(June-July 1972)
DC,
1969 Series
- Volume
- 4
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1972-04-11
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Action Comics #412 and copyright registration.
The Haunted Houseboat
The Three Witches / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mordred
- Reprints
-
in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #10 (4ème trimestre 1976)
-
Indexer Notes
Art credits from The Art of Nick Cardy (John Coates, Vanguard Productions, 2001).
[no title indexed]
The Three Witches / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Job Number
- B-1202
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mordred; Mildred; Cynthia
The Mournful Bells of Santa Morte
The Three Witches / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-1159
- Genre
- horror-suspense; war
- Characters
- Cynthia (host); Joe Dunn; Bill Carver; Brother Fancisco
- Synopsis
- Two GIs find a treasure in a monastery and decide to retrieve it after the war.
- Reprints
- in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #10 (4ème trimestre 1976) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #14 ([June 1980]) [Illustration of Cynthia (host) and her speech balloon removed from pp1; artwork extended and title moved to left to fill page. All panels containing Cynthia from story removed and artwork altered/extended to fill the spaces. Complete last panel (Cynthia and speech balloon) removed.]
-
- Keywords
- World War II
Prisoner of Sorcerers' City
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ruben Moreira
- Inks
- Ruben Moreira
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor)
- Job Number
- B-1247
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Edwin Locke
- Synopsis
- Edwin Locke awakens in a city of sorcerers. He uses one of his multiple images pellets to escape.
- Reprints
-
from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #42 (March 1961)
-
Laugh, Clown -- Die, Clown
The Three Witches / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Bill Dennehy (house name)
- Pencils
- Jerry Grandenetti
- Inks
- Jerry Grandenetti
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese ?
- Job Number
- B-1044
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mordred (host); Miss Denise; Kroger; Hugo
- Synopsis
- Jealous Kroger the sword swallower tries to kill Miss Denise the high wire act, but Hugo the clown (who loves her from afar) saves her by catching her, causing his death.
- Reprints
- in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #10 (4ème trimestre 1976) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #11 ([October 1979]) [Illustration of Mordred (host) removed from pp1.]
-
- Keywords
- circus; clown
The Unbeliever
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- B-947
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A male who doesn't believe in superstitions gets knocked down by a ladder he walks under.
- Reprints
- in Doomsday Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #16 (April 1980)
- in Alter Ego (TwoMorrows Publishing, 1999 series) #103 (July 2011)
-
Designs for Disaster
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy
- Inks
- Nick Cardy
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (original editor)
- Job Number
- B-1246
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dane Foote
- Synopsis
- A movie set designer's settings turn into real-life catastrophes.
- Reprints
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #19 (April 1959)
-
The Haunted Houseboat!
The Three Witches / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-1292
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mildred (host); Henry Belding
- Synopsis
- Henry wants to know the mystery of Hobbes House and why all the towns people say they have never heard of it.
- Reprints
- in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #10 (4ème trimestre 1976) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Terror Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1977 series) #11 ([October 1979]) [Illustration of Mildred (host) removed from pp1.]
-
[no title indexed]
Witch-Ful Thinking / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Neal Adams (illustration)
- Inks
- Neal Adams (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- B-1355
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Haunted Houseboat
The Three Witches -
1.
[no title indexed]
The Three Witches -
2.
The Mournful Bells of Santa Morte
The Three Witches -
3.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents -
4.
Prisoner of Sorcerers' City
-
5.
Laugh, Clown -- Die, Clown
The Three Witches -
6.
The Unbeliever
-
7.
Designs for Disaster
-
8.
The Haunted Houseboat!
The Three Witches -
9.
[no title indexed]
Witch-Ful Thinking
This issue was modified by, among others
- David B
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Mark Semich
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
- John Wells
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