Haunted Horror #8

(December 2013)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Forelock the Warlock / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Angelo Torres (signed)

Inks

Angelo Torres (signed)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Haunting for some mind-numbing...

Genre

horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Death's Beggar (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff (credited)

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Peter Braack; Hedda; Mayor Lund

Synopsis

Salem, in the year 1600. Peter Braack is a vain person. When a witch abducts women and Braack confronts her, he does not save the women but makes a pact wishing for eternal youth and immortality. Braack gets framed by the witch later on and hanged. Immortal as he is, he stumbles around as a living zombie begging for his redemption through death, which can only be granted by the witch.

Reprints

• from Strange Stories from Another World (Fawcett, 1952 series) #2 (August 1952)
• in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (IDW, 2010 series) #10 - Haunted Horror: Pre-Code Comics So Scary, They're Good! (Volume 3) (September 2015)

Keywords

hanging; Salem Massachusetts; witch

The Uninvited (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Kahn (credited)

Pencils

Al Gordon (credited)

Inks

Al Gordon (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Randolph Adams; Kor-Il; Shar-Noc; Valvor

Synopsis

A painter is abducted by aliens and taken to their planet. The aliens have been abducting specimens from all Worlds and force them to fight one another in gladiator fights to the death. The Earthling wins, thus convincing the aliens that humans are too dangerous and will one day pose a threat to their civilization. As a result, they destroy the human race.

Reprints

• from Beware (Trojan Magazines, 1953 series) #14 [2] (March 1953)
• in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (IDW, 2010 series) #10 - Haunted Horror: Pre-Code Comics So Scary, They're Good! (Volume 3) (September 2015)

Keywords

alien abduction; atomic war; telepathy

Trophies of Doom (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Nick Cardy (credited)

Inks

Nick Cardy (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

B-1683

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Paulo Danjou; Giovanni; Luigi; Yvonne

Synopsis

The town's executioner falls for a lovely woman. When rejected, he strangles her and is haunted by her ghostly apparition. All the "headsman"'s victims come together and take justice into their own hands.

Reprints

• from Adventures into Darkness (Pines, 1952 series) #11 (September 1953)
• in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (IDW, 2010 series) #10 - Haunted Horror: Pre-Code Comics So Scary, They're Good! (Volume 3) (September 2015)

Keywords

beheading; grave robbing

The Unsleeping Dead (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lou Cameron (credited, signed)

Inks

Lou Cameron (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Hal Warren; Pierre Daguerre; Julian Rosse

Synopsis

A young TV camera man gets to operate a magic camera that wakes up the dead.

Reprints

• from The Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #23 (November 1953)
• in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (IDW, 2010 series) #10 - Haunted Horror: Pre-Code Comics So Scary, They're Good! (Volume 3) (September 2015)

Keywords

ghost

All the King's Men (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Powell (credited)

Inks

Bob Powell (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Jim Wolfe; King Henri Christophe I; Dan McGraw

Synopsis

Jim Wolfe learns that in Haiti, soldiers will obey even after they are dead.

Reprints

• from Amazing Ghost Stories (St. John, 1954 series) #15 (December 1954)
which is reprinted
• from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) #5 (October-November 1952)
• in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (IDW, 2010 series) #10 - Haunted Horror: Pre-Code Comics So Scary, They're Good! (Volume 3) (September 2015)

Keywords

ghost; Haiti; voodoo

Fate of Alberto (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ellis Eringer (credited, signed)

Inks

Ellis Eringer (credited, signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Alberto Gasperi; Francesca

Synopsis

After killing the witch Francesca, Alberto Gasperi is cursed by a coven and chained atop Mount Everest.

Reprints

• from Tales of Horror (Toby, 1952 series) #12 (August 1954)
• in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (IDW, 2010 series) #10 - Haunted Horror: Pre-Code Comics So Scary, They're Good! (Volume 3) (September 2015)

Keywords

Italy; Mount Everest; rack; torture; vampire; witch