(June 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)
Lover
Dr. Death / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Love is the most powerful of emotions --- greater than anger, hate, or greed.
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dr. Death (host); Raymond Lawrence; Linda; Walters; Peter Scott; Kathy; Dulcet Mort
- Synopsis
- Actor Raymond Lawrence is cheating on the many women he dates. When one of them commits suicide, her former boyfriend swears revenge and builds a female robot - with the mission to search and destroy.
- Reprints
-
in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #3 [retitled and modified] -
in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #34 (1963) - in Pre-Code Classics: This Magazine Is Haunted (PS Artbooks, 2016 series) #2 (June 2016)
-
- Keywords
- cemetery; grave robbing; robot; swamp
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
And Then What????
Dr. Death / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's going on? What's all the screaming about?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dr. Death (host); Dr. Sebastian; Joe Keene
- Synopsis
- Psychiatrist helps man overcome his delusion of turning into a bat.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- bat; psychiatrist; spider
Indexer Notes
GCD user Saltarella suggested Marvin Stein via the GCD Error Tracker; McCarty identification from Frank Motler, which Edgar Loftin thought reasonable; original indexer had Bob Powell, which all agreed was wrong. Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and Tillmann Courth are happy to confirm Bob McCarty.
The Bags of Trouble
Dr. Death / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You think you've got troubles? You think your troubles are worse than anyone else's?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dr. Death (host); Lord Dalton; Nigel
- Synopsis
- Host character Dr. Death actively stars in this story as a satanic magician fulfilling wishes – with a catch, of course.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- poison
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Vendetta
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- John Martin (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (header illustration)
- Inks
- ? (header illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At the entrance to the precinct, Lugi's courage failed him.
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- The gangster Lugi tries to escape the vendetta of his rival Baldo. Both are seeking the service of witch woman Corpa.
- Reprints
Touch of Death
Dr. Death / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You might say a golfer who continually sinks a 24-foot putt has the right "touch"!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dr. Death (host); Mudga; Mr. Benton; Tommy Wentworth; Fido; Mr. Bruxton; Matt
- Synopsis
- The age-old witch Mudga is cursed with the ability that anything that comes in contact with her is killed instantly. She's trying to live a reclusive life, but townsfolk just won't leave her be.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- buried alive; funeral; graveyard
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Touch of Death!
Dr. Death -
1.
[Beware! Terror Tales]
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2.
Lover
Dr. Death -
3.
And Then What????
Dr. Death -
4.
The Bags of Trouble
Dr. Death -
5.
Vendetta
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6.
Touch of Death
Dr. Death -
7.
[Worlds of Fear]
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8.
[Make 'Em and Fly 'Em]
Mechanix Illustrated
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Salvatore Carotenuto
- Keith Chandler
- Tillmann Courth
- Mike Nielsen
- Keith Smith
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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