(April-June 1963)
Dell,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell [rectangle]
- Editing
- D. J. Arneson (editor)
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
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in PS Artbooks Softee: Ghost Stories (PS Artbooks, 2020 series) #1 (December 2020)
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[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Ghost Stories (Dell, 1962 series) #22 (October 1969) - in Classic Pulp: Ghosts (Source Point Press, 2021 series) (2021)
- in Classic Pulp (Source Point Press, 2021 series) #1 - Spooks and Sleuths ([December] 2021)
-
The Omen
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Whenever the local church's bells toll, a Cosgrove will die.
- Reprints
- in Classic Pulp: Ghosts (Source Point Press, 2021 series) (2021)
- in Classic Pulp (Source Point Press, 2021 series) #1 - Spooks and Sleuths ([December] 2021)
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37 Pounds of Devotion...
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A sick little girl's doll comes to life to fetch a doctor for her during a blizzard.
- Reprints
- in Ghost Stories (Dell, 1962 series) #22 (October 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credits this issue from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/ . Formerly attributed to Paul S. Newman.
Phantom's Best Friend
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Pvt. Hawkins gets help from his mysterious dog "Phantom" against the unstable Captain Chandler.
- Reprints
- in Ghost Stories (Dell, 1962 series) #22 (October 1969)
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The Thousand-Year-Old Bug
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Guy Bannock steals "The Thousand Year Old Bug" (a solid gold encrusted flea) from an ancient statue in a jungle temple. He comes to regret it.
- Reprints
- in Ghost Stories (Dell, 1962 series) #22 (October 1969)
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Portrait of...?
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Famous painter Corey Scott paints the portrait of a beautiful exotic woman he sees in the streets of a middle-eastern village. It turns out it was the ghost of a missing woman who had committed suicide.
- Reprints
- in Ghost Stories (Dell, 1962 series) #22 (October 1969)
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Plea for Help
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- The fire department gets a strange phone-call for help from an estate on fire. The elderly woman who lives there is an upstairs bed ridden quadriplegic living alone and couldn't possibly have gone to the kitchen to make the call. Turns out it was her cat.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
The Omen
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2.
37 Pounds of Devotion...
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3.
Phantom's Best Friend
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4.
The Thousand-Year-Old Bug
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5.
Portrait of...?
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6.
Plea for Help
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- Mike White
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