(August 1954)
Story Comics,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bimonthly
- On-sale Date
- 1954
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Story Comics Inc.
Dean Ross Piano Studios
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Indexer Notes
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The Choker
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A necklace has been in the husband's family for generations and takes revenge on the woman who killed him by strangling her and putting the blame on her boyfriend who hangs for her murder.
- Reprints
-
in Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v6#2 (March 1974) [reworked] which is reprinted - in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v10#1 (March 1977)
- in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #22 (June 2016)
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Indexer Notes
First-person narrative by a choker, a diamond necklace.
Stops "Bed Wetting"
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Indexer Notes
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The Coward
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Butcher father breaks up son's engagement and son disembowels him in revenge in a very EC-esque tale. "Who's gutless now? Eh, eh, eh."
- Reprints
- in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v3#6 (November 1970) [reworked] which is reprinted
- in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v3#5 (September 1971)
- in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v6#3 (May 1973)
-
Horror of the Guerrilla
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Tim Chapman steals penicillin to sell on the French black market. But when he double crosses the local guerilla, he has to pay with his life.
Beauty and the Beast
Mother Ghoul's Nursery Tale / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Woman avoids the executioner by promising to bring the king the fortune of the Beast. She tries for months to get the beast to kiss her and turn into a prince, but he avoids her. She tries to kill him & fails. When she does kiss him, he turns into a handsome prince and she turns into a hideous beast.
Stops "Nail Biting" Habit Instantly
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Indexer Notes
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400 Movie & TV Star Pictures
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Indexer Notes
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Blood Thirsty
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Girl visits her grandmother and becomes convinced she is a vampire. Granny is incensed and insulted because she is really a ghoul and kills her granddaughter in fit of pique.
- Reprints
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v4#6 (December 1970) [reworked] which is reprinted
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v5#5 (October 1971)
- in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v5#6 (December 1973)
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Dean Ross Piano Studios
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2.
The Choker
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3.
Stops "Bed Wetting"
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4.
Price Smash
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5.
The Coward
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6.
Horror of the Guerrilla
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7.
Beauty and the Beast
Mother Ghoul's Nursery Tale -
8.
Stops "Nail Biting" Habit Instantly
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9.
400 Movie & TV Star Pictures
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10.
Blood Thirsty
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11.
Prizes Given
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12.
Beads Contain Water from the Miraculous Fountain at Lourdes
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13.
Do You Need Money?
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- Chris Boyko
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