(August 1952)
Marvel,
1950 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Current Detective Stories Inc.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Dead Man's Escape!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Maneely (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- A-438
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A convict from an island prison tries to escape by being dumped in the bay inside of a corpse bag. Instead of dumping him in the bay, a large well has been dug which they are now using to dispose of bodies, inhabited by a large octopus.
- Reprints
-
in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #9 (August 1972) which is reprinted - in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #17 (2013)
-
Under the Knife!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tony DiPreta (signed)
- Inks
- Tony DiPreta (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number
- A-384
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- During an operation a man dies briefly and experiences a boatride with a beautiful woman named Zoe who is trying to outdistance Death. After passing dead man on the shore who died in battle as cowards and later on down the line, sirens, they are overtaken by Death. The man looks Death in the face and screams. He regains consciousness and the doctor congratulates him on his yell calling him a miracle since he was dead for seventeen minutes. He is taken to another doctor and he screams in his mind after anesthesia is administered because he had seen the man's face and it was that of...Death.
- Reprints
- in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #18 (July 1972) which is reprinted
-
in 
in Caraniti's Curse
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- A-525
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #32 (April 1954) [as "Pearls of the Dead"]
-
He Who Laughs Last, Gets...the Horselaugh
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- A-524
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man who plays the rear end in a dummy horse act is jealous of the man who plays the head, so he kills him and when he returns to the stage that night, is trampled by the front part of the costume.
- Reprints
Ed's Young Wife!
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- A-508
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man tries to get his lover's husband out of the way by sawing through the steering column of his car so it will give way on the mountain road, but is surprised to see him when he goes to his lover's abode. The husband tells him he wasn't feeling well that morning so he sent his wife in his place.
- Reprints
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #24
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #19 (October 1972)
-
in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1974 series) #13 (Octubre 1975) -
in Fantomet (Semic, 1976 series) #13/1987 (uke 25 1987)
-
Island of Horror
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- A-504
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Nick Allen; Wheeler; Jeannie; Ronstedt; Morel; Perry
- Synopsis
- A "ghoulish" reporter finds more than he bargained for when he meets with a mysterious stranger on a boat to talk about some local disappearances.
- Reprints
- in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #17 (June 1972) [reprint title: Island of Fear!]
- in Los Vengadores (Ediciones Vértice, 1974 series) #20 (Mayo 1976)
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Dead Man's Escape!
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2.
Under the Knife!
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3.
Caraniti's Curse
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4.
He Who Laughs Last, Gets...the Horselaugh
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5.
Ed's Young Wife!
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6.
Island of Horror
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Bill Borre
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Ethan Hoddes
- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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