Mister Mystery #13

(September 1953)

The Gossips (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tony Mortellaro (signed)

Inks

Tony Mortellaro (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Three fiendish old ladies spread hateful rumors about other people, driving them into suicide. The dead, however, come back from the grave and take cruel revenge.

Reprints

• in Shock (Stanley Morse, 1969 series) #v1#1 (May 1969)
• in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #6 (March 1974)
• in Ghoul Tales (Portman Distribution, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
• in Tales Too Terrible to Tell (New England Comics, 1989 series) #4 (Winter 1991-1992)
• in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #26 (January 2017)

Indexer Notes

Infamous final panel depicting the severed and mutiladed heads of the ladies, put on spikes.

Vampire (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Gerald Altman

Inks

? (Iger Shop)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Attractive vampire lady feeds on a group of hobos. The last one manages to impale the creature on a tree branch.

Reprints

• in Chilling Tales of Horror (Stanley Morse, 1969 series) #v1#2 (August 1969)
• in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #12 ([March 1975] ?)
• in Stark Terror (Portman Distribution, 1979 series) #1 (October 1979)
• in Tales Too Terrible to Tell (New England Comics, 1989 series) #1 (Winter 1989-1990)

When The Deep Purple Falls (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A murderous vampire depends on the assistance of trained hawks to wake him at night. With the summer comes the arrival of martins and swallows. These birds drive the hawks away. The vampire can't rise again and will starve in his hiding place.

The Clock Maker (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Gerald Altman

Inks

Gerald Altman ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

With the help of a witch woman watchmaker Ben Loftus creates lifelike timepieces. When his wife Lois betrays him and plans to kill him, Loftus bewitches them to murder each other.

Reprints

• in Seriemagasinet (Interpresse, 1968 series) #80 (1971)
• in Ghoul Tales (Stanley Morse, 1970 series) #2 (January 1971)
• in Tales Too Terrible to Tell (New England Comics, 1989 series) #9 (July-August 1993)

Indexer Notes

Previous indexer suggested A. C. Hollingsworth ? for pencils and inks.

Custom-Made Murder! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tony Mortellaro ?

Inks

Eugene Hughes ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime

Synopsis

A man wants to get rid of his unfaithful wife and seeks the services of a contract killer named "R. Sennic". The job is accepted, but the man has to die himself.

Indexer Notes

The comic story version of Mister Mystery #11's text story "First Come, First Served!"

The Picnic! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tony Mortellaro (signed)

Inks

Tony Mortellaro (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Hugo Brandt loves to engorge himself on food. He meets a lovely woman who shows interest in him. On a picnic he discovers why - she's a vampire looking for fat prey.

Reprints

• in Stark Terror (Stanley Morse, 1970 series) #1 (December 1970)
• in Tales Too Terrible to Tell (New England Comics, 1989 series) #9 (July-August 1993)