(June-July 1970)

DC, 1969 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1970-04-16
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)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Three Witches / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
?

Job Number
G-774
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mordred
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Adams pencils per original indexer, Nick Caputo and pencilink blog. Matthew Head previously credited Nick Cardy on pencils and Dick Giordano on inks. Per Sandell felt the cover had a Neal Adams feel in places, but believed it was likely Nick Cardy with Dick Giordano. The cover is neither listed in The Art of Nick Cardy or nealadams.com.

Nick Caputo notes the Cardy influence is likely due to an unpublished version of the cover that Adams based his cover on, as seen here: http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=311506&GSub=48491.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Three Witches / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Toth (signed)
Inks
Bill Draut (signed as Wild Bill)
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
G-746
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Egor and a little girl in a photograph??
Genre
humor; horror-suspense
Characters
Cynthia; Mordred; Mildred; Egor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Begins framing sequence, interspersed before, between, and after the stories.

Jim Bain via the GCD Errors list, noted Bill Draut's inks credit. First page incorporates a Neal Adams image from the previous issue.

The Lonely Road Home! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Three Witches / comic story / 6.5 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Skeates
Pencils
Jerry Grandenetti ?
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
G-624
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cynthia (host); Ned; Rob Richards; Linda Nealson
Synopsis
Rob Richards makes a wish that he not age.
Reprints
Keywords
ghost; haunted house

Indexer Notes

Skeates's credit from Steve Skeates. Possible Grandenetti pencils per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Bob Brown. Costanza letters per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Ben Oda.

[Interlude] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Three Witches / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Toth
Inks
Bill Draut
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
G-794
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cynthia; Mordred; Mildred
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Sequence credited to Neal Adams at the Pencil Ink Blog: http://pencilink.blogspot.com/2008/08/witching-hour-9-neal-adams-cover-ale….

The Dark Well (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Willie; Jimmy
Synopsis
Nine year old Willie bravely enters the Cave to find his friend Jimmy.
Reprints

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

The Day after Doomsday / comic story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Len Wein
Pencils
Jack Sparling
Inks
Jack Sparling
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
G-592
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Over there!! Someone moved!
Genre
horror-suspense; science fiction; war
Synopsis
Two soldiers meet in the ruins of a city. They fight and kill each other. A third man finds their bodies and wonders what could have been so important that they would kill each other.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Original indexer credited pencils to Dan Spiegle. Script and art credits are from the reprint in Weird War Tales #22. Costanza letters per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Ben Oda.

[Interlude] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Three Witches / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Toth
Inks
Bill Draut
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
G-747-A
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cynthia; Mildred; Egor
Reprints

The Last Straw (Table of Contents: 7)

The Three Witches / comic story / 6.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
José Delbo (signed)
Inks
José Delbo (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
G-604
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mildred (host); Chou Hung
Synopsis
Chou Hung fails to keep the tomb of his ancestors clean.
Reprints
Keywords
China

Indexer Notes

Signed on page 2.

[Interlude] (Table of Contents: 8)

The Three Witches / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Toth
Inks
Bill Draut
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza; Alex Toth

Job Number
G-747-B
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cynthia; Mordred; Mildred; Egor
Reprints

Trumpet Perilous! (Table of Contents: 9)

The Three Witches / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Sparling
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
G-501
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mordred (host); Elliott Summer; Ramsay
Synopsis
Elliott and Ramsay search for the lost city of Athai and end up destroying the world.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Jim Bain and Gene Reed. Pencils formerly credited to Win Mortimer; inks formerly tentatively credited to Jack Abel.

[Epilogue] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Toth
Inks
Bill Draut
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda ?

Job Number
G-501
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Three Witches
  2. 1. ["Egor and a little girl in a photograph??"]
    The Three Witches
  3. 2. The Lonely Road Home!
    The Three Witches
  4. 3. [Interlude]
    The Three Witches
  5. 4. The Dark Well
  6. 5. ["Over there!! Someone moved!"]
    The Day after Doomsday
  7. 6. [Interlude]
    The Three Witches
  8. 7. The Last Straw
    The Three Witches
  9. 8. [Interlude]
    The Three Witches
  10. 9. Trumpet Perilous!
    The Three Witches
  11. 10. [Epilogue]
    The Three Witches
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • John Censullo
  • CTGarry
  • Matthew Head
  • Andre Heikamp
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore