(October 1953)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- On-sale date:
- 1953
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
- Avon Periodicals, Inc.
- Brand:
- An Avon Publication
- Editing:
- ?
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Golden Age U. S.
- Paper Stock:
- Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
- Binding:
- Saddle-Stitched
- Publishing Format:
- Was ongoing
Issue Notes
Data for this issue from Don Rosa.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils:
- A. C. Hollingsworth ?
- Inks:
- A. C. Hollingsworth ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Reprints:
-
in The Mammoth Book of Best Horror Comics (Running Press Book Publishers, 2008 series) (2008) [art mirrored]
-
The Light That Lured!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Norman Nodel ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- A young couple foils the attempt of dead captain Dorrance to lure a passenger ship upon a reef.
The White Gorilla!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Harry Lazarus (signed)
- Inks:
- Harry Lazarus (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- Big game hunter Frank Blair captures a giant white gorilla. But the spirit of the "sacred Gorbu" escapes and transforms the hunter into a white gorilla.
The Spectre at the Opera!
text story / 3 pages
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- The Scala opera house in Milan, 1836. A "spectral songstress" sings the arias of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" with supernatural beauty.
Indexer Notes
Accompanied by some spot illustrations.
Stamp Murder!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Harry Lazarus (signed)
- Inks:
- Harry Lazarus (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- crime
- Synopsis:
- Roger Banning kills his rich uncle and cleans up the murder scene afterwards. But the police get him, because a stamp from the crime scene is clinging to the sole of Banning's shoe.
Help Us to Die!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Norman Nodel
- Inks:
- Vince Alascia
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Jim Torrence; Marjorie Torrence
- Synopsis:
- Jim and Marjorie Torrence steal an Egyptian mummy from the museum. Learning the secret of eternal life from the long dead king, they apply the drink to themselves - with fateful consequences.
- Reprints:
- in Nightmare (Skywald, 1970 series) #1 (December 1970) [with alterations]
- in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #23 (August 2016)
-
Indexer Notes
Art credits from the Haunted Horror reprint.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
The Light That Lured!
-
2.
The White Gorilla!
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3.
The Spectre at the Opera!
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4.
Stamp Murder!
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5.
Help Us to Die!
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
- Lou Mougin
- Tillmann Courth
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Lou Mougin
- Jim Walls
- Keith Smith
- James Ludwig
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