This Magazine Is Haunted #10

(April 1953)

[Strange Stories from Another World] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Let the Past Lie Buried! (Table of Contents: 2)

Dr. Death / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (sourced)

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff ? (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What the grave gives up can be replaced!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Dr. Death (host); Professor Glenn Niles; Jamis

Synopsis

When Professor Niles unearths the remains of a Neanderthal man, the whole town suddenly regresses into inexplicable caveman behavior.

Reprints

• in Zombie (L. Miller & Son, 1961 series) #8 ([circa 1961])
• in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #33 (1963)
• in Doomsday (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #20 ([April 1975])
• in Pre-Code Classics: This Magazine Is Haunted (PS Artbooks, 2016 series) #2 (June 2016)

Keywords

buried alive; graveyard; Neanderthal

[Weird Supernatrual] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Dr. Death / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

The City of the Dead! (Table of Contents: 4)

Dr. Death / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob McCarthy (sourced) (see notes)

Inks

Bob McCarthy (sourced) (see notes)

Colors

?

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Would you like to tear asunder the dread, mysterious shroud that separates the living from the dead?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Dr. Death (host)

Synopsis

An adventurous photographer wants to take pictures of a mysterious, forbidden place called "City of the Dead" amidst a desert. He forces his entry by poisoning himself, but takes too high a dose and actually belongs in the realm of the dead.

Reprints

• in Monster Hunters (K. G. Murray, 1978 ? series) #5 [Black and white]
• in Doomsday (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #8 ([April 1973])
• in Ghostly Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1980 series) #[nn] ([January 1981]) [Illustration of Dr. Death (host) removed from pp1. “This Magazine is Haunted” banner removed from every page of story.]
• in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #28 (2016)
• in Pre-Code Classics: This Magazine Is Haunted (PS Artbooks, 2016 series) #2 (June 2016)

Keywords

desert; vulture

Indexer Notes

The previous indexer suggested Marvin Stein ? for pencils and inks.

Phantom of Disaster! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Bill Woolfolk (sourced)

Pencils

Ed Waldman ? (sourced)

Inks

Ed Waldman ? (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Twice before Roger Ellis, engineer, saw the phantom -- and each time disaster followed swiftly in its wake!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Dr. Death (host); Roger Ellis; Emil Jorak; Zambar the Sorcerer

Synopsis

Engineer Roger Ellis is able to see striking doom in form of a black phantom. With a sorcerer's help he captures the phantom and imprisons it. But the horrible creature can free itself and strikes again.

Reprints

• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #32 (1963)
• in Doomsday (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #8 ([April 1973])
• in Pre-Code Classics: This Magazine Is Haunted (PS Artbooks, 2016 series) #2 (June 2016)

Keywords

phantom; World War II

The Mills Grind Fine (Table of Contents: 6)

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 moon came out for a ghostly minute behind the clouds and lit up the great bay and the distant headlands with a pale, thready light.

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Two smuggling boats engage in a battle at sea. Neptune himself rises from the ocean to claim the lives of the criminal survivors.

Reprints

• in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #35 (1963)
• in Pre-Code Classics: This Magazine Is Haunted (PS Artbooks, 2016 series) #2 (June 2016)

The Fat Man! (Table of Contents: 7)

Dr. Death / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Leonard Frank (sourced)

Inks

Leonard Frank (sourced)

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Hamilton

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He was small -- and constantly put upon by big, hulking fellow beings!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Dr. Death (host); Leo Main; Mrs. Tyran

Synopsis

Art painter Leo Main is threatened by his landlady Mrs. Tyran. He paints a murder scene involving her and an ominous fat man. The fat man becomes reality, though, and starts developing a will of his own.

Reprints

• in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #32 (1963)
• in Doomsday (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #13 ([February 1974])
• in Ghostly Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1980 series) #[nn] ([January 1981]) [Illustration of Dr. Death (host) removed from pp1. “This Magazine is Haunted” banner removed from every page of story.]
• in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #28 (2016)
• in Pre-Code Classics: This Magazine Is Haunted (PS Artbooks, 2016 series) #2 (June 2016)

Keywords

painter; strangulation

[Worlds of Fear] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

[This Magazine Is Haunted] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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