Haunted Horror #34

(June 2018)

Dinner for One (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Mike Sekowsky (credited)

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Bruce Craig; Lois Craig; Seth

Synopsis

A husband and wife go on a hunting trip along with their friend in a lonely patch of woods. They encounter a lonely old man who's not at all what he seems...

Reprints

• from The Tormented (Sterling, 1954 series) #1 (July 1954)

Keywords

cannibalism

A Tall Warm Drink (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Cyrus Barker; Susie

Synopsis

The local undertaker turns out to be a vampire.

Reprints

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

Keywords

vampire

The Horror Heads (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Harry Harrison (credited) (signed as Harrison)

Inks

Harry Harrison (credited) (signed as Harrison)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Dirk Van Gort; Tashi-Kya; Dr. Edmonds

Synopsis

A hunter and guide named Dirk Van Gort kills his employer and his sherpa while on an expedition in the Himalayan Mountains. The dying sherpa utters a curse and returns as a miniature human crawling out of the skin of Dirk looking for revenge.

Reprints

• from Beware (Youthful, 1952 series) #11 (August 1952)

Keywords

Tibet

It Came from the Bottom of the World! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Jack Sparling (credited)

Inks

Jack Sparling (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Ted Watson; Neptune

Synopsis

When crossing the Equator for a first time aboard a ship, all passengers take part in a ceremonial dunking in the ship's swimming pool. One man refuses. He is visited by Neptune himself.

Reprints

• from Tales of Horror (Toby, 1952 series) #9 (February 1954)

The Slasher! (Table of Contents: 5)

A Tale of Horror / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Molno (credited)

Inks

Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Feature Logo

A Tale of Horror

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Ted Templer; Jack; Williams

Synopsis

A meek man lives his life in a fantasy world pretending to be every hero he reads or hears about. When a slasher starts prowling the streets leaving behind a trail of victims, the bookkeeper plans to go after him as some brave hero like the kind he reads about.

Reprints

• from Tales of Horror (Toby, 1952 series) #8 (December 1953)

The Cannibal! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler (credited)

Pencils

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Inks

Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Herb Field

Job Number

B-1863

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Higgs; Hadly; Libby Higgins; Alf Ross; Darrow; Marsh; Aggie Andrews; Harriet Twigg; Bert Little; Loftus

Synopsis

A policeman worries about the girl he loves, as there is a cannibal on the loose. It turns out that he needn't worry about her, but should fear for his own safety.

Reprints

• from Out of the Shadows (Pines, 1952 series) #13 (May 1954)

Keywords

cannibalism; London

You Are the Murderer! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Art Gates (credited, signed)

Inks

Art Gates (credited, signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

crime; horror-suspense

Characters

Darlene Marlow; Yogi Krisanda; Tom

Synopsis

A Hollywood agent falls in love with the wife of a mystic yogi who has the ability to put his wife into a death-like state as part of their carnival act. He convinces the yogi to make it seem like she's dead so they can revive her for a publicity stunt, but in truth the agent wants to kill the yogi to have his wife to himself. The plan backfires.

Reprints

• from Crime Mysteries (Ribage, 1952 series) #9 (September 1953)

The Coffin (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Ross Andru (credited)

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Lester Peters; Mrs. Harvey; Dr. Amos Craddock

Synopsis

A doctor and a mortician work together to kill people with the doctor poisoning the victims and the mortician selling coffins to the grieving families. After their partnership falls apart, the mortician turns on the doctor but he himself is attacked by the corpse of one of his victims.

Reprints

• from Mysterious Adventures (Story Comics, 1951 series) #19 (April 1954)

Indexer Notes

The story is narrated by one of the coffins.

Chilly Chuckles (Table of Contents: 9)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Job Number

B-1844

Genre

humor; horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Out of the Shadows (Pines, 1952 series) #13 (May 1954)

Indexer Notes

Four cartoons.