(October 1952)
Stanley Morse,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Gillmor Magazines Inc.
- Editing
- Stanley Morse (editor)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Basil Wolverton; ? (girl)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Synopsis
- A witch watches zombies approach a woman.
- Reprints
-
in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012) which is reprinted -
in Hort der Angst (ilovecomics, 2016 series) #2 (2016), #2 (2016) - in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #35 (2018)
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Indexer Notes
Hames Ware states that "Someone else drew the girl on the Wolverton credited cover".
High Voltage
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man with an irrational fear of electricity kills his electrical engineer brother. He's then sentenced to death and is executed by the electric chair.
- Reprints
- in Weird Tales of the Future (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #8 (July 1953) which is reprinted
- in Hort der Angst (ilovecomics, 2016 series) #2 (2016)
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The Planet Eaters
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Earthmen land on a planet and find only ruins of what was once an advanced civilization. They notice the planet is overrun with living plant life. The men manage to make it back to their ship and return to Earth. A scientist had brought a sample on board for study, but it begins to grow at an enormous rate and takes over the ship. They realize it was the plants that destroyed that planet's civilization and if they land, this specimen will grow and destroy Earth's civilization to. They decide to blow up their ship before they land, but bits and pieces of the plants drift down towards the city.
- Reprints
- in Weird Tales of the Future (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #8 (July 1953) which is reprinted
- in Weird Chills (Stanley Morse, 1954 series) #2 (September 1954) [rescripted/reworked]
- in Weird Worlds (Eerie Publications, 1970 series) #v1#10 (December 1970) [reworked] which is reprinted
- in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v4#5 (August 1972)
- in Hort der Angst (ilovecomics, 2016 series) #2 (2016)
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Indexer Notes
A re-scripted 'Cut & Pasted' version titled "The Missionaries" is in Weird Chills (Stanley Morse, 1954 series) #2 (September 1954).
Reworked version retitled "The Green Horror."
Original indexer credited "Frank Frollo?" with both pencils and inks but Hames Ware spotted the initials "LW" on the splash page and thinks this might be Larry Woromay (though he doesn't know Woromay's art style).
Death Takes a Holiday
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man who works for a holiday novelty company is framed by his partners for embezzlement. He escapes from prison and vows revenge on his partners by killing them on holidays. One he shoots with an arrow on Valentine's Day. One he kills with an axe on Washington's birthday, and the last one he blows up on Independance Day. When the cops track him down, he gets crushed by a tank during a parade for Armstice Day!
- Reprints
- in Weird Tales of the Future (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #8 (July 1953) which is reprinted
- in Chilling Tales of Horror (Stanley Morse, 1969 series) #v1#2 (August 1969)
- in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v2#1 (February 1970) [reworked] which is reprinted
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v5#2 (April 1971)
- in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v4#6 (October 1972)
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in Ghoul Tales (Portman Distribution, 1979 series) #1 (1979) [redrawn from original] - in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #20 (2014)
- in Hort der Angst (ilovecomics, 2016 series) #2 (2016)
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Indexer Notes
Redrawn reprints retitled "Weird Vengeance."
A Stone's Throw From Eternity
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Paul is obsessed with the secrets of life. He tracks down the mysterious Punja who gives him a book showing his previous life before he was reincarnated but warns him not to read the last page as it will reveal his destiny. Later when Paul tries to kill his father, his father defends himself by throwing a projectile at him killing him. The last page of Punja's book shows Paul was Goliath in a previous life.
- Reprints
- in Weird Tales of the Future (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #8 (July 1953) which is reprinted
- in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v2#1 (January 1970) [reworked] which is reprinted
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v5#2 (April 1971)
- in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v4#5 (September 1972)
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v8#4 [5] (October 1974)
- in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v9#4 (October 1978)
- in Hort der Angst (ilovecomics, 2016 series) #2 (2016)
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Spirits From Outer Space
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Spirits from the dead on planet Kyblos have been attacking spacemen from Earth so they can eventually take over humanity by possessing thier bodies. One spaceman finds out that they don't like pain and will flee a human host if attacked. After freeing his buddy from a spirit that was possessing him, the two men rally the troops and attack Kyblos stopping the malevolent spirits at their source.
- Reprints
- in Weird Tales of the Future (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #8 (July 1953) which is reprinted
- in Weird Worlds (Eerie Publications, 1970 series) #v2#1 (February 1971) [reworked]
- in Hort der Angst (ilovecomics, 2016 series) #2 (2016)
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
High Voltage
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2.
The Planet Eaters
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3.
Death Takes a Holiday
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4.
A Stone's Throw From Eternity
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5.
Spirits From Outer Space
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