Beware
#8
(March 1954)
Trojan Magazines,
1953 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Trojan Magazines Inc.
- Editing
- Adolphe Barreaux
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Promotion for Crime Mysteries # 11 includes cover repro.
Lost Souls
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Nameless One (host); George Blake; Mildred Blake; Roger Rankin; Black Knight
- Synopsis
- An old castle contains hidden treasure. But being guarded by ghosts and demons makes it hard to get.
- Reprints
-
in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v2#3 (May 1970) [reworked] which is reprinted - in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v4#2 (March 1971)
- in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v4#6 (October 1972) [retitled]
-
Indexer Notes
Artist signed it as 'Insane Myron Fass'. Story breaks the fourth wall in final panel. An unusual story, contains doses of black humour.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tell me what you want money for...
Indexer Notes
Advertisement to make money selling greeting cards for Stuart Greetings.
Ad is located within first story between pages 6 & 7.
[Health Supporter Belt]
advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for a health supporter belt (girdle) for Ronnie Sales.
When Witches Summon
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Prof. Grimes; Duncan; Burke
- Synopsis
- A professer finds an old flute that, when played, opens a cave in which witches have been entrapped.
- Reprints
- in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v3#2 (March 1970) [reworked] which is reprinted
-
in Voodoo (Gredown, 1975 ? series) #3 - in Weird Worlds (Eerie Publications, 1970 series) #v2#3 (June 1971)
- in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v5#1 (January 1973)
- in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v6#3 (June 1974)
-
- Keywords
- Witches
Indexer Notes
Cover story.
Terror In the Streets
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sid Check [as SC] (signed)
- Inks
- Sid Check [as SC] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Herb Field ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Insp. Vidac; The Chief
- Synopsis
- Inspector Vidac discovers that mutated beings live in the sewers of Paris and they feed on corpses.
- Reprints
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v4#1 (February 1970) [reworked] which is reprinted
- in Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v3#2 (April 1971)
- in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v5#2 (March 1973)
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v11#3 (September 1978)
- in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #30 (October 2017)
-
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stops 'Bed Wetting'
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for a tablet that prevents bed-wetting by Gary Pharmacal.
The Watery Ghost
text story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Charles Bates; St John; Captain George
- Synopsis
- A mysterious man appears on board a ship but disappears leaving only salt water behind.
Indexer Notes
Purports to be a true story.
[Reversible Seat Covers]
advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for car seat covers by Mardo Sales Corporation.
[no title indexed]
advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Powerful Long Range...
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for binoculars by M.S.C.
Come Die With Me
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Jim Granger; Harry Burns; John Brogan; Paul; Dorothy
- Synopsis
- As a joke 2 medical students put a corpse in bed with their sleeping friend. When they go to wake him he is dead and the corpse is alive!
- Reprints
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v4#2 (April 1970) [reworked] which is reprinted
- in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v4#4 (July 1971)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Come on, Bob...run!"]
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1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Lost Souls
-
3.
["Tell me what you want money for..."]
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4.
[Health Supporter Belt]
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5.
When Witches Summon
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6.
Terror In the Streets
-
7.
["Stops 'Bed Wetting'"]
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8.
The Watery Ghost
-
9.
[Reversible Seat Covers]
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10.
["Powerful Long Range..."]
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11.
Come Die With Me
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12.
[Radio-Television Technician]
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13.
[Get Prizes]
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- Nick Caputo
- Gregory Fischer
- Jim Van Dore
- Tom Zsolt
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