(July 1953)

Farrell, 1953 Series
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Volume
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
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On-sale Date
1953
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
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Brand
A Farrell Publication

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Robert Webb ?
Inks
Robert Webb ?
Colors
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Letters
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Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A dancing girl takes off her mask and reveals she's a hideous monster to a sultan.

Fiends from the Crypt (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
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Colors
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Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Banco; Pietro; Signor Renzi; Mrs. Reni; Daughter of the Renzis; Green Horde
Synopsis
Chasing a thief named Banco into the Rome sewers, Signor Renzi and his partner, Pietro find Banco with all his body eaten. They try to escape the sewer, and find themselves hunted by the Green Horde. Renzi gives Pietro to them, then works a deal with the creatures who speak an unfamiliar language. Renzi agrees to find them victims. He makes a great profit over time. When considering his family, he decides to tell the creatures to forget about future victims. Angry, they grab his wife and daughter. He rushes to the sewers to beg for his family. The creatures already ate them. Renzi's next.
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Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Werewolf (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Myron Fass ?
Inks
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Colors
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Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Old Crone; Little Red Riding Hood; Zack Parker; Elmer Dowd; Tim Blaake
Synopsis
The Old Crone, saying she's the real grandmother of Little Red Riding Hood, tells the true story. Elmer Dowd turns into a werewolf. As a werewolf, he attacks Red Riding Hood. His friend Zach Parker shoots Elmer when in werewolf form, thinking it's just a wolf he's shooting. He shoots him again when the werewolf attacks Riding Hood again. Finally, Zach goes to grandmother's house to discover the horrible truth about Red Riding Hood's true nature. Parker realizes too late that Red Riding Hood is really a vampire instead of an innocent.
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Keywords
vampire; witch

Careless Corpse (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Joe Doolin ?
Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Dave Tibbets; Becky Tibbets; Dan Burns
Synopsis
Dave Tibbets leaves his wife Becky so he can go to work. He crashes his car and dies. Not realizing he looks like death warmed over, he encounters a lot of people who do realize he looks that way as he heads for home. An elderly couple, a lady at a farmhouse, a trolley full of people all flee in terror. When he reaches his home, he finds Becky in the arms of his supposed-friend, Dan Burns. He kills Dan, but Becky passes out. He carries her upstairs, planning to kill her too. He sees himself in the mirror, telling Becky he has finally seen himself and her. He turns into dust.
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Keywords
ghosts; revenant; undead

Carnival of Terror (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
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Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Chun, the Snake Charmer; Millie Sears; Joe Dugan
Synopsis
Chun, the Snake Charmer, who charms cobras with his flute, stays with the carnival he despises only to stay near Millie Sears. He reveals his attraction to Millie, who laughs. Joe has Millie tell Chun she'd go with him, and he shows her where his money's hidden. Chun shows her the money, which is kept protected in the cobra cage. Joe and Millie go to steal the money. Joe stabs Chun and the two cobras to retrieve the cash. Chun appears, saying it was his dummy Joe stabbed. Chun delivers the Cobra Curse, turning the pair into cobras. The pair as cobras kill Chun. They are stuck as cobras.
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Indexer Notes

Story is the basis for the following issue's cover.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Fiends from the Crypt
  3. 2. Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Werewolf
  4. 3. Careless Corpse
  5. 4. Carnival of Terror
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Bill Devine
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Kevin Olson
  • Per Sandell
  • Mike White