Ghostly Tales #109

(January 1974)

Hocus Pocus! (Table of Contents: 1)

Mr. Dedd / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Morisi (credited)

Pencils

Pete Morisi (signed as PAM)

Inks

Pete Morisi (signed as PAM)

Colors

?

Letters

Pete Morisi

Job Number

D-5064

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mr. Dedd, here, dear reader, and that's Zarko the master magician, doing his own thing before a somewhat bored audience!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Mr. L. Dedd (host); Zarko; Charlie; Mr. Cotton (death); Joe Robb; Edgar Wilson; Lee J. Biggers

Synopsis

Zarko learns the power of projecting his life force into another body and uses it to become rich. Unfortunately, he uses it once too often and dies when the body he is inhabiting is killed in a robbery.

Keywords

magic

The Man Who Was Twins (Table of Contents: 2)

Mr. Dedd / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Charles Nicholas (signed as NICHOLAS)

Inks

Vince Alascia (signed as ALASCIA)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

D-5144

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Back around the turn of the century, identical twins Lawrence and Lincoln Horton inherited equally their parents' estate...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Mr. L. Dedd (host); Lincoln Horton (dead); Lawerence Horton; Edward; Katherine

Synopsis

Lawrence kills his identical twin, Lincoln and assumes his identity.

Reprints

• in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #13 ([February 1975])

Keywords

ghost

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Letters to the Haunted House / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Wildman ?

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Letters to the Haunted House

Indexer Notes

Title card erroneously reads "Letters From The Haunted House", reverts to normal title in the next issue.
Letters from: Doris M., Gerry B., L (?) and Three Girls.

The 3rd Victim (Table of Contents: 4)

Mr. Dedd / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Colors

?

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

Job Number

D-5320

First Line of Dialogue or Text

More than one hundred years ago, an old, old man lived in a small European village...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Mr. L. Dedd (host); Professor Gieglitz; Nikolaus Schoen (death); Malik; Van Der Vee

Synopsis

Schoen makes life-like dummies for ventriloquists but refuses to make one for Malik. Maik forces him to make one and then shoots him.

Reprints

• in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #14 ([July 1975])
• in Ghostly Tales (Charlton, 1966 series) #152 (December 1981)

Keywords

ventriloquist