Witchcraft
#3
(July-August 1952)
Avon,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-05-20
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Avon Periodicals Inc.
- Brand
-
An Avon Publication
- Editing
- Sol Cohen
Issue Notes
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals 1953, page 171
[Contents Page]
table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- Sol Cohen
- Pencils
- Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
- Inks
- Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
- Letters
- ?
Indexer Notes
Inside Front Cover
The Red Spider
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Damon Rankin, an entomologist, collects insects. While on vacation on a small Caribbean island, he comes across a fabled red spider. By killing it, he sets free evil powers.
- Reprints
-
in Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v2#1 (January 1970) [reworked] which is reprinted - in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v3#1 (February 1971)
- in '50s Terror (Malibu, 1988 series) #6 (April 1989)
- in The Comics That Ate My Brain! (Malibu, 1991 series) (1991)
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #25 (2015)
-
The Thirteenth Clown
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Jacob Rok forged his brother’s testament to take over his circus business. When star performer Marco the clown confronts Rok, he’s being strangled and buried in the woods. But the ghost of Marco keeps performing as the “Phantom Clown”, bringing Rok to justice and supporting new owner Linda.
- Reprints
- in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v3#2 (March 1971) [reworked] which is reprinted
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v6#6 (October 1972)
- in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v6#5 (October 1974)
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #23 (2014)
-
Better Off Dead
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Boxing champ Georgie Price gets the jitters when dead girl friend Anne starts to haunt him. She distracts him during a prize fight. Georgie dies of brain concussion and Anne leads him away to the afterworld.
- Reprints
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v7#3 (April 1973) [reworked] which is reprinted
-
in Tales of Horror (Gredown, 1975 series) #8 ([1978]) - in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #23 (2014)
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Indexer Notes
Unknown pencils per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Vince Alascia on inks, but while his name is the only signature it is clear that a space was left for a pencil credit.
Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. thinks the pencils for this story might be coming from Leonard Starr.
The Ghost's Revenge
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- James Kendall is a professional ‘ghost-breaker,’ relieving troubled persons of their fear of spooks. He is also the man who embezzled his ward’s fortune. So Kendall throws young Anne off a cliff to her death and is haunted thereafter by her ghost.
- Reprints
- in '50s Terror (Malibu, 1988 series) #6 (April 1989)
- in They Came from the 50’s (Malibu, 1990 series) (1990)
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #23 (2014)
-
Indexer Notes
McCann can be spotted by his old faces with very long noses and small chins, also by much black inking that gives a very gloomy mood. Also his lack of movement is to be noted.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[The Red Spider]
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1.
[Contents Page]
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2.
The Red Spider
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3.
The Thirteenth Clown
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4.
Better Off Dead
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5.
The Ghost's Revenge
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Nick Caputo
- Pat Conolly
- Tillmann Courth
- Brian Dobbelaere
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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