Eerie #4
(July 1966)

Warren, 1966 Series
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Price
0.35 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1966-04-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Warren Publishing Co.
Brand
A Warren Magazine [block text only]
Editing
Archie Goodwin (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gray Morrow (signed) (painting)
Inks
Gray Morrow (signed) (painting)
Colors
Gray Morrow (signed) (painting)
Letters
typeset

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No. 3 -- Zombies! (Table of Contents: 1)

Eerie's Monster Gallery! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin ?
Pencils
Roy Krenkel (signed as R. G. K.)
Inks
Roy Krenkel (signed as R. G. K.)
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
horror-suspense
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Eerie No. 4 Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

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Indexer Notes

Contents and indicia page with small partial panels to illustrate the stories.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Dear Cousin Eerie / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

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Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Larry Leyenberger, Hale Roberts, Max Aldahondo, David Licht, Jay Lynch, Pat Clowes, Louis Sabater, Richard McKeon and Robert Wilczynski.

House of Evil! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin
Pencils
Jerry Grandenetti (signed as Joe Orlando)
Inks
Joe Orlando (signed)
Letters
?

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Indexer Notes

Jerry Grandenetti was a ghost artist for Joe Orlando.

Hatchet Man (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin
Pencils
Gene Colan (signed)
Inks
Gene Colan (signed)
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cousin Eerie (host); Harvey Whittaker; Phyllis Whittaker (Death)
Synopsis
Harvey Whittaker thinks he can take advantage of the story of a crazed hatchet murderer so that he can kill his wife without suspicion, but there's one little fact that he overlooked.
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Gnawing Fear! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Ron Parker
Pencils
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed)
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed)
Letters
Ben Oda

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Shrieking Man! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A new young doctor arrives to work at an asylum under a respected psychiatrist. His first sight is a tormented man screaming and battering the padded walls of his cell, seemingly incurable.
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Undying Love! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin
Pencils
Norman Nodel (signed as Norm)
Inks
Norman Nodel (signed as Norm)
Letters
Ben Oda

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Indexer Notes

Art is signed "Norm".

Island at World's End! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin
Pencils
Gray Morrow
Inks
Gray Morrow
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cousin Eerie (host); Sturgis; Cthylla; Shoggath
Synopsis
When a whaling ship finds a man named Sturgis floating on the sea he tells them an incredible story of an island where Shoggath lives and the tragedy that happened there. Unfortunately, the story of Shoggath did not end when he escaped from the island.
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Indexer Notes

Cover featured story.

H.P. Lovecraft inspired story. Possibly partially lifted from "The Call Of Cthulhu. Shoggath (shoggoths) and Cthylla (name later used by Brian Lumley for the daughter of Cthulhu (1975). (Info by Fred Snyder (error 9424)).

Easy Way to a Tuff Surfboard! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Archie Goodwin
Pencils
Frank Frazetta (signed)
Inks
Frank Frazetta (signed)
Letters
?

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[Weird and Haunting Tales of Fright!] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. No. 3 -- Zombies!
    Eerie's Monster Gallery!
  3. 2. Eerie No. 4 Contents
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Dear Cousin Eerie
  5. 4. House of Evil!
  6. 5. Hatchet Man
  7. 6. Gnawing Fear!
  8. 7. Shrieking Man!
  9. 8. Undying Love!
  10. 9. Island at World's End!
  11. 10. Easy Way to a Tuff Surfboard!
  12. 11. [Weird and Haunting Tales of Fright!]
    Cousin Eerie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Steve Jenner
  • R. S. Martin
  • Darrel McCann
  • Frank Plowright
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore