(February-March 1969)
DC,
1969 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1968-12-19
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Dick Giordano (editor); Carmine Infantino (editorial director)
Issue Notes
On sale date taken from DC house ad and from copyright registration.
It's 12 O'Clock..The Witching Hour!
The Three Witches / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mordred the Witch
- Reprints
-
in Showcase Presents: The Witching Hour (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([May] 2011)
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Indexer Notes
Art credits from The Art of Nick Cardy.
[Let the Judge Be..You!!!]
The Three Witches / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4.67 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Egor; Cynthia the stepsister; Mordred; Mildred
- Synopsis
- In a mix of horror and humor, the old witches (Mildred & Mordred) mix up a "brew of stories" while verbally clashing with "hip" young witch, Cynthia. Bumbling Egor looks on.
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The Witching Hour (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([May] 2011)
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Indexer Notes
This is the introduction to the book and the series.
Save the Last Dance for Me!
The Three Witches / comic story / 4.5 pages
- Script
- Denny O'Neil
- Pencils
- Pat Boyette; Alex Toth (see notes)
- Inks
- Pat Boyette; Alex Toth (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Pat Boyette
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Thurgood "Tin Toes" Trapley (millionaire magnate); Clot O'Neil; Dicky; Mildred the Witch (Cameo)
- Synopsis
- Trapley is rich and selfish and has a machine that has locked onto earth 100 years into the future (although Clot says "1000", which doesn't agree with the year 2068 later). He wants all the benefits of traveling there for himself, and what he finds...well, you'll have to read the story.
- Reprints
- in The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #38 (January 1974)
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in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #35 ([1978] ?) -
in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1978 series) #1 (novembre 1978) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] - in Showcase Presents: The Witching Hour (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([May] 2011)
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Indexer Notes
Opening and closing panels featuring the host by Toth. Info per Nick Caputo, January 2020.
Fandom Picks the Winners
The Wonderful World of Comics / text article / 1 page
Indexer Notes
#10 in a series. Three fans have their questions answered, plus there is nearly half the column devoted to Collector's Item comic books.
Eternal Hour!
The Three Witches / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Terwit; the kind man; Gustav; Frederick; mocking kids; townspeople; Mordred the Witch (Cameo)
- 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
- in The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #38 (January 1974)
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #19 ([June 1976])
- in Showcase Presents: The Witching Hour (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([May] 2011)
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The Perfect Surf or How to Make Waves Without Really Trying!
The Three Witches / comic story / 4.67 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Stanley (a surfing maniac); Carol; an old hag; a couple other surfers; Cynthia the Witch (Cameo)
- Synopsis
- Stanley is totally nuts about surfing. He really never even notices the total babe at his side. He is obsessed with finding the "perfect wave". He is afforded an opportunity to find that wave in the dead of night. What do you think happens?
- Reprints
- in The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #38 (January 1974)
- in Showcase Presents: The Witching Hour (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([May] 2011)
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- Keywords
- surfing
[Epilogue of Let the Judge Be..You!!!]
The Three Witches / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mordred; Mildred; Cynthia; Egor
- Synopsis
- The trash-talking witches end the story continuum, whilst Egor stomps off into the swamp.
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The Witching Hour (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([May] 2011)
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Indexer Notes
Neal Adams credit from nealadams.com, as pointed out by Jean-Baptiste LeBlanc, via the GCD Errors list. Previous indexer credited Alex Toth. Saladino letters per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Alex Toth.
Silk Gauze
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Mr Thompson; Eva Thompson
- Synopsis
- How silk gauze was used to deceive seance patrons.
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #13 (April 1953)
- in Showcase Presents: The Witching Hour (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([May] 2011)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
It's 12 O'Clock..The Witching Hour!
The Three Witches -
1.
[Let the Judge Be..You!!!]
The Three Witches -
2.
Save the Last Dance for Me!
The Three Witches -
3.
Fandom Picks the Winners
The Wonderful World of Comics -
4.
Eternal Hour!
The Three Witches -
5.
The Perfect Surf or How to Make Waves Without Really Trying!
The Three Witches -
6.
[Epilogue of Let the Judge Be..You!!!]
The Three Witches -
7.
Silk Gauze
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Robert Betz
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Steve Jenner
- Mike Nielsen
- Steven Rowe
- Ramon Schenk
- Jamie Sweat
- Jim Van Dore
- John Wells
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