Laugh in the Dark #1

([August] 1971)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Rory Hayes

Inks:

Rory Hayes

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover illustration with indicia information at top of page.

Wilfred Kreel, Seeker of the Strange (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]

Pencils:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]

Inks:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]

Letters:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Wilfred Kreel

Synopsis:

Wilfred Kreel investigates a haunted mansion

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Rory Hayes

Inks:

Rory Hayes

Content Information

Reprints:

• in Where Demented Wented: The Art and Comics of Rory Hayes (Fantagraphics, 2008 series) #[nn] (2008)

Disconnect (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Rory Hayes

Pencils:

Rory Hayes

Inks:

Rory Hayes

Letters:

Rory Hayes

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Pooh Rass

Synopsis:

A mind moves beyond the mortal plane.

Reprints:

• in Where Demented Wented: The Art and Comics of Rory Hayes (Fantagraphics, 2008 series) #[nn] (2008)

Bimbo's Private Fun-House (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]; Kim Deitch; Justin Green; Bill Griffith; Rory Hayes; S. Clay Wilson

Pencils:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]; Kim Deitch; Justin Green; Bill Griffith; Rory Hayes; S. Clay Wilson

Inks:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]; Kim Deitch; Justin Green; Bill Griffith; Rory Hayes; S. Clay Wilson

Letters:

Spain Rodriguez [as Spain]; Kim Deitch; Justin Green; Bill Griffith; Rory Hayes; S. Clay Wilson

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

A fun-house is very disturbing.

Indexer Notes

Story is a jam between the credited creators.

The Toad On The Hill!!! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Griffith

Pencils:

Bill Griffith

Inks:

Bill Griffith

Letters:

Bill Griffith

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Dean; Naomi; Toad

Synopsis:

When their car breaks down Dean and Naomi have to make for a mysterious house.

Reprints:

• in Bill Griffith: Lost and Found - Comics 1969-2003 (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) #[nn] (December 2011)

The Ter'ble Old Man (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Larry Fuller

Pencils:

Larry Fuller

Inks:

Larry Fuller

Letters:

Larry Fuller

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

The Terible old man; Robbers

Indexer Notes

This is adapted from an H.P. Lovecraft story.

Boogie Boogie Horror Yarn (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. Clay Wilson

Pencils:

S. Clay Wilson

Inks:

S. Clay Wilson

Letters:

S. Clay Wilson

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Wilfred Flance; Fatima; Tide Monster

Synopsis:

Terrible things occur while Wilfred Flance sleeps.

The Doll House (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Metzger

Pencils:

George Metzger

Inks:

George Metzger

Letters:

George Metzger

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

A man enters a doll shop…

A Gothic Masterpiece (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Michael McMillan

Pencils:

Michael McMillan

Inks:

Michael McMillan

Letters:

Michael McMillan

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Eulalia; Edmund

Synopsis:

Edmund attempts to create new life from old.

The Agony of Binky Brown (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Justin Green

Pencils:

Justin Green

Inks:

Justin Green

Letters:

Justin Green

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Binky Brown

Synopsis:

Binky is unreasonably influenced by the movie 'Them'.

Reprints:

• in Knockabout Comics (Knockabout, 1980 series) #13 (1987)

Keywords:

autobiography

Boo Hoo Boo Hoo Cried The Night Man (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. Clay Wilson

Pencils:

S. Clay Wilson

Inks:

S. Clay Wilson

Letters:

S. Clay Wilson

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

A murderer receives his just desserts.

Blue True (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Kim Deitch

Pencils:

Kim Deitch

Inks:

Kim Deitch

Letters:

Kim Deitch

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Waldo; Kitty; Gertrude; Al Sabronte; Abe Rodanawitz; Warden; Santa Claus

Synopsis:

Waldo's execution doesn't go as planned.

Ghoul Tit Greed (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. Clay Wilson

Pencils:

S. Clay Wilson

Inks:

S. Clay Wilson

Letters:

S. Clay Wilson

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Mervin; Oxo

Synopsis:

Grave robbers come a cropper.

["Count the Nails, to Rory"] (Table of Contents)

The Checkered Demon / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. Clay Wilson

Pencils:

S. Clay Wilson

Inks:

S. Clay Wilson

Letters:

S. Clay Wilson

Content Information

Characters:

The Checkered Demon

Reprints:

• in The Collected Checkered Demon (Last Gasp, 1998 series) #1 (1998)

Indexer Notes

Illustration on inside of back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Willie Mendes

Inks:

Willie Mendes

Colors:

?

Indexer Notes

Image on back cover of issue.