(2007)
AC,
2005 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 24.95 USD
- Pages
- 124
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- AC Comics
- Brand
-
AC Comics [straight, star in A]
- Barcode
- ?
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bill Black (signed as Black)
- Inks
- Mark Heike (signed as Heike)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
The Monster
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dr. Hinsdale; Dr. Gregory; Sylvia Gregory; Harry Ralston; Nicholas [Satan]; Mother Shimley
- Synopsis
- London, 1853. Scientist Hinsdale works on a potion to alter man for the better. When he transforms a rival into a hideous fiend, he won’t complain either. In the end the beast turns against his creator – who had been tricked all along by the forces of evil.
- Reprints
-
from Monster (Fiction House, 1953 series) #1 ([January] 1953) which is reprinted - from ?
-
The Lonely
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Hilton (death); Johnny
- Synopsis
- While fishing during a storm Johnny throws Hilton overboard because he had been stealing money from the firm. Unfortunately the storm gets worse and Johnny has to jump overboard with a lifejacket on. Eventually they both get to a very small island. Johnny is asleep when a sleeping Hilton washes up on the shore by him. When Johnny wakes up he tries to throw Hilton into the sea but he keeps washing back up. He then buries him but decides to dig him up, tie a rock around his neck, and throw him into the ocean. Unfortunately, no one comes by to rescue Johnny and he gets very lonely.
- Reprints
- from Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #48 (February 1954)
-
The Rat Race
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mr. Tompson
- Synopsis
- Testing rats in his laboratory, Tompson is amazed at one large rat whose intelligence is greater than the others and keeps avoiding Tompson's traps. Tompson finally decides to lock the rat in a room with poisoned food to see if it will eat the food from hunger but the rat escapes the lab and locks Tompson inside, leaving him to face the dilemma for himself.
- Reprints
- from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #2 (May 1952)
-
The Black Cat
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Nightmare (Skywald, 1970 series) #20 (August 1974)
-
The Doubting Thomas
comic story / 5 pages
- Reprints
- from Adventures into Weird Worlds (Marvel, 1952 series) #20 (July 1953)
-
Library of Horror
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Horror writer Ken Rolland searches for inspiration by dabbling with black magic. A kill will offer him trips to the Netherworld. Rolland becomes a famed author, but one day makes the mistake to murder his own fiancée.
- Reprints
- from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #13 (April 1954)
-
The Night Visitor
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Alarming Adventures (Harvey, 1962 series) #1 (October 1962)
-
Jack of Horror
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #34 (April 1952)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Old Witch (inset); The Vault-Keeper (inset); The Crypt-Keeper (inset)
- Reprints
- from Haunt of Fear (EC, 1950 series) #9 (September-October 1951)
-
Signals from the Grave
comic story / 7 pages
Indexer Notes
Originally intended for the unpublished Grimm's Ghost Stories #61.
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Tomb of Terror (Harvey, 1952 series) #3 (August 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Some of the lettering missing.
Cycle of Horror
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #16 (March 1953)
-
Long Shot
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #26 (August 1954)
-
V...- for Wampire
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense; satire-parody
- Reprints
- from Flip (Harvey, 1954 series) #1 (April 1954)
-
Don't Shake Hands with the Devil!
comic story / 6 pages
- Synopsis
- Satan sends an emissary to a horror story publisher so that he will read the scroll of suffering and be transported to Hell. Satan wants his soul because the stories he publishes turn people away from evil, but he cannot collect it until he is dead, so he puts the curse of Satan upon the publisher to kill the first person he sees (as then he will be executed for the crime), and sends him back.
- Reprints
- from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #96 (June 1950)
-
Where Man-Eaters Walk
comic story / 6 pages
- Reprints
- from Adventures into Weird Worlds (Marvel, 1952 series) #20 (July 1953)
-
Song of the Undead!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- John and Dorothy Blaik travel through Mexico looking for folk songs. Native woman Xatl introduces them to the "Song of the Undead". Any singer will be doomed and fall prey to vampires. The couple does not heed the warnings.
- Reprints
- from Eerie (Avon, 1951 series) #8 (August-September 1952)
-
The Wax Man
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #16 (March 1953)
-
The Things in the Box!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Spellbound (Marvel, 1952 series) #26 (February 1956)
-
The Bride of Death
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A young woman's groom dies at sea and death comes to claim her as his bride.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into Darkness (Pines, 1952 series) #11 (September 1953)
-
Hand of Death
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Mexican matador Juan Savola is in alliance with a witch. When they hassle over money, a hand goes missing, but is restored by the powers of magic. Until the next hassle over money.
- Reprints
- from Out of the Shadows (Pines, 1952 series) #12 (March 1954)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Six ghouls crawl and rise up out of their graves as a sleep walking blonde stumbles through their graveyard.
- Reprints
- from Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #37 (July 1952)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
The Monster
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2.
The Lonely
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3.
The Rat Race
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4.
The Black Cat
-
5.
The Doubting Thomas
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6.
Library of Horror
-
7.
The Night Visitor
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8.
Jack of Horror
-
9.
[no title indexed]
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10.
Signals from the Grave
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11.
[no title indexed]
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12.
Cycle of Horror
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13.
Long Shot
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14.
V...- for Wampire
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15.
Mac Beth
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16.
Don't Shake Hands with the Devil!
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17.
Where Man-Eaters Walk
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18.
Song of the Undead!
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19.
The Wax Man
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20.
The Things in the Box!
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21.
The Bride of Death
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22.
Hand of Death
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23.
[no title indexed]
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