(September 1972)

Archie, 1972 Series
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Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1972
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Music Corp.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
Victor Gorelick (editor)

Behold the Beast; Curiosity Kills (Table of Contents)

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Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
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Indexer Notes

Montage cover - scenes from the interior stories.

Cover Thumbnail for Chilling Adventures in Sorcery as Told by Sabrina (Archie, 1972 series) #1
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Behold the Beast (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Sabrina (host); Tommy; un-named blind girl
Synopsis
Tommy, a freakish boy with four arms, is kept chained up in his parents' attic. When he escapes, an angry mob pursues him into the swamp, where he meets and falls in love with a blind girl who isn't afraid of him. When she falls into quicksand, Tommy sacrifices his own life to save hers.
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Keywords
quicksand

The Boy Who Cried Vampire (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Uncle Bruce; Stanley; Sabrina (host); Aunt Hilda (host)
Synopsis
Sabrina tells another terrifying tale: at a party, a boy named Stanley meets his uncle Bruce, who grows fangs, hypnotizes him and leaves him with two marks on his neck. Stanley accuses Bruce of being a vampire, but scientific tests prove that the wound was caused by a carving fork. Everyone, including Stanley, thinks he must have blacked out and accidentally stabbed himself with the fork. But when they're alone, Bruce admits that he stuck the fork in Stanley's neck, so that after he actually sinks his fangs in, no one will ever believe Stanley's story.
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Keywords
vampire

Assignment in Fear (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Sabrina (host); Sandy; Billy; Miss Softly
Synopsis
A teacher uses a special bit of Satanic homework to give a student his comeuppance for making fun of a boy who stutters.
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Keywords
bully; magic; stuttering

A Real Hot Talent (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
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Quick Justice (Table of Contents: 5)

Sorcery / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
An art thief gets an appropriate punishment for trying to steal a painting of a hanging.
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Curiosity Kills (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Sabrina (host); Uncle Henry; Jason; Luke
Synopsis
A wealthy old man dies. To Jason, the nephew he hated, he leaves twelve million dollars; to Luke, the nephew he loved, he leaves only a box that has never been opened. Jason becomes obsessed with the belief that the box must contain something better than the fortune he inherited.
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Behold the Beast; Curiosity Kills
  2. 1. Behold the Beast
  3. 2. The Boy Who Cried Vampire
  4. 3. Assignment in Fear
  5. 4. A Real Hot Talent
  6. 5. Quick Justice
    Sorcery
  7. 6. Curiosity Kills
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jonathan Sari
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Jaime Weinman
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