(February 1953)
Pines,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-12-16
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Visual Editions Inc.
- Brand
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Standard Comics
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1953 Periodicals, page 3.
in 
Mark of Evil
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio [as Rocke] (signed)
- Inks
- Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio [as Rocke] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Herb Field
- Job Number
- B-1381
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A ruthless reporter kills for a camera which is able to show future events. When the gadget shows his own doom, he flees - but is caught by the police.
- Reprints
Creepy Crossword Puzzle
activity / 0.5 page
- Job Number
- B-1470
Indexer Notes
Follows upper half page of advertising.
Illustration of a skeleton trying to answer the riddle.
Death's Bridal Gown
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- B-1429
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Young Olga goes to the dance in a second-hand dress. Not only is she haunted by the ghost of the former owner, but dies wearing it - because it was drenched in embalming fluid.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
The Beast Wasn't Hungry
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Two adventurers in Africa fight over a hidden treasure and try to feed each other to the crocodiles.
- Reprints
The House That Jackdaw Built
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- B-1421
- Genre
- horror-suspense; science fiction
- Synopsis
- Mr. Jackdaw entertains his guests in a futuristic "robot house". The electronic brain of the house tries to murder the guests, because Master Jackdaw taught it only to hate. When the brain realizes that there's also love, it turns against its inventor.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
The Fatal Strands
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- B-1450
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A janitor murders his bossy landlady – and is in turn being murdered by the landlady’s hair (he used to mop the floors with).
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
The Twisted Hands
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- B-1454
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- After a traumatic event at sea, a skipper retreats into the desert. But the ghost of a man (whom the skipper broke his hands) comes for him and drowns him with equal cruelty in a waterhole.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Mark of Evil
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2.
Creepy Crossword Puzzle
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3.
Death's Bridal Gown
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4.
The Beast Wasn't Hungry
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5.
The House That Jackdaw Built
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6.
The Fatal Strands
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7.
The Twisted Hands
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Pat Conolly
- Tillmann Courth
- Michael Hoskin
- Axel Kahlstorff
- Ramon Schenk
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