(August 2016)

IDW, 2010 Series
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Price
24.99 USD
Pages
152
On-sale Date
2016
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
IDW Publishing
Brand
Yoe Books!; IDW
ISBN
978-1-63140-631-7 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781631406317 52499
Editing
Mike Howlett (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Bryan Baugh; typeset

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

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob McCarthy
Inks
Bob McCarthy
Colors
?

Indexer Notes

Enlarged detail from story "The Serpent Queen", Unknown World (Fawcett, 1952 series) #1, page 1.

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

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob McCarthy
Inks
Bob McCarthy
Colors
?

Indexer Notes

Enlarged detail from story "The Serpent Queen", Unknown World (Fawcett, 1952 series) #1, page 4.

[Snake Tales] (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob McCarthy (spot illustration)
Inks
Bob McCarthy (spot illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
Bryan Baugh; typeset

Indexer Notes

Title page and indicia. Enlarged detail from story "The Serpent Queen", Unknown World (Fawcett, 1942 series) #1, page 10.

Ophidiomania vs Ophidiophobia (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 3.8 pages (report information)

Script
Frank T. Burbrink
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Colors
? (photos)
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Aman the Amazing-Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Everett
Inks
Bill Everett
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Amazing Man [John Aman]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Tiger Girl / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Doolin
Inks
Joe Doolin; Iger Shop (Tiger Girl)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
jungle
Characters
Tiger Girl [Princess Vishnu]
Reprints

Snakesploitation (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 4.9 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Howlett
Pencils
Al Camy; ?; ? (photos)
Inks
Al Camy; ?; ? (photos)
Colors
?; ? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Medusa Men from Mars (Table of Contents: 8)

Mysta of the Moon / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Doolin
Inks
Joe Doolin
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
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Mirror Image (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rudy Palais
Inks
Rudy Palais
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
An unlikable rich uncle sees a snake in his room and dies of fright. Little did he realize it was his nephews' toy snake.
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The Serpent Queen (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk
Pencils
Bob McCarthy
Inks
Bob McCarthy
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Shanri the Serpent Queen; John Barton; Eric Sender; Charles Collings
Synopsis
Mountain climbers venture into the realm of Shanri, the ancient serpent queen. Blinded by her beauty they are bound for their own perdition.
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Keywords
natives; snake

Indexer Notes

Source given as "Unknown Worlds" #1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

The Echo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Paul Gattuso
Inks
Paul Gattuso
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Into a small mining town rode The Echo...
Characters
The Echo [Jim Carson]
Synopsis
The Echo and his allies battle a small town snake cult.
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The Fangs of Death (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bernie Krigstein
Inks
Bernie Krigstein
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Gordon Graham
Synopsis
Gordon Graham brings a cobra back from a jungle expedition in Burma, but it is jealous of his fiance.
Reprints

Medusa (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Hy Fleishman
Inks
Hy Fleishman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Synopsis
A snake hater who kills snakes for a living is turned into a snake by Elfreda, a snake goddess who is none other than Medusa herself.
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The Phantom Python (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Everett Kinstler
Inks
Everett Kinstler
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
British Colonial East Africa: The commissioner's daughter Tani is seriously ill and seeks help from native witch doctor Loganzi. She dies during the ceremony and Loganzi is hanged. But he and Tani haunt the land in the shape of a giant python snake.
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Cup of Moonglow (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A murderer gets lost in the African wilderness after escaping from a nearby prison. He is soon found by a beautiful mysterious woman who nurses him back to health. He later finds out that when she drinks water from a cup at the night of a full moon she turns into a giant snake!
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High Priestess of the Snake People (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Giusto
Inks
Frank Giusto
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
In the Swiss Alps, a young american stumbles across a cult of snake-worshippers. He is bewitched by the beautiful snake queen Gilda. An old villager comes to his help and blows the whole bunch to kingdom come with a pack of dynamite.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This reprint certain about the Giusto provenience.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Lance Storm / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Myron Fass
Inks
Myron Fass
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery; horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This reprint certain about the Fass provenience.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Iger Shop; ?
Inks
Myron Fass
Colors
?
Letters
Iger Shop

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Chun, the Snake Charmer; Millie Sears; Jim Dugan
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Fighting Yank / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Schomburg
Inks
Alex Schomburg
Colors
?
Letters
?

Reprints

The Were-Serpent of Karnak! (Table of Contents: 20)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ken Bald
Inks
Ken Bald
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton

Reprints

The Thing (Table of Contents: 21)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lou Morales (signed)
Inks
Lou Morales
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

The Echo / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Gattuso
Inks
Paul Gattuso
Colors
?
Letters
?

Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (painting)
Inks
? (painting)
Colors
? (painting)

Reprints

The Were-Serpent of Karnak (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
King Ward
Inks
King Ward
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton ?

