Ghost Comics
#8
(1953)
Fiction House,
1951 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fiction House Inc.
- Brand
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Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- J. F. Byrne (managing editor)
Curse of the Mist-Things
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- Keywords
- voodoo dolls
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Frank Motler, September 2008.
The Curse of the Mist-Things
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Belcastro [as Johnny Bell] (signed)
- Inks
- John Belcastro [as Johnny Bell] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- In his youth Sir John killed a man and kidnapped a gypsy woman. A ghostly gypsy caravan arrives at Belfast manor – to claim the lord’s daughter who is the result of that mating.
- Reprints
-
in The Ghost Rider (Cartoon Art, 1952 series) #11 ([1953]) -
in Ghost Comics (ilovecomics, 2021 series) #8 (2022)
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The Face in the Shroud
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- When a seance goes wrong and Helen's husband Jim is killed by a ghostly apparition, she is held for murder. But with the assistance of Jim's ghost Helen can thwart a sinister plot behind it all.
- Reprints
- in The Ghost Rider (Cartoon Art, 1952 series) #11 ([1953])
-
in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #13 (October 2014) which is reprinted - in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (IDW, 2010 series) #21 - Haunted Horror: The Screaming Skulls! and Much More! (Volume 5) (March 2017)
- in Ghost Comics (ilovecomics, 2021 series) #8 (2022)
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Return Engagement
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Deceased marionette performer Zucardo invites his criminal wife Mae to an abandoned theatre. On the stage where she poisoned him she is going to experience a truly horrifying act.
- Reprints
The Soul Stealer
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Careless tourists David Fleming and Ann Jordan come into contact with a voodoo ritual. As they are haunted by nightly visions and wild dreams they seek help with psychiatrist Dr. Gordon. But things get worse and one of them is destined to become a zombie.
- Reprints
- in Spellbound Magazine (Cartoon Art, 1954 series) #[nn] ([1954])
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #16 (2012)
- in Ghost Comics (ilovecomics, 2021 series) #8 (2022)
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The Last of Glanamores
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- When Hugh Glanamore comes visiting his inherited castle in Scotland, he is confronted by ghosts from the past. In return for longevity an evil druid has turned his ancestors into oak trees.
- Reprints
- in Spellbound Magazine (Cartoon Art, 1954 series) #[nn] ([1954])
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #25 (2015)
- in Ghost Comics (ilovecomics, 2021 series) #8 (2022)
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- Keywords
- Scotland
Indexer Notes
Previous indexer suggested John Belcastro? for art credits.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Curse of the Mist-Things
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1.
The Curse of the Mist-Things
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2.
The Face in the Shroud
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3.
Return Engagement
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4.
Fonopost
Stamp Page -
5.
The Soul Stealer
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6.
The Last of Glanamores
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7.
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This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Salvatore Carotenuto
- Tillmann Courth
- Gregory Fischer
- Glenn MacKay
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Keith Smith
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
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