This Magazine Is Haunted #8

(December 1952)

[This Magazine Is Haunted] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The House in the Web (Table of Contents: 2)

Dr. Death / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob McCarthy

Inks

Bob McCarthy

Colors

?

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is Dr. Death inviting you to visit the house in the web with me!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Dr. Death (host); Mr. Avarice; Joe Bradley; Mr. Grayson

Synopsis

The satanic supernatural Mr. Avarice makes pacts with humans willing to let their life being fuelled by greed.

Reprints

• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #65, #31 (1963)
• in Doomsday (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #14 (March 1974)
• in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #24 (2015)
• in Pre-Code Classics: This Magazine Is Haunted (PS Artbooks, 2016 series) #2 (June 2016)

Keywords

spider web

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested Marvin Stein? for pencils and inks.

The Aged Curse! (Table of Contents: 3)

Dr. Death / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Max Elkan ?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Unfathomable are the secrets of life --- and death!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Dr. Death (host); Horace Lowry; Bodkins; Clem Peabody; Father Time

Synopsis

Headmaster Lowry runs a cruel regime in his old people's home. Father Time in person puts him to the test by letting him age rapidly. Lowry has to experience the curse of old age first-hand.

Reprints

• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #65, #31 (1963)
• in Pre-Code Classics: This Magazine Is Haunted (PS Artbooks, 2016 series) #2 (June 2016)

Keywords

curse; nursing home

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Lost Chords (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

John Martin (credited)

Pencils

? (header illustration)

Inks

? (header illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The undertaker was dressed professionally in black and he glanced ponderously toward Marwith, the lawyer, for permission to speak.

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A deceased musician, bullied in life by his wife to go commercial, comes alive at night to play freely the music he likes to compose.

Reprints

• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #37 (1963)
• in Pre-Code Classics: This Magazine Is Haunted (PS Artbooks, 2016 series) #2 (June 2016)

The Dance of the Dead! (Table of Contents: 5)

Dr. Death / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

?

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Across the invisible divide that separates the world of the living from the world of the dead, that unseen, unknown line between sun and shadow...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Dr. Death (host); Tanya; Jon; Panuto

Synopsis

A beautiful dancer named Tanya is being kidnapped into another dimension by three carcass-like fiends. The power of dance, however, is too much for these ghouls, and Tanya dances right back into the arms of her earthly lover.

Reprints

• in Voodoo (L. Miller & Son, 1961 series) #7 ([no date])
• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #33 (1963)
• in Doomsday (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #11 (September 1973)
• in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #24 (2015)
• in Pre-Code Classics: This Magazine Is Haunted (PS Artbooks, 2016 series) #2 (June 2016)

Keywords

ballet dancing

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested John Prentice? for pencils and inks.

[Strange Suspense Stories] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Beware! Terror Tales] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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