(October 1952)
Pines,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-08-14
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Visual Editions, Inc.
- Brand
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Standard Comics
- Editing
- Joe Archibald (uncredited comics editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
Some information for this index from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker, August 2010.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1952 Periodicals, page 5.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1952 Periodicals, page 5.
The Groping Ghost
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-1251
- Synopsis
- A feud between twins takes a murderous turn. The ghost of the dead one won't rest until he has squeezed the life out of his evil brother.
- Reprints
-
in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #4 (April 2013) which is reprinted - in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (IDW, 2010 series) #7 - Haunted Horror Vol. 2: Comics Your Mother Warned You About (October 2014)
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #625-A - Adventures into Darkness Readers Collection (2019)
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Mystery of Mu
comic story / 0.5 page
- Job Number
- B-406
- Synopsis
- Account of the sunken continent of Mu, where the American indians came from.
Corpse Convention
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- B-1292
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Sam Allison; Grace Allison
- Synopsis
- On Friday 13th, a young couple checks into a strange hotel and is ushered into room 1313 on the 13th floor. They make the acquaintance of an annual convention of people who committed suicide in this room some years ago.
- Reprints
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #14
- in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012) which is reprinted
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #625-A - Adventures into Darkness Readers Collection (2019)
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- Keywords
- bible; Friday the 13th; ghosts; superstition
Indexer Notes
Possible Peppe inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Tuska.
The Thing from the Sea
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- B-1207
- Synopsis
- First mate Hansen kills Captain Randall over a girl, but is haunted by the dead man's ghost all over the seven seas.
- Reprints
The Return of the Thunderbird
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- B-1273
- Synopsis
- The thunderbird is a giant Indian demon roaming the skies and causing planes to crash. When the shaman controlling the thunderbird is put to death, peace is restored.
- Reprints
The Strange Cats of Killough Heath
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- B-1326
- Synopsis
- A tourist guide in an Irish castle summons the spirits of dead knights to avenge him. The brute who bullied him is torn to shreds by furious killer cats.
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
The Groping Ghost
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2.
["Is the safari ready to start?"]
Dubble Bubble -
3.
Mystery of Mu
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4.
Corpse Convention
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5.
The Thing from the Sea
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6.
The Return of the Thunderbird
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7.
The Strange Cats of Killough Heath
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8.
The Phantom Horseman
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Pat Conolly
- Tillmann Courth
- Michael Hoskin
- Mike Nielsen
- Steven Rowe
- Jim Van Dore
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