Web of Evil #7

(October 1953)

The Ship of Lost Souls (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime; horror-suspense

Synopsis

The gambling ship “Hades” capsizes and dozens of passengers are killed inside the hull. The ship’s owner, Harry Cain, is responsible for this tragedy, because his ship was not ballasted the right way. Two newspaper reporters, who were allegedly killed onboard, have survived and stage a scoop. Posing as ghosts they kidnap Cain, bring him aboard the “Hades” and make him confess his deadly negligence. As Cain whips out a gun, another tidal wave rolls in and takes Cain down to the bottom of the sea.

Reprints

• in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v4#2 (March 1972) [reworked]
which is reprinted
• in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v6#3 (May 1974)
• in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v8#2 (July 1977)
• in The Comics That Ate My Brain! (Malibu, 1991 series) (1991)

Hideout in Hell (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob McCarty

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

crime; horror-suspense

Synopsis

The Bexer gang robs a bank and goes into hiding. They quarrel over the loot and two of them shoot each other. When the police come searching the woods, Bexer crawls into the compound where the bodies are stored. His phobia of corpses drives him insane.

Reprints

• in The Comics That Ate My Brain! (Malibu, 1991 series) (1991)

Indexer Notes

The faces with big eyes, large underlips and bushy eyebrows most probably McCarty, but the inking is "simpler" than his credited work in "Black Magic" #16.
Therefore Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Tillmann Courth revoke the inking credit.

The Strangling Hands (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Cole ?

Pencils

Jack Cole

Inks

Jack Cole ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Collector Noram comes into possession of the severed arms of Jean D’Arst, the infamous French strangler. The arms are rumored to be cursed and to have killed all of their current owners. Noram, however, is strangled by his greedy nephew Don. When the police don’t buy the story of a curse, Don runs – but is strangled by the bodiless arms.

Reprints

• in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v5#2 (March 1972) [reworked]
which is reprinted
• in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v6#1 (January 1974)
• in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v7#3 (August 1976)
• in '50s Terror (Malibu, 1988 series) #4 (February 1989)
• in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (IDW, 2010 series) #4 - Jack Cole's Deadly Horror (July 2013)

Drums of Doom (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

horror-suspense

The Man Who Cheated Death (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Charles Nicholas

Inks

Charles Nicholas ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

John Blane turns 70 years of age and is obsessed with wanting to live forever. One of the researchers in his laboratories comes up with a liquid which will grant eternal life. Blane drinks down the potion after having murdered his employee who was unwilling to part with it. He is quickly sentenced to die in the electric chair, but can’t be killed. The immortal Blane is locked away, but escapes and commits a bank robbery. During his getaway Blane is horribly mutilated in a car accident and has to spend eternity confined to a hospital bed.

Reprints

• in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v6#2 (March 1972) [reworked]
which is reprinted
• in Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v6#1 (January 1974)
• in Beware! (Gredown, 1983 series) ([1983])
• in They Came from the 50’s (Malibu, 1990 series) (1990)

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer Saltarella suggested Chic Stone? for pencils and inks.