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comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Alvin Hollingsworth (signed)
Inks: Alvin Hollingsworth (signed)
Letters: ?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

from Eerie (Avon, 1951 series) #9 (October-November 1952)

The Heap / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script: ?
Pencils: Ernie Schroeder
Inks: Ernie Schroeder
Letters: ?

Genre

horror-suspense; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

The Heap [Baron Eric von Emmelman]; Shan Li (a Minstrel); Ting Min; Okar (villain, refered to as a swineherd, death)

Synopsis

The Heap watches a wandering Minstrel enter a village.....a music man that, unlike the villagers, doesn't fear Okar, an evil swineherd. However, in the Valley of Idols, home to Okar, when the Minstrel enters that location, he sees the swineherd change into a giant, wild boar, and great fear sets in.....until the Heap enters the picture!

Reprints

from Airboy Comics (Hillman, 1945 series) #v9#3 [98] (April 1952)

Keywords

Mongolia; Valley of Idols

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Series Information

Table of Contents

0. The Man Eater
1. Fantasy Fiction
2. The Man Eater!
3. Thrills! Chills! Horror!
4. Sammy's Wonderful Glass!
5. Dead Man's Isle
6. Return from the Grave
7. This'll Kill You!
8. The Phantom Hitch-Hiker
9. The Hands of Death
10. Death on Skis
11. The Haunted Melody
12. The Haunted Cave
13. Princess of the Subway
14. [The Black Boar of Mongolia]
The Heap
15. Science Fiction
16. The She-Monster

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Black Magic Comics #13

The Man Eater (Table of Contents)

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Fantasy Fiction (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Man Eater! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4.5 pages (report information)

Thrills! Chills! Horror! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

Sammy's Wonderful Glass! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Dead Man's Isle (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Return from the Grave (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

This'll Kill You! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

The Phantom Hitch-Hiker (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

The Hands of Death (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Death on Skis (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

The Haunted Melody (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

The Haunted Cave (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Princess of the Subway (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

[The Black Boar of Mongolia] (Table of Contents: 14)

The Heap / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Science Fiction (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The She-Monster (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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