(1952)
- 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
Issue Notes
Issue contains Johnny Bell and Jack Abel art as members of the Iger Studios.
["Nobody knew who wrote the message..."]
The Ghost Gallery / comic story / 9 pages
- Script:
- Drew Murdoch
- Pencils:
- Iger Studios: Jack Kamen
- Inks:
- Iger Studios: Jack Kamen
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- crime; horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- Convict Red Harrison breaks out of prison and is led by the ghost of a murdered policeman to the son of the cop, who is about to embark onto a life of crime. Red saves Tim from a bunch of mobsters, but is killed in the process.
- Reprints:
-
from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #91 (September 1946)
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Indexer Notes
Art credits from Frank Motler, September 2008.
["Never will I forget that night in Cairo..."]
The Werewolf Hunter / comic story / 5 pages
- Script:
- Armand Weygand
- Pencils:
- Lily Renée (signed in original)
- Inks:
- Lily Renée (signed in original)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- In Cairo, Professor Broussard battles Cephalia, a sorceress releasing an army of deadly spiders.
- Reprints:
- from Rangers Comics (Fiction House, 1942 series) #15 (February 1944) [originally titled “Priestess Of The Spider Death”,story is cut 1 page short]
-
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Frank Motler, September 2008.
["An evil eye was focused on me!"]
The Werewolf Hunter / comic story / 5 pages
- Script:
- Armand Broussard
- Pencils:
- Lily Renée
- Inks:
- Lily Renée
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- In Bagdad, Professor Broussard finds his face woven into a carpet and experiences a wild hallucination about robbing precious gems and killing for it.
- Reprints:
- from Rangers Comics (Fiction House, 1942 series) #37 (October 1947) [originally titled “The Far East - Bagdad”, story is cut 1 page short]
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Indexer Notes
Decapitation story. Art credits from Frank Motler, September 2008.
The Dark Eyes of Destiny
The Ghost Gallery / comic story / 9 pages
- Script:
- Drew Murdoch
- Pencils:
- Gus Schrotter?
- Inks:
- Jack Kamen?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- Drew Murdoch investigates a pair of mystic glasses predicting doom – and their mysterious owner, a certain “Azrael”.
- Reprints:
- from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #90 (August 1946)
-
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested a Jack Kamen solo job.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
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1.
["Nobody knew who wrote the message..."]
The Ghost Gallery -
2.
["Never will I forget that night in Cairo..."]
The Werewolf Hunter -
3.
San Martin
Stamps -
4.
["An evil eye was focused on me!"]
The Werewolf Hunter -
5.
The Dark Eyes of Destiny
The Ghost Gallery
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Keith Smith
- Gary L. Watson
- Tillmann Courth
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Keith Smith
- Jim Walls
- Frank Motler
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