(August 1952)
Fawcett,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Brand
- ?
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Norman Saunders (painting)
- Inks
- Norman Saunders (painting)
- Colors
- Norman Saunders (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
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in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #9 (January 2014) which is reprinted
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- Keywords
- merry-go-rounds; sabre-toothed tigers; zombies
Indexer Notes
Art credit from David Saunders, Norman Saunders' son, via e-mail (January 6, 2008)
Horror-Go-Round
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A sweet old man runs a horror carousel with twisted creatures for rides. Two adult brothers smell foul play. The creatures look like deceased people they used to know. When one brother is killed by a monstrous fiend, the other starts investigating. Retracing the steps of vanished corpses he discovers the hideous truth: The old man is a vampire transforming his victims into rides on his horror-go-round.
- Reprints
- in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #9 (January 2014) which is reprinted
-
Indexer Notes
Previous indexer suggested George Evans ? for art credits. It is a lookalike called Bob McCarty.
Art ID by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Death's Beggar
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Peter Braack; Hedda; Mayor Lund
- Synopsis
- Salem, in the year 1600. Peter Braack is a vain person. When a witch abducts women and Braack confronts her, he does not save the women but makes a pact wishing for eternal youth and immortality. Braack gets framed by the witch later on and hanged. Immortal as he is, he stumbles around as a living zombie begging for his redemption through death, which can only be granted by the witch.
- Reprints
-
in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #59 (1965 ?) [Splash page used as cover.], #59 (1965 ?) - in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #8 (December 2013) which is reprinted
- in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (IDW, 2010 series) #10 - Haunted Horror: Pre-Code Comics So Scary, They're Good! (Volume 3) (September 2015)
- in Lurid Little Nightmare Makers (Boardman Books, 2014 series) #5 (2015)
-
- Keywords
- hanging; Salem Massachusetts; witch
Indexer Notes
Art ID by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
On Hangman's Hill
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Two Scotland Yard policemen pay a visit to the royal hangman, a certain John Noose (sic!). They inquire about his pension payments - which he's been receiving for 200 years! Noose explains that he is kept alive by a special brew from graveyard soil, but then accidentally kicks over his supply vat - and dies.
- Reprints
- in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #59 (1965 ?)
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Hands of Vengeance
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- In a jealous rage, Oliver Cartere kills his wife Muriel. After hiding the body he is haunted by Muriel's severed hands. When the police look into the matter, they find clues leading to Oliver's arrest.
- Reprints
- in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #59 (1965 ?)
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Indexer Notes
Art ID by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Horror-Go-Round
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2.
Death's Beggar
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3.
On Hangman's Hill
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4.
Hands of Vengeance
This issue was modified by, among others
- Tillmann Courth
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
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