(April 1953)
Stanley Morse,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
- ?
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
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in Chilling Tales of Horror (Stanley Morse, 1969 series) #v1#2 (August 1969)
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[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A mutant ant with a human head crawls out of a skull.
- Reprints
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1208 - The Critical Weird Mysteries: Volume 1
- in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #4 (April 2013) which is reprinted
- in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (IDW, 2010 series) #7 - Haunted Horror Vol. 2: Comics Your Mother Warned You About (October 2014)
- in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (IDW, 2010 series) #7 - Haunted Horror Vol. 2: Comics Your Mother Warned You About (October 2014)
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Devil's Disciple!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A magician who claims to be a practioner of the black arts tries to con the devil himself and fails.
- Reprints
- in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v5#3 (April 1972) [reworked] which is reprinted
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v8#1 (February 1974)
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Indexer Notes
Art credit from Hames Ware.
The Twin Coffins!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- An archeologist is looking for the twin coffins of Queen Thebus and King Barut, ancient Egyptian lovers who were buried together centuries ago. He discovers to his horror that he is the reincarnation of King Barut and Queen Thebus beckons him to join her in the twin coffins.
Indexer Notes
Art credit from Hames Ware.
Choker
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A treasure hunter wants cursed black pearls and will kill anyone who gets in his way. When trying to salvage the pearls, he is attacked and choked to death by its protector; a killer octopus!
- Reprints
- in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v2#6 (December 1970) [reworked] which is reprinted
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v7#6 (October 1973)
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in Tales of Horror (Gredown, 1975 series) #8 ([1978])
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Indexer Notes
Possible art credit from Hames Ware.
The Witches' Tale
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man gets witches to help him kill his cheating wife and lover by promising that no mortal can harm him if he does the deed. After the double murder, he's arrested and a trial ensues. He's confident he'll be acquitted because no mortals can harm him per the witches spell. But the jury were monsters not mortals.....
- Reprints
- in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v2#2 (March 1970) [reworked] which is reprinted
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v5#3 (June 1971)
- in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v4#7 (December 1972)
- in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v6#5 (September 1974)
- in Temple of the Dead (Gredown, 1983 ? series) ([1983])
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Indexer Notes
Art credit from Hames Ware.
The Man Who Never Smiled
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A rich man who never smiles gets attacked in his cave by a greedy man who nobody will ever miss...
- Reprints
- in Weird Chills (Stanley Morse, 1954 series) #1 (July 1954) which is reprinted
- in Mr. Monster's Super Duper Special (Eclipse, 1986 series) #2 (August 1986)
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in Seriespesial (Semic, 1979 series) #8/1987 (uke 38 1987) -
in Weird (Avalon Communications, 1999 series) #1 (1999 [Circa May 21, 2001]) - in The Life and Comics of Basil Wolverton (Fantagraphics, 2014 series) #2 - Brain Bats of Venus (1942–1952) (2019)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Devil's Disciple!
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2.
The Twin Coffins!
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3.
Chain Reaction
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4.
Choker
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5.
The Black Board
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6.
The Witches' Tale
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7.
The Man Who Never Smiled
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Kenneth English
- Mark Q
- Jim Walls
- Mike White
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