Haunted Horror
#24
(October 2016)
IDW,
2012 Series
- Price
- 4.99 USD
- Pages
- 52
- On-sale Date
- 2016-10-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- IDW Publishing
- Brand
- Yoe Comics
- Barcode
- 827714004090 02411
- Editing
- Steve Banes; Clizia Gussoni; Craig Yoe; Tillmann Courth (contributing editor); Mike Howlett (contributing editor); Tommy O'Brien (contributing editor)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
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from Suspense Comics (Temerson / Helnit / Continental, 1943 series) #9 (August 1945)
-
- Keywords
- eyes
Death Flower
The Purple Claw / comic story / 8 pages
- Feature Logo
- A Purple Claw Mystery
- Genre
- horror-suspense; superhero
- Characters
- The Purple Claw [Dr. Jonathan Weir]; Sam Barney; "Trigger" Martex; Walter Parker; Marge Parker
- Synopsis
- The Purple Claw encounters a creepy old man that turns into a huge "Death Flower" at night that lives in the Florida swamps and feasts on human flesh.
- Reprints
- from The Purple Claw (Toby, 1953 series) #3 (May 1953)
-
- Keywords
- Everglades; Florida; quicksand; swamp
Green Killer!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man encounters an evil and malevolent tree on his property that was responsible for the deaths of many people through the centuries.
- Reprints
- from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #8 (May 1952)
-
- Keywords
- drowning; firing squad; ghost; hanging
The Crawling Horror
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Titus Grimm; Wilbur Hatch
- Synopsis
- Titus Grimm and Wilbur Hatch are scientists who invented a living mass of protoplasm and an electronic brain. Grimm is willing to hook the brain to the blob and create "a creature far superior to man".
- Reprints
- from Beware! Terror Tales (Fawcett, 1952 series) #4 (November 1952)
-
The Thing That Grew!
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dr. Marvelle
- Synopsis
- Dr. Marvelle "The World's most brilliant explorer and scientist" finds a baby Dinosaur frozen in an underground cave. He brings it back to his lab and imbues it with "the secret of life" formula to revive it and help it grow. The Dinosaur is revived and grows all right, but grows so big it covers the entire Earth and sends the planet out of its orbit crashing into the Sun! Marvelle wakes up from a dream and is relieved that scenario never happened. Unfortunately he notices huge Dinosaur footprints on the ground outside his lab...
- Reprints
- from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #27 (October 1954) which is reprinted
- from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #6 (November 1951)
-
- Keywords
- dinosaur
The Monster in the Maze!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- B-1817
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Howard Thorensen; Amy Thorensen
- Synopsis
- Howard and Amy visit the Minoan palace on Crete. They discover the legendary labyrinth and encounter the monstrous Minotaur.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into Darkness (Pines, 1952 series) #13 (March 1954)
-
- Keywords
- Crete; Greek mythology; labyrinth; mental asylum; Minotaur
The Thing from the Center of the Earth!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Professor Thorenson (physicist); John Poners (Thorenson's research assistant); Vivienne Poners (John's wife); Noah Brandt; un-named creature from the center of the Earth (villain, death)
- Synopsis
- Two scientists sending electrical waves into the earth's crust are startled to receive a similar signal in reply. Excited about the prospect of intelligent life living beneath the Earth, they guide the being to the surface. The being turns out to be a huge humanoid creature with malevolent intentions.
- Reprints
- from Thrills of Tomorrow (Harvey, 1954 series) #18 (December 1954) which is reprinted
- from Tomb of Terror (Harvey, 1952 series) #1 (June 1952)
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The Dark Abysmal
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Belcastro (signed as Johnny Bell)
- Inks
- John Belcastro (signed as Johnny Bell)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Hap; Daniel; Ben Jackson
- Synopsis
- Boy saves small Kentucky town from alien squid invader. The creature goes on a rampage when confronted with human greed. It can be rescued from assaulting military forces by the boy and returns to its homeworld.
- Reprints
- from Monster (Fiction House, 1953 series) #2 ([June] 1953)
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- Keywords
- Kentucky
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Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Death Flower
The Purple Claw -
2.
Green Killer!
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3.
The Crawling Horror
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4.
The Thing That Grew!
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5.
The Monster in the Maze!
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6.
The Thing from the Center of the Earth!
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7.
The Dark Abysmal
This issue was modified by
- Ken Austin
- Pat Conolly
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
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