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cathy; Gene; Seta
Synopsis
A writer/photographer team are sent to Africa to cover a mysterious serpent-cult ceremony for LIVE magazine. In the desert, a huge stone snake statue had been unearthed after 4,000 years and an ancient snake Goddess emerges turning all of her followers (descendants of her original followers 4,000 years earlier) to snake people. When she tries to do so with the photographer, he is able to drain her poison glands using chemicals from his photographic developing kit, causing her to lose her powers and disintegrate into dust. Her followers are all then restored to human form.
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The Snake Pit (Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Baer
Inks
Bob Baer
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
An elderly mother and father throw their adult son into a snake pit. He's bitten numerous times. He then explores the underground caverns and encounters a hidden cult of snake people descended from the original snake from the Garden of Eden. They plan on rising up to destroy the surface world. The son then wakes up in a hospital and finds out that the reason his parents threw him into the snake pit was so the snake venom would cure him of his insanity.
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Beware the Snake Queen! (Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Nicholas
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
In the Haitian jungle two explorers confront the snake queen. The Meduse-like creature's stare can turn men into snakes.
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Serpent of Doom (Table of Contents: 27)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Celardo
Inks
John Celardo
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
B-1744
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Lydia longs for riches and enters into a pact with snake god Seth. Covering her murderous tracks, Seth grants her fame and fortune. When Lydia herself begins to turn into a snake, she plunges into despair.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Source given as "Adventures into Darkness" #22.

The Big Snake! (Table of Contents: 28)

The Big Snake / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mel Keefer (signed)
Inks
Mel Keefer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
John Reid (leader of Scientific Research League); Paul Vale (villain, scientist)
Synopsis
A scientist has created a serum when, mixed with blood and injected into a creature, allows that creature to grow as long as the scientist wishes, but also allows the injected animal to take on the characteristics of the animal from which the blood was taken. After a huge snake swallows the scientist, it grows into an even bigger giant guided by human intelligence that attacks New York City.
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The Pool of Eternity (Table of Contents: 29)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lou Cameron (signed)
Inks
Lou Cameron (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Adventurer David Murstone crashes in the jungle and is severely injured. Jivaro goddess Konocry saves his life by letting him drink from the "Pool of Eternity" and thus giving him immortality. The Jivaro tribe disagrees with her action and tortures the couple. Since they cannot die, they have to endure eternity as shrunken heads.
Reprints

The Fangs of Fate! (Table of Contents: 30)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed as Rocke)
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed as Rocke)
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton

Job Number
B-1370
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Dr. Kissack runs a snake farm. When threatened by a neighbor, Kissack kills the man and disposes of the body as snake fodder. His monster python grows ever large on this special diet. Rampaging through town, the beast gets killed and Kissack meets his fate.
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In the Coils of the Python Queen (Table of Contents: 31)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim McLaughlin
Inks
Jim McLaughlin
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Harley Dolan; Boidae
Synopsis
Harley Dolan goes to India to find some python snakes for his circus. He returns with many snakes and beautiful Boidae as their presenter. What Dolan doesn't know is that Boidae and her pythons are were-snakes, changing forms at will. Boidae's agenda is to avenge her husband who has been killed by Dolan.
Reprints

Hissing Horror (Table of Contents: 32)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Iger Shop; ?
Inks
Iger Shop; ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Lawrence Mason; Williams(Mason's butler); Asptha
Synopsis
Lawrence Mason lives as a recluse on an island. He spends his days killing the many snakes he encounters all over the place. When Mason finds a beautiful woman by the name of Asptha, he gives her shelter and falls in love with her. But Asptha is the queen of the snakes and lures Mason to his doom.
Reprints

Meet Me At The Cemetery (Table of Contents: 33)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sy Grudko
Inks
Sy Grudko
Colors
?
Letters
typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A cobra kills people at the cemetery. It is a mysterious snake-woman from India, who wants to take revenge on her husband.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This reprint certain about the Grudko provenience.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Everett Kinstler
Inks
Everett Kinstler
Colors
?

Indexer Notes

Enlarged detail from story "The Phantom Python", Eerie (Avon, 1951 series) #8, page 1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Iger Shop; ?
Inks
Iger Shop; ?
Colors
?

Indexer Notes

Enlarged detail from story "Hissing Horror", Fantastic Fears (Farrell, 1953 series) #4, page 7.

[Slithering scares .. dangerous snake women ... cold-blooded killings ...] (Table of Contents: 36) (Expand) /

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

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
  4. 3. [Snake Tales]
  5. 4. Ophidiomania vs Ophidiophobia
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Aman the Amazing-Man
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Tiger Girl
  8. 7. Snakesploitation
  9. 8. Medusa Men from Mars
    Mysta of the Moon
  10. 9. Mirror Image
  11. 10. The Serpent Queen
  12. 11. ["Into a small mining town rode The Echo..."]
    The Echo
  13. 12. The Fangs of Death
  14. 13. Medusa
  15. 14. The Phantom Python
  16. 15. Cup of Moonglow
  17. 16. High Priestess of the Snake People
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Lance Storm
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
  20. 19. [no title indexed]
    Fighting Yank
  21. 20. The Were-Serpent of Karnak!
  22. 21. The Thing
  23. 22. [no title indexed]
    The Echo
  24. 23. [no title indexed]
  25. 24. The Were-Serpent of Karnak
  26. 25. The Snake Pit
  27. 26. Beware the Snake Queen!
  28. 27. Serpent of Doom
  29. 28. The Big Snake!
    The Big Snake
  30. 29. The Pool of Eternity
  31. 30. The Fangs of Fate!
  32. 31. In the Coils of the Python Queen
  33. 32. Hissing Horror
  34. 33. Meet Me At The Cemetery
  35. 34. [no title indexed]
  36. 35. [no title indexed]
  37. 36. [Slithering scares .. dangerous snake women ... cold-blooded killings ...]
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  • Claus Simonsen