Weird Horrors #1

(June 1952)

The Banshee's Wail (Table of Contents: 1)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Colin Donovan (letter carrier); Tom Donovan

Indexer Notes

inside front and back covers.

The Vampire Fog (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Forgione (signed)

Inks:

Albert Tyler (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Captain Jamison

Synopsis:

It was in 1855 that the "Vulcanus" was sailing on it's usual run from America to England.

Horror Grips Drumbouie Hollow (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Rafael Astarita

Inks:

Rafael Astarita

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Dr. Eric Storm; Peter Storm; Dr. Drumbouie

Synopsis:

The Hudson River Valley has been host to horrors of every extreme.

Reprints:

• from Yankee Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1941 series) #2 (November 1941)
• Story almost entirely rewritten. The Echo is renamed Peter Storm in this reprint.

Indexer Notes

Most probably Astarita with his big nosed rodent faced villains, but he can be confused with Sultan.

Dungeon of the Doomed (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Tuska

Inks:

George Tuska

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Hermano (monk); Senorita Gonzales

Synopsis:

The mad monk of San Christobal belonged to no established brotherhood, but he seized mastery over superstitious minds and wielded his power for evil.

Indexer Notes

Originally art credits for "Dick Ayers" from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker. But this art has all the signs of Tuska, long figures with small heads, long necked heads in profile, and unmistakeable faces. It doesn't match Ayers' signed work in "Bobby Benson" #18.

Vengeance Shrieks on Shipwreck Shoals (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Phil Brennan; Captain Moule

Synopsis:

A horrible drama in real life was the climax to Phil Brennan's vacation near Shipwreck Shoals.

Reprints:

• from Dynamic Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1941 series) #10 (July 1944) [Story almost totally rewritten. The Echo is renamed Phil Brennan.]

The Werewolves Howl (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Josephine LeBlanc

Synopsis:

She was the only person in America to establish a faint trail of truth on the existence of werewolves.

Reprints:

• from Red Seal Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1945 series) #17 (July 1946) [Story almost entirely rewritten. Lady Satan redrawn and renamed Josephine LeBlanc for this story.]