Spook
#25
(July 1953)
Star Publications,
1953 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Star Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Star Comic
- Editing
- L. B. Cole?
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
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in PS Artbooks Softee: Spook (PS Artbooks, 2022 series) #1 (May 2022)
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Horror Beyond The Door
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
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in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #17 (June 2015) which is reprinted - in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (IDW, 2010 series) #24 - Haunted Horror: Nightmare of Doom and Much More! (Volume 6) (March 2018)
- in Pre-Code Classics: Spook Tales of Suspense and Mystery (PS Artbooks, 2018 series) #1 (May 2018)
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Horror Beyond the Door
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A criminal accompanies an archeological expedition to the "Cradle of Civilization" in the Middle East. Thy find an ancient temple where Satan himself is locked behind an ancient door. The criminal opens the door thinking it will be full of gold, but unleashes Satan and is killed. Before Satan can leave to destroy humanity, one of the archeologists reads an inscription on a statue of God in the temple, who comes to life and defeats Satan locking him back up behind the door.
Indexer Notes
Cover story.
Death at Midnight!!
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Mrs. Harding; Frank Martin; Ted Harring [Ted Harding]; Burt Landers; Francis Grealy
- Synopsis
- A man who is about to be executed for killing his friend, receives a reprieve when it's discovered that a mutual acquaintance was the one who committed the murder.
- Reprints
- from Murder Incorporated (Fox, 1948 series) #11 (June 1949) [retitled]
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The Kill-Crazy Monster
A True Crime Story / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- George "Buck" Kelly; Moose Potter; Malva
- Synopsis
- George "Buck" Kelly, his friend Moose Potter, and his moll Malva, go on a crime spree killing and robbing until they meet their respective ends.
- Reprints
- from Murder Incorporated (Fox, 1948 series) #2 (March 1948) [retitled]
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Indexer Notes
Art identification by Gary Watson, November 2008.
The Lurking Ghosts--
Jungle Lil / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Jungle Lil
- Synopsis
- A pair of treasure hunters deceive a village in Africa into believing that their long-deceased chief has returned and commands them to mine ore before the deceit is exposed by Jungle Lil and Robi the native.
- Reprints
- from Jungle Lil (Fox, 1950 series) #1 (April 1950) [retitled]
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Indexer Notes
Art identification by Gary Watson, November 2008.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Horror Beyond The Door
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1.
Horror Beyond the Door
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2.
Death at Midnight!!
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3.
The Kill-Crazy Monster
A True Crime Story -
4.
The Lurking Ghosts--
Jungle Lil
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Frode Dreier
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- Mike White
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