The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #8 - Howard Nostrand's Nightmares

(November 2014)

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

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Indexer Notes

Enlarged detail from story "Walpurgis!" (Witches Tales #18), pg. 4. On endpapers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Indexer Notes

Enlarged detail from story "Search for Evil" (Black Cat #44), pg. 5. On endpapers.

[Indicia] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Fear-Filled foreword (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Sid Jacobson

Pencils

? (spot illustration); ? (photograph)

Inks

? (spot illustration); ? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Introduction illustrated with a photograph and the reproduction of a Harvey house ad.

Nostrand's Nightmares (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Craig Yoe

Pencils

Howard Nostrand; Howard Nostrand (photographs); ? (photographs)

Inks

Howard Nostrand; Howard Nostrand (photographs); ? (photographs)

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #20 (November 1953)
• from Adventures in 3-D (Harvey, 1953 series) #1 (November 1953)

Indexer Notes

Article illustrated with examples of original art, photographs, cover reproductions, advertisements, and reproductions of printed comic book art.

The Man Germ (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Nat Barnett

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #13 (October 1952)

Walpurgis! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Frederick Kaffner (master clockmaker, death); Carl (villain, Kaffner's assistant, death); un-named creatures of darkness (villains)

Synopsis

A clockmaker's assistant hates his strict employer enough to kill him, and he is given that opportunity on Walpurgis Night, when all the creatures of darkness are free to roam.

Reprints

• from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #18 (April 1953)

Keywords

Walpurgis Night

Zodiac (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Warren Kremer

Inks

Warren Kremer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #18 (April 1953)

Indexer Notes

Not a Howard Nostrand story according to GCD Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 Series) #18 entry. Reason for reprinting this story in this issue is unknown.

Big Fight! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Nostrand

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A boxer enters a strange fight for fate - and gets born as a baby.

Reprints

• from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #17 (May 1953)

Search for Evil (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #44 (June 1953)

Haircut! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Nostrand ?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

drama; crime

Synopsis

Amos Vessels marries Martha for her lumber mill. He makes the business profitable, then takes it away from her and leaves her. Martha's brother steps in to avenge his sister.

Reprints

• from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #18 (July 1953)

Lynch Mob (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Nostrand ?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #45 (August 1953)

Shock! (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Nostrand

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Rosen

Genre

drama

Synopsis

Hubert Kranz thinks his wife Dorthy is cheating on him with caretaker Jed. He kills them both in a rage. Kranz, however, has been all wrong about the matter.

Reprints

• from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #20 (August 1953)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tommy Trot ... an man we deplore!

Genre

humor; crime

Characters

Tommy Trot

Synopsis

A criminal digging his way into a jewelry store.

Reprints

• Reprinted from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 Series) #21 ?

Indexer Notes

Visual and storytelling references to story "Mole!" in MAD (EC, 1952 series) #2 (January 1953).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is the man all tatered and torn

Genre

humor; crime

Synopsis

An escaped convict hides beneath the water.

Reprints

• Allegedly reprinted from "Witches Tales" #21.

Dead End (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Nostrand?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #21 (October 1953)

The Story of the Witch/The Hand Behind the Head (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand ?

Inks

Howard Nostrand ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Accounts of witches and magicians.

Reprints

• from Tomb of Terror (Harvey, 1952 series) #12 (November 1953)

Tale of Cain (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Nostrand

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime; horror-suspense

Synopsis

A mean-spirited man infects his brother with evil thoughts. The brother retaliates by killing the man. He will perish as well, because the men were siamese twins.

Reprints

• from Tomb of Terror (Harvey, 1952 series) #12 (November 1953)

The Inside Man (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Nostrand ?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #21 (January 1954)

Terrorvision (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Nostrand ?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #19 (September 1953)

Indexer Notes

Reproduced from original art.

A Vision Saved Two Ships (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Nostrand

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Letters

?

Reprints

• from Ripley's Believe It Or Not Magazine (Harvey, 1953 series) #1 (September 1953)

Indexer Notes

Reproduced from original art.

The Rift of the Maggis (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Nostrand

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Tomb of Terror (Harvey, 1952 series) #11 (September 1953)

Indexer Notes

Reproduced from original art.

Lay That Pistol Down (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Nostrand ?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #20 (November 1953)

Indexer Notes

Reproduced from original art.

Day of Panic (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Nostrand

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

The small town of Twin Oaks is besieged by panic and paranoia when word gets out that a vampire is living among the townsfolk.

Reprints

• from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #22 (December 1953)

Indexer Notes

Reproduced from original art.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Chilly Chamber Music / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How are things in Danne ... mora ...

Genre

humor; crime

Reprints

• Reprint from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 Series) #21 ?

Indexer Notes

Story in verse. Reproduced from original art.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Chilly Chamber Music / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dance around the May-pole ...

Genre

humor; crime

Reprints

• Reprint from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 Series) #21 ?

Indexer Notes

Story in verse. Reproduced from original art.

Come Back Bathsheba (Table of Contents: 27)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Nat Barnett

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #51 (August 1954)
• Claimed original publication: Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 Series) #22.

Indexer Notes

Reproduced from original art.

The Blonde Man (Table of Contents: 28)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Nostrand ?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #46 (October 1953)

Indexer Notes

Reproduced from original art.

The Lonely (Table of Contents: 29)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Nostrand ?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Hilton (death); Johnny

Synopsis

While fishing during a storm Johnny throws Hilton overboard because he had been stealing money from the firm. Unfortunately the storm gets worse and Johnny has to jump overboard with a lifejacket on. Eventually they both get to a very small island. Johnny is asleep when a sleeping Hilton washes up on the shore by him. When Johnny wakes up he tries to throw Hilton into the sea but he keeps washing back up. He then buries him but decides to dig him up, tie a rock around his neck, and throw him into the ocean. Unfortunately, no one comes by to rescue Johnny and he gets very lonely.

Reprints

• from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #48 (February 1954)

Ivan's-Woe (Table of Contents: 30)

A Boo of the Month / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Rosen

Genre

adventure

Characters

Sir Ivan Gwaine of Hampshire; Sir Gerald; Elizabeth; Fitzhugh; Sir Hugo Lavon of Blackmore; King John

Synopsis

Sir Hugo duels Sir Ivan after a slight from Elizabeth. Ivan wins, but is horribly disfigured.

Reprints

• from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #23 (February 1954)

Indexer Notes

"Boo of the Month" (Ivanhoe parody).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Chilly Chamber Music: Songs from the Spook Box / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

They saw three little fishes...

Genre

humor; horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #22 (March 1954)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Chilly Chamber Music: Songs from the Spook Box / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

When day is done and shadows fall...

Genre

humor; horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #22 (March 1954)

Undertaker (Table of Contents: 33)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Nostrand ?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #24 (April 1954)

Dust Unto Dust (Table of Contents: 34)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Nostrand ?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #23 (May 1954)

I, Vampire (Table of Contents: 35)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Nostrand ?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #24 (July 1954)

What's Happening at --- 8:30 P.M. (Table of Contents: 36)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Nat Barnett

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #25 (June 1954)

The Search (Table of Contents: 37)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Howard Nostrand ?

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Tomb of Terror (Harvey, 1952 series) #8 (March 1953)

5th Anniversary Yoe Books! (Table of Contents: 38) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Indexer Notes

Enlarged detail from story "Search for Evil" (Black Cat #44), pg. 3. On endpapers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Howard Nostrand

Inks

Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Indexer Notes

Enlarged detail from story "I, Vampire" (Chamber of Chills Magazine #24), pg. 1 [mirror-imaged]. On endpapers.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)