(August 1972)

DC, 1969 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1972-06-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
DC [circle]
Editing
Murray Boltinoff (editor)

Issue Notes

On-Sale date from the Direct Currents listing in Action Comics #414 and Comic Reader #85.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Nick Cardy
Inks
Nick Cardy
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese ?; typeset

Job Number
B-1414
Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Art credits from The Art of Nick Cardy (John Coates, Vanguard Productions, 2001).

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
John Calnan
Inks
John Calnan
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
B-1371
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mordred; Mildred; Cynthia

Indexer Notes

Introductory page.

13 Rue Morgue! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Three Witches / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Calnan
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
B-924
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mordred (host); Leon; Christine
Synopsis
Struggling writer, Leon, lives in famous writer Jacques Tremaine's house for inspiration.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits posted in The Comic Reader #85 (May 1972).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

A Different Comic Mag Is Coming-- (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Swamp Thing / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Haunted Hands of Guilt (Table of Contents: 5)

The Three Witches / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Dennehy (house name)
Pencils
Win Mortimer (credited as J. Winslow Mortimer)
Inks
Win Mortimer (credited as J. Winslow Mortimer)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
B-1066
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cynthia (host); Peter Goslar; Johann Brenner
Synopsis
Peter kills his manager over the threat of being replaced by a younger pianist. He has an accident and his hands are crushed. When young Johann Brenner dies, his hands are transplanted to Peter.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Witch-Ful Thinking / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
B-1412

Pity Me.. Please, Please Kill Me! (Table of Contents: 7)

The Three Witches / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Dan Adkins
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
B-935
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mildred (host); Ludwig Weber
Synopsis
Survivors of Stalag 13 find Ludwig Weber (forma Nazi Commandant Colonel Shreiker) in South America and put him in a concentration camp.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits posted in The Comic Reader #85 (May 1972).

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Three Witches
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    The Three Witches
  3. 2. 13 Rue Morgue!
    The Three Witches
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
  5. 4. A Different Comic Mag Is Coming--
    Swamp Thing
  6. 5. The Haunted Hands of Guilt
    The Three Witches
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Witch-Ful Thinking
  8. 7. Pity Me.. Please, Please Kill Me!
    The Three Witches
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Mark Semich
  • Jim Van Dore
  • John Wells