Haunted Tales #19

([June 1976])

The Murderer (Table of Contents: 1)

Cain the Caretaker / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Fedory; Robert Kanigher

Pencils

E. R. Cruz

Inks

Joe Orlando

Letters

?

Editing

Joe Orlando (original editor); Paul Levitz (original assistant editor)

Job Number

J-3300

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Cain (host); Dr. John Florius; Sgt. Thames; Mrs. Therese Grey; Sybil Florius

Synopsis

People are sure that Dr. Florius murdered his wife, but the truth turns out to be even more horrible.

Reprints

• from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #240 (April 1976)

Keywords

Botany; flowers

We Challenge You to Read On! (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tony DeZuniga

Inks

Tony DeZuniga

Letters

?

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original editor)

Characters

Abraham Lincoln; Arthur Conan Doyle; Mark Twain

Reprints

• from Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #1 (September-October 1971)

Indexer Notes

Introduction to the concept of ghosts. Job number (B-1004) deleted from this reprint.

The Spectral Coachman! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Leo Dorfman

Pencils

Tony DeZuniga

Inks

Tony DeZuniga

Letters

?

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original editor)

Job Number

B-1003

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Johnny Cass; Rafe Brady

Synopsis

Tombstone, Arizona, draws its name from the town graveyard where the greatest badmen of the west are buried. But tonight - one of them lives again!

Reprints

• from Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #1 (September-October 1971)

ComputERR (Table of Contents: 4)

The Three Witches / comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Script

Sergio Aragonés (plot); Alex Toth

Pencils

Alex Toth

Inks

Alex Toth

Letters

Alex Toth

Editing

Dick Giordano (original editor)

Job Number

G-117

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Cynthia (host); Kipp Hall (nee Redmond); Rod Hall; Ferencz Nagel

Synopsis

Computer dating selected Kip and Rod but after their marriage things begin to change.

Reprints

• from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #8 (April-May 1970)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Cain's Game Room / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Sergio Aragonés

Pencils

Sergio Aragonés

Inks

Sergio Aragonés

Letters

?

Editing

Joe Orlando (original editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (original assistant editor)

Genre

humour; horror-suspense

Reprints

• from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #216 (August 1973)

Indexer Notes

Job number (J-2002), feature name “Cain’s Game Room” and first panel gag (a giant, who is tied up by little people, sees a chef with big knives coming for him) deleted from this reprint.
Two gag cartoons: A plane bombs the spotlights of a new supermarket. A organ grinder uses a large Frankenstein monster to collect money.

Castle Curse (Table of Contents: 6)

Eve / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Skeates

Pencils

Alfredo Alcala (signed)

Inks

Alfredo Alcala (signed)

Letters

Alfredo Alcala (signed)

Editing

Joe Orlando (original editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (original assistant editor)

Job Number

J-1891

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Eve (host)

Reprints

• from Secrets of Sinister House (DC, 1972 series) #10 (March 1973)

Keywords

lycanthropy; werewolves

Ghost Cargo from the Sky (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes ?; Leo Dorfman ?

Pencils

Jack Sparling

Inks

Jack Sparling

Letters

?

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original editor)

Job Number

B-1326

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Manu; Carter

Synopsis

After WWII in the Pacific, Manu starts the "Cargo Cult" and brings ghostly planes to his small island.

Reprints

• from Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #6 (July-August 1972)

Keywords

cargo cult

Third Eye (Table of Contents: 8)

Weird Mystery Tales / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

John Jacobson (story idea); Murray Boltinoff (credited as Bill Reilly)

Pencils

Ruben Yandoc (as R. Yandoc)

Inks

Ruben Yandoc (as R. Yandoc)

Letters

?

Editing

Joe Orlando (original editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (original assistant editor)

Job Number

J-2062

Characters

Destiny (host); Gnat Norbet; Rankin Rand

Reprints

• from Weird Mystery Tales (DC, 1972 series) #6 (June-July 1973)

Keywords

Astral Travel

The Legend of the Black Swan (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Haney

Pencils

Ramona Fradon

Inks

Ramona Fradon

Letters

?

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original editor)

Job Number

B-1215

Characters

Herb Barnaby; Martin; Knowles; Captain Manuel Cortez

Reprints

• from Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #4 (March-April 1972)
which is reprinted
• from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #48 (March 1956)

Keywords

Spanish Galleon

The Turn of the Wheel! (Table of Contents: 10)

The Three Witches / comic story / 7.5 pages (report information)

Script

D. J. Arneson

Pencils

Alex Toth

Inks

Vince Colletta

Letters

Milt Snapinn

Editing

Dick Giordano (original editor)

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Mildred (host); Klaus the Cruel; Sven; Nils; Kristen

Synopsis

Villagers steal Klaus the Cruel's favorite torture device, a wheel, from his castle. Over the following days the wheel causes Klaus much misfortune.

Reprints

• from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #3 (June-July 1969)

Indexer Notes

Illustration of Mildred (host) and caption removed from p. 1, and last panel (with Mildred (host) removed from p. 4 to make story 7.5 pages instead of original 8 pages.

Eternal Hour! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 7.5 pages (report information)

Script

Alex Toth (signed)

Pencils

Alex Toth (signed)

Inks

Alex Toth (signed)

Letters

Alex Toth (signed)

Editing

Dick Giordano (original editor); Carmine Infantino (original editorial director)

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Terwit; the kind man; Gustav; Frederick; mocking kids; townspeople

Synopsis

Terwit is dwarfish and is teased and ridiculed by the town's boys. Most adults do nothing to stop it. Terwit recluses himself in a clock tower and the clock from then on is stopped at midnight. Years later, many of those boys, now men, go to the tower to drive Terwit out and their screams cry out...Why?

Reprints

• from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #1 (February-March 1969)

Indexer Notes

p. 1: Illustration of Mordred the Witch (host) and caption removed. p. 7: last panel of Mordred the Witch (host) and her caption removed - artwork cropped to make .50 page.