Ghost Comics
#1
(1951)
Fiction House,
1951 Series
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
- Fiction House, Inc.
- Brand:
- Fiction House Magazines
- Editing:
- J. F. Byrne (managing editor); Jerry Iger (art director)
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Silver Age US
- Paper Stock:
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
The Banshee Bells
The Ghost Gallery / comic story / 8 pages
- Script:
- Drew Murdoch
- Pencils:
- Iger Studios; Alex Blum
- Inks:
- Iger Studios; Alex Blum
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- crime; horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- Convict escapes from chain gang and is commandeered by the ghost of his evil brother to commit crimes like he did.
- Reprints:
-
from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #74 (April 1945)
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Indexer Notes
Original title: "Tragedy at Bayou Bend!" Art credits from Frank Motler.
Phantoms from the Sea
Ghost Squadron / comic story / 6 pages
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Iger Studios; Rafael Astarita
- Inks:
- Iger Studios; Rafael Astarita
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- horror-suspense; war
- Synopsis:
- Pilot has to watch his carrier go down in a Japanese kamikaze attack, but survives because a ghostly double of his ship refuels him.
- Reprints:
- from Wings Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #72 (August 1946) [2 pages removed]
-
Indexer Notes
Two pages from original removed. Art credits from Frank Motler.
Pulling Boners
Stamps / text article / 0.33 page
- Script:
- Sidney Elias
- Letters:
- typeset
- Genre:
- non-fiction
Flee the Phantoms
The Ghost Gallery / comic story / 6 pages
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Iger Studios: Alex Blum
- Inks:
- Iger Studios: Alex Blum
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- After a car crash the driver gets a ride on the phantom bus transporting the deceased into the afterworld.
- Reprints:
- from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #62 (April 1944)
-
Indexer Notes
Three pages from the original removed. Art credits from Frank Motler.
The Parting
The Ghost Gallery / comic story / 8 pages
- Script:
- Drew Murdoch (signed)
- Pencils:
- Iger Studios; Alex Blum
- Inks:
- Iger Studios; Alex Blum
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- The evil doll "Mr. Dingle" seduces Russell Burke to a life of crime.
- Reprints:
- from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #72 (February 1945)
-
in Jungle Comics (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #30 ([1952] ?)
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Indexer Notes
Reduced by one page by removing panel 1 from page 2; panels 3, 4, 5, & 6 from page 4; and panel 3 from page 5. Art credits from Frank Motler.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
The Banshee Bells
The Ghost Gallery -
2.
Phantoms from the Sea
Ghost Squadron -
3.
Pulling Boners
Stamps -
4.
Flee the Phantoms
The Ghost Gallery -
5.
The Parting
The Ghost Gallery
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Claus Simonsen
- Lou Mougin
- Tony Oliva
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Tillmann Courth
- Jim Van Dore
- Keith Smith
- Michael Hoskin
- Ramon Schenk
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Keith Smith
- Jim Walls
- Frank Motler
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