(March 1954)
Star Publications,
1953 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Star Publications, Inc.
- Brand
- A Star Comic
- Editing
- L. B. Cole
Death Ship!!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- L. B. Cole (signed as
L. B. Cole) - Inks
- L. B. Cole (signed as L. B. Cole)
- Colors
- L. B. Cole ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense; science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Ghostly Weird Stories (Arnold Book Company, 1953 series) #1 (1953) -
in Lurid Little Nightmare Makers (Boardman Books, 2014 series) #4 (2015) - in Black Light: The World of L. B. Cole (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) (January 2015)
- in Roy Thomas Presents Rulah - Jungle Goddess (PS, 2015 series) #2 (March 2015)
-
- Keywords
- spaceman; spaceship
Death Ship
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Jay Disbrow
- Pencils
- Jay Disbrow
- Inks
- Jay Disbrow
- Colors
- Jay Disbrow
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The ship continued its relentless course, right into the grinning jaws of death!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Commander Ben Woodruff; Wendra
- Synopsis
- Commander Ben Woodruff's wonderlust drives him to return to space one last time over the protests of his wife.
- Reprints
- in Ghostly Weird Stories (Arnold Book Company, 1953 series) #1 (1953)
- in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #66 (1966)
- in Weird Worlds (Eerie Publications, 1970 series) #v2#2 (April 1971) [reworked] which is reprinted
- in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v6#1 (January 1973)
- in Lurid Little Nightmare Makers (Boardman Books, 2014 series) #4 (2015)
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- Keywords
- Arcturus; Ganymede; Orion; super nova
Death and the Devil
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- McGregor
- Inks
- McGregor
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What happens when an exotic dancer takes drugged pills for her nerves?
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Carl McRae; Shirley McRae; Inspector Roc
- Reprints
The Face of Death
Mask / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Mask!
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Danny Corbet; Zongo; The Mask [Bruce Corbet]; Dr. Larbins; Jim; Pompernickle
- Reprints
- from Blue Bolt Weird Tales of Terror (Star Publications, 1951 series) #111 (November 1951)
- in Ghostly Weird Stories (Arnold Book Company, 1953 series) #1 (1953)
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Evidence of Murder
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mark Green rubbed his hands together in joyful anticipation.
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Mark Green; Fred Slade
- Synopsis
- Mark Green schemes to commit the perfect murder against his neighbor.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Mark Green is also referred to as Matt Green in the story.
Man-Killers
Rulah / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As unexpected and as unwelcome as winter lightning, there came a grim signal that was death itself...
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Rulah; Renture; Salu
- Synopsis
- In a hidden jungle city, Rulah rescues an oppressed people from an evil tyrant.
- Reprints
- from Rulah (Fox, 1948 series) #21 (December 1948)
- in Ghostly Weird Stories (Arnold Book Company, 1953 series) #1 (1953)
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- Keywords
- Nocterne
Indexer Notes
Original title: "The Miserable Mankillers."
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Death Ship!!
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1.
Death Ship
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2.
Death and the Devil
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3.
The Face of Death
Mask -
4.
Evidence of Murder
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5.
Man-Killers
Rulah
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