Horrific #4

(March 1953)

Last Ride! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Don Perlin

Inks

Don Perlin ?

Colors

?

Letters

John Duffy

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Death; Hugh Lanson; Johnnie Rivers; Vickie; Maggie

Synopsis

Death narrates the fate of race-car driver Hugh Lanson. Hugh's face was deformed in a burning car crash. Hugh confronts his rival, Johnnie Rivers. Vickie tells Johnnie to let the confrontation go. Later at a bar, Hugh is approached by a fortune teller named Maggie. He hires her, but she says she sees death for him. Maggie helps Hugh possess Johnnie's body through a magical ritual. He does so, but demons begin to follow him. After the switch, instead of paying her a promised $10,000, Hugh kills Maggie and takes Johnnie's identity. In a race, Hugh finds himself racing in the land of the dead.

Ring of Death (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Alvin Hollingsworth (signed)

Inks

Alvin Hollingsworth (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Max Richter; Hans; Princess Narina; Ghengis Khan; Kasir

Synopsis

During WWII, Nazi submariners Max and Hans buy an antique jar in Algiers. Max dreams about Princess Narnia, whose betrothed Kasir betrayed her to Genghis Khan in exchange for a ruby he made into a ring. Kasir was cursed for the rest of his life and now Narnia warns Max to give up the ring as well. The submarine sinks to the bottom of the ocean. Before they die, Max and Hans discover the ring was hidden in the jar.

Keywords

World War II

Indexer Notes

Genghis Khan is spelled "Ghengis" in this story.

How to Embalm a Corpse (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Don Heck ? (illustration)

Inks

Don Heck ? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• in Weird Terror (Comic Media, 1952 series) #13 (September 1954)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Notes on the History of Horror / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Blood-money nowadays is usually a term applied...

Genre

non-fiction; history

Synopsis

History of the term "blood-money."

The Coffin (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? [as Tewks] (signed)

Inks

? [as Tewks] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Jud Wayne; Captain Ebenezer Marlin; Andrew; Chris Marlin; Bill; Sergeant

Synopsis

Jud coerces his great-uncle Andrew Marlin--who has a heart attack and dies--into handing over a manuscript indicating their ancestor obtained a fortune in gold during the War of 1812 and hid it in the family house in Salem. While Jud is searching for the gold, his cousin Chris arrives and Jud murders him as well. While burying the corpse, Jud becomes trapped. The police arrive as Jud is dying. They see tracks of a man with a peg-leg (like Captain Marlin had) going into the sea.

Hating Corpse (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Don Perlin ?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Charlie Kennedy; Nathan Boyd; Thyra; Doc

Synopsis

Nathan loans Charlie money that Charlie can't repay, but offers to forgive the debt if Charlie divorces his wife Thyra and urges her to marry Nathan. Charlie prepares to fight Nathan but is shot to death. Nathan arranges the scene to look like suicide, then leaves to establish an alibi. However, Charlie's hate keeps him alive until Nathan returns to his office: Charlie writes a letter to his wife, kills Nathan, then collapses. The police are puzzled because Charlie died hours before Nathan, yet still appears to have shot him.

Reprints

• in Weird Terror (Comic Media, 1952 series) #13 (September 1954)
• in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v4#7 (December 1972) [reworked]
which is reprinted
• in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v6#4 (August 1974)
• in Mad Fear (Gredown, 1983 ? series) ([1983])
• in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (IDW, 2010 series) #18 - The Return of the Zombies (September 2016)