July] 2019)

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Master of the Cats! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mike Becker ?

Inks

Vince Alascia

Colors

?

Letters

typeset (Leroy lettering)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Stay away from me!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

John Wingate; Alice Wingate; Senor Gato

Synopsis

The couple of John and Alice gets lost in the countryside. They come to the home of Senor Gato who lives in the company of cats. Or rather cat-beings able to take on human form as well. Alice is transformed into a cat and John accidentally kills her.

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

The Cellar of Blood (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The world believes that Heinrich Himmler killed himself...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Heinrich Himmler

The Knife of Jack the Ripper! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Goldfarb (signed as Goldfarb)

Inks

Bob Baer (signed as Baer)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset (Leroy lettering)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Useless to scream!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Jack the Ripper

Synopsis

A young carpenter comes into possession of Jack the Ripper’s knife and is haunted by visions of murder. He goes on a killing spree, unable to stop or get rid of the murderous weapon.

Reprints

• in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #325 - Jack the Ripper ([November] 2017)

Indexer Notes

first-person narrative

Tenant of the Lost Pyramid (Table of Contents: 6)

The Story Behind the Cover / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dr. Vetry turned to me...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Dr. Vetry; Vera Vetry

Operation Horror! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset (Leroy lettering)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Was it a dream?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Dr. Gordell; Roger Dorne; Diane Gordell

Synopsis

Elderly Dr. Gordell drinks a potion which transforms him into strong, primeval cave-man. As such he roams around and murders innocent passers-by. Gordell’s daughter and his assistant Roger can track him down and get him engaged in a death-match with a circus gorilla.