(April 1954)
Story Comics,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bimonthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Story Comics Inc.
- Editing
- William K. Friedman (editor; managing editor)
Issue Notes
Thanks to Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr for art IDs throughout.
There's a possibility that William K. Friedman is the same person as Bill Friedman, an owner of Youthful Comics, but so far there's no connection between the two.
There's a possibility that William K. Friedman is the same person as Bill Friedman, an owner of Youthful Comics, but so far there's no connection between the two.
Revenge
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man kills his wife by cutting her brakes so he can get her insurance. Her ghost comes back from the dead for revenge, ultimately damning her own soul.
- Reprints
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in Classic Monsters of Pre-Code Horror Comics: Ghosts (IDW, 2019 series) (October 2019)
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Werewolves
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v3#1 (February 1971) [reworked]
- in Web of Scares Special Collector's Edition (Dennis Druktenis, 2009 series) #1 (October 2009)
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Terror in the Stars
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Ellen Lynn (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
The COFFIN
comic story / 5.5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A doctor and a mortician work together to kill people with the doctor poisoning the victims and the mortician selling coffins to the grieving families. After their partnership falls apart, the mortician turns on the doctor but he himself is attacked by the corpse of one of his victims.
- Reprints
- in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v2#4 (August 1970) [reworked] which is reprinted
- in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v5#4 (June 1972)
- in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v7#3 (August 1976)
- in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v9#1 (January 1978)
- in Weird Vampire Tales (Eerie Publications, 1979 series) #v5#2 (April 1981)
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #13 (2011)
- in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #34 (June 2018)
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Indexer Notes
bottom half is statement of ownership
The story is narrated by one of the coffins.
Bank Night
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Three robbers rob a vault and take the loot back to their hideout. The entire police force is trying to regain the "priceless" stolen loot. It turns out, it was the city's blood supply and the robbers are vampires!
- Reprints
- in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v3#6 (November 1970) [reworked] which is reprinted
- in Strange Galaxy (Eerie Publications, 1971 series) #v1#11 (August 1971)
- in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v6#6 (November 1973)
- in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #28 (June 2017)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Revenge
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2.
Werewolves
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3.
Terror in the Stars
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4.
The COFFIN
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5.
[no title indexed]
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6.
Bank Night
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