Ghost Comics
#6
(Spring 1953)
Fiction House,
1951 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fiction House Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- J.F. Byrne (managing editor)
Issue Notes
Arrival date of 2/13 penciled on cover. This issue is the only one of the series to have the indicia title of "Ghost".
The Sleepers in the Crypt
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Gangster returns to the scene of his crime to recover hidden loot. His henchmen are frightened by ghosts and ironically turn on their boss, accidentally killing him.
- Reprints
Zandini Did It!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Zandini comes back from the dead to wreak revenge on Dan Kramer, the man who caused his death years ago. Under the influence of Zandini's mind control powers Kramer commits murder and is sentenced to the chair.
- Reprints
The Trail of Invisible Clues
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Two detectives question a woman being held for murder. They find out that she was framed by a friend.
Payoff Blues
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Triggerman and train robber Chopper Mack is driven insane by a tune he keeps hearing over and over again. He also sees ghosts everywhere.
- Reprints
-
from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #114 (August 1948) [story is cut short by 3 pages] -
in Ghost Comics (ilovecomics, 2021 series) #6 -
in Jungle Comics (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #33
-
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Frank Motler, September 2008.
Originally a "Ghost Gallery" feature.
[no title indexed]
Ghost Squadron / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Brother Chai was drinking a toast ...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- With help of medium Suzi-Q and the pilot's ghost American aviators held captive by false monks can be located and liberated.
- Reprints
- from Wings Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #80 (April 1947) [story is cut 4 pages short]
- in Jungle Comics (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #33
-
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Sleepers in the Crypt
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1.
The Sleepers in the Crypt
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2.
Zandini Did It!
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3.
The Trail of Invisible Clues
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4.
Payoff Blues
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5.
["Brother Chai was drinking a toast ..."]
Ghost Squadron -
6.
Two Must Die
This issue was modified by, among others
- Tillmann Courth
- Peter Croome
- Kenneth English
- Gregory Fischer
- Glenn MacKay
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- Jim Walls
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