(October-November 1952)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Capitol Stories, Inc.
- Brand:
- An Outstanding Comics Publication
- Editing:
- Alfred V. Fago
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Silver Age US
- Paper Stock:
- Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
- Binding:
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- Was ongoing
The Thing Presents
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Lou Morales (signed)
- Inks:
- Lou Morales
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Contents page
Curse of Karnak
comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bob Forgione (signed)
- Inks:
- Bob Forgione
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- Professor Ambrose carelessly revives the mummy of King Mentu and sets free a plague of Egyptian gods running amok in the excavation camp.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
-
in Doomsday (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #17 (July 1974)
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Harmony of Horror
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bob Forgione (signed)
- Inks:
- Bob Forgione
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- Jim Shervin kills Bruno Augustin, the rival for his love of the beautiful Cleo. The pianist's ghost comes back from the dead and haunts his murderer by moving objects around via acoustical vibrations.
The Frustrated Ghost
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- Captain Isaac Humboldt dies in a steamship crash on the Mississippi. His ghostly apparition appears many miles away to his mother and his brother.
Murderers' Row
comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Tex Blaisdell
- Inks:
- Tex Blaisdell
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- Strange things happen in and around Professor Caglio's wax exhibition of murderers through history. Can Elsa and boyfriend Terry escape when trapped in the storage room?
Indexer Notes
cover story
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
The Tavern of Terror
comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Collier (signed)
- Inks:
- Collier
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- Young man spends the night in an inn haunted by an old female vampire. The fiend appears and warns him to stay, but the man won't listen and has to pay for his stubbornness with his life.
Things You Should Know
filler / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Lou Morales (signed)
- Inks:
- Lou Morales
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- Three panels informing about the habits of banshees.
Indexer Notes
1/2 page inside back cover with ad for pimple cream
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Ad for bargains from U. S. Diamond House on back cover.
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