(September 1952)
Fawcett,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Ginny Provisiero (editor)
This Magazine Is Haunted
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover is a promo for This Magazine Is Haunted.
A Death for a Death
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dr. Ansel Jarrat, a naturalist, works at the Natural History Museum. Dr. Jarrat never cared that he put many insects through incredible pain by pulling them apart and dissecting them without chloroform for the museum's exhibits. After all they were only insects. But now the insects will have their revenge. Every night Dr. Jarrat finds himself turning into an insect. A caterpillar one night, a cockroach the next. Will Dr. Jarrat find a way out of this curse or will he die the death of an insect, like so many he has killed?
- Reprints
-
in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #64 ([No date (1960s)]), #64 ([No date (1960s)]) [Retitled: A Tooth for a Tooth!, splash page used as cover] -
in Doomsday (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #11 (September 1973) -
in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012) which is reprinted - in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #29 (2016)
-
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
The Stage Is Set for Murder
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Actor Anton Arnold carelessly sets free ghosts of the past when he rebuilds the stage of his greatest performance. The rival he eliminated years ago returns to wreak revenge.
- Reprints
- in Zombie (L. Miller & Son, 1961 series) #5 ([circa 1961]) [Page 1, panel 1 used as cover.], #5 ([circa 1961]), #5 ([circa 1961])
-
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
The Man Who Was Monday
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- John Martin
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Antiques collector Kurt Benker’s mind is playing tricks. Because of his obsession with the past he is beginning to go backward in time.
The Locked Door
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Young artist Tom Daly wants to paint the macabre, because it fascinates him. Encountering horror master painter Peter Gynt and spending a dreadful night at his lonely mansion will change his life forever.
- Reprints
- in Zombie (L. Miller & Son, 1961 series) #7 ([circa 1961]) [Page 1, panel 1 used as cover.], #7 ([circa 1961])
- in Doomsday (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #8 ([April 1973])
- in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #11 (June 2014)
- in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (IDW, 2010 series) #16 - Haunted Horror: Candles for the Undead! and Much More! (Volume 4) (August 2016)
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Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
A Death for a Death
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1.
This Magazine Is Haunted
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2.
A Death for a Death
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3.
The Stage Is Set for Murder
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4.
The Man Who Was Monday
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5.
The Locked Door
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6.
Strange Suspense Stories
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7.
Beware Terror Tales
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- Tillmann Courth
- Jake Mathison
- Jonathan Sari
- Ramon Schenk
- Mike White
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