Spellbound #14

(April 1953)

Love Story (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils

Joe Maneely (signed)

Inks

Joe Maneely (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

C-17

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

The wife of an African guide plots with a doctor to murder her husband.

Reprints

• in Tomb of Darkness (Marvel, 1974 series) #12 (January 1975)
• in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #9 (2010)

The Whirlpool of Gairloch (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

C-127

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

John Potts; McPherson; Capt. Breslow

Synopsis

A jewel thief ignores local superstitions to cross a haunted strait but finds that his disastrous voyage was only a dream when he wakes up with police at the door.

Reprints

• in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #74 (April 1960)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #5 (1963 ?)

The Saddest Story Ever Told! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils

Ed Winiarski (signed as Ed Win)

Inks

Ed Winiarski (signed as Ed Win)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

B-942

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

An unnamed research scientist; Martha (his wife); Donald (his son); an unnamed police officer

Synopsis

A scientist discovers a cure for baldness which he claims will "grow hair on a billiard ball". When the men who try the formula remain bald, the scientist loses everything and ends up sleeping rough in a park. Telling his story to a policeman, the scientist claims that the cure DOES work, but not on men. To prove it, he produces a handful of billiard balls - all covered in hair!

The Revolt of Wilbur Bixby! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Carl Burgos ?

Inks

Carl Burgos ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

C-14

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Wilbur Bixby (a henpecked husband); his wife Griselda

Synopsis

A man becomes free of his shrew wife when they travel to Greece and he drinks from a fountain that transforms him into a centaur so he can eat grass and no longer has to depend upon her favor to buy him meals.

Reprints

• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #34 (March 1975)
• in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #16 (2012)

Indexer Notes

Burgos credits per Atlas Tales.

The Heat's On! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils

Russ Heath (signed)

Inks

Russ Heath (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

C-1

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Rock Zucco; Gertie Zucco; Crawford; Sam; other members of the crew on the ship Zucco serves on

Synopsis

A succubus uses a mirror to blind a sea captain on leave as he attempts to push his homely wife out the top story window so that he tumbles out instead and winds up in Hell stoking the flames the way he used to torture his men.

Reprints

• in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #13 (September 1974)
• in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #22

Close Shave! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Kida (signed as Kida)

Inks

Fred Kida (signed as Kida)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

B-989

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Crawfish Cobbs; his wife Matilda

Synopsis

A shrew wife finds an electric razor annoying so she demands her husband use a straight razor. She demands he kiss her before he leaves for work, but each time he attempts to do so, she complains of beard stubble and sends him back into the bathroom to shave again. Ultimately, he cuts off his face with the straight razor.

Reprints

• in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #12 (August 1974)
• in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #16 (2012)