(November 1951)

Stanley Morse, 1951 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1951
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Media Publications Inc.
Brand
?
Editing
Harry Kantor (credited)

Issue Notes

Brand on cover reads "mr. Publications"
Indicia reads: "Edward Haas, Pres., Michael V. Esposito, Vice-Pres., Louis M. Marks, Advtg. Rep. [...] Editor: Harry Kantor."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ross Andru (signed)
Inks
Mike Esposito (signed)
Colors
?
Genre
horror-suspense
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The Subway Terror! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mike Esposito (signed as Demeo)
Inks
Mike Esposito (signed as Demeo)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Patrolman Dave Whitley is transferred to "Department G", a secret police squad fighting a race of hideous and man-eating underground monsters terrorizing the subway.
Reprints

Imagination (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Abel (signed)
Inks
Jack Abel (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
The boy Melvin seems to have an imaginary friend. When psychiatrist Drew investigates he learns that Melvin is in contact with the ghost of a suicidal woman.

Spectre of the Seance (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Moe Marcus (signed)
Inks
Moe Marcus (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A fake "Swami" rips off old ladies at seances. When his partner dies in an accident, the swami actually sees his ghost.

Ghosts... What About Them? (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
First case presented from the "proceedings" of the "Society For Physical Research" of England:
The specter of a nun appears before an English reverend.

The Envelope (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Stern
Inks
Charles Stern
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Mister Mystery (host); Sir Archibald Whitestone; Michael Demio (hunter, explorer); Hank Antor
Synopsis
A traveller gets into trouble presenting an envelope with a piece of paper. No one knows the meaning of the words written there, but they infuriate any reader.

Indexer Notes

Michael Gilbert notes in Alter Ego #119 (August 2013) that the host, Mister Mystery, MAY have been drawn by someone other than Stern.

The Coffin (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony Mortellaro (signed)
Inks
Tony Mortellaro (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A man dying on the operating table dreams about a coffin he has to find.
Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. The Subway Terror!
  3. 2. Imagination
  4. 3. Spectre of the Seance
  5. 4. Ghosts... What About Them?
  6. 5. The Envelope
  7. 6. The Coffin
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