Haunted Horror #17

(June 2015)

Escape to Death! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jon D'Agostino (signed)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A convict who has a job preparing executed criminals for burial at the prison hatches a plan to escape. He finds out that there are two bodies that will be shipped out. One to a cemetery and one to a crematorium. He hides in the coffin with the corpse that is supposed to be shipped to the cemetery with plans of escaping once the coffin reaches it's destination. Unfortunately for him, the name tags on the coffins get switched and the coffin he's hiding in gets sent to the crematorium instead!

Reprints

• from Dark Mysteries (Master Comics, 1951 series) #14 (October 1953)

The Terror of Akbar (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Iger Shop

Inks

Iger Shop

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Akbar, an ancient mummy, comes to life in a museum to find his missing glowing eyes hidden in a safe. After finding the eyes and regaining his sight he goes on a rampage. He loses his eyes again and blinded, stumbles onto a subway track where he is run over and destroyed by a train.

Reprints

• from Strange Fantasy (Farrell, 1952 series) #10 (February-March 1954)

Television Ghost.. (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ross Andru

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Mister Mystery (host); Henry Meeks (death); Grace Meeks (villain, death)

Synopsis

Henry Meeks is being continually harrassed by his wife to the point of planning her murder. However, she is having similar thoughts about doing him in as well......and does! Unfortunately for her, his death is not the end....it's the beginning of a new form of disgust with her former husband.

Reprints

• from Mister Mystery (Stanley Morse, 1951 series) #1 (September 1951)

Indexer Notes

Reprint credits Charles Stern with the artwork.

The Glistening Death (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Norman Nodel (signed)

Inks

Vince Alascia (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A man hides out at his uncle's swampland mansion and discovers he is a slave to a glistening meat eating alien creature that takes the form of a beautiful woman.

Reprints

• from City of the Living Dead (Avon, 1952 series) (1952)

A Pound of Flesh (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ross Andru ?

Inks

Ross Andru ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A mechanic kills his obese wife and uses her skin as a covering for a beautiful robot he built in his workshop.

Reprints

• from Mysterious Adventures (Story Comics, 1951 series) #16 (October 1953)

Revolt of the Fingers (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob McCarthy

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Antonini Bellt, a brilliant young musician, has no control over his left hand he calls "Dividi". When his mentor Provak starts bullying him, Bellt's hand goes berserk.

Reprints

• from Beware! Terror Tales (Fawcett, 1952 series) #4 (November 1952)

Kohnoori's Curse (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Discount

Inks

Bill Discount

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Jewels in India have a curse that makes the owner turn into a monster.
Treasure hunter breaks into the tomb of Kohnoori, seeking legendary riches. Though having been warned he is blinded by greed and pays a terrible price for discovering the jewels.

Reprints

• from Monster (Fiction House, 1953 series) #2 ([June] 1953)