(November 1952)
St. John,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- St. John Publishing Company
- Brand
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St. John
- Editing
- ?
Murderers Knoll
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
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in Pre-Code Classics: Weird Horrors (PS Artbooks, 2018 series) #1 (April 2018)
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The Knife on Murderer's Knoll
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Paul Rothwell masquerades as the Grim Reaper to kill his fiancee Peggy Marshall and stalk members of her family. But Peggy's ghost summons the real Grim Reaper to deal with Paul.
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
Ghost Riders
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Jeff Pearson (special FBI agent)
- Synopsis
- Heroic ghost breaker Jeff Pearson decides to solve the mystery of two skeleton horse riders who are targeting people of industry in the town of Rockfield. It turns out they were Russian spies wearing disguises.
The Haunter
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mark Lowell (homeowner); Simon Lowell (his evil nephew)
- Synopsis
- Simon Lowell uses a hidden microphone in the home he shares with his elderly uncle Mark pretending to be a ghost. His plan? To drive his uncle to suicide with fright in order to get his inheritance. It works, but when Simon starts hearing voices in the house tormenting him, he realizes his dead uncle is haunting him from beyond the grave.
- Reprints
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in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v4#1 (February 1970) [reworked] which is reprinted - in Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v3#2 (April 1971)
- in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v5#2 (March 1973)
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v10#2 (June 1977), #v13#3 [2] (June 1980)
- in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #22 (June 2016)
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Indexer Notes
Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
The Fiend of Dachau
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Herr Oscar Grunwald (Nazi prison keeper of Dachau camp); Lt Henri Duval (Korean war pilot); Joey McShane (jet base employee); Fred Quinn (jet base employee)
- Synopsis
- Herr Oscar Grunwald was thought to have perished when prisoners lead a riot at the Dachau Camp he was prison keeper at. But Oscar survived and came to North America to get revenge on the soldiers who thought they killed him.
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Murderers Knoll
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1.
The Knife on Murderer's Knoll
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2.
Ghost Riders
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3.
The Haunter
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4.
Comedy Column
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5.
The Fiend of Dachau
This issue was modified by, among others
- Doug Brain
- Michael Hoskin
- Mike Nielsen
- Tim Tjarks
- Jim Van Dore
- Mike White
- Len Wolinsky
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