(April 1953)
Fawcett,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Will Lieberson (credited) (executive editor); Ginny Provisiero (credited as V. A. Provisiero) (editor); Al Jetter (credited) (art editor)
Issue Notes
Indexed from a scan from http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php by "Aussie500" and from information from Jeffrey Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
[no title indexed]
Dr. Death / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Sheldon Moldoff (sourced) (see notes)
- Inks
- Sheldon Moldoff (sourced) (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dr. Death (host)
- Reprints
- Keywords
- fishing; severed head
Indexer Notes
Mike Lyddon reports via the GCD Error Report #11758 "After examining the covers it is apparent that the cover of issue 10 is by Moldoff. Placed side by side with his other Haunted covers, his style is unmistakable. Note the two human faces on 10 and 11 and Doctor Death on both covers. The same style, shading, etc."
[Strange Stories from Another World]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Promotional house advertisement for Strange Stories from Another World (Fawcett, 1952 series).
Let the Past Lie Buried!
Dr. Death / comic story / 9.67 pages
- 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]
Dr. Death / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dr. Death (host)
Indexer Notes
Promotional house advertisement for This Magazine Is Haunted (Fawcett, 1951 series).
The City of the Dead!
Dr. Death / comic story / 5 pages
- 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!
Dr. Death / comic story / 10 pages
- 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
text story / 2 pages
- 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
The Fat Man!
Dr. Death / comic story / 5 pages
- 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
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Dr. Death -
1.
[Strange Stories from Another World]
-
2.
Let the Past Lie Buried!
Dr. Death -
3.
[Weird Supernatrual]
Dr. Death -
4.
The City of the Dead!
Dr. Death -
5.
Phantom of Disaster!
Dr. Death -
6.
The Mills Grind Fine
-
7.
The Fat Man!
Dr. Death -
8.
[Worlds of Fear]
-
9.
[This Magazine Is Haunted]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Keith Chandler
- Tillmann Courth
- Peter Croome
- Edgar Loftin
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mark Muller
- Mike Nielsen
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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