(October 1951)

Story Comics, 1951 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Story Comics, Inc.
Editing
?
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock
newsprint
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
was ongoing series

Little Coffin That Grew (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Fraccio ?
Inks
Bill Fraccio ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre
horror-suspense
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If the Coffin Fits..Get In! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (signed Palette)
Inks
? (signed Palette)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Two brothers fall in love with a mysterious woman they meet at a funeral. She leads them to a curio shop where they buy miniature coffins. Strangely, though, the wooden boxes begin to grow.
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Indexer Notes

Palette Art is listed as an art studio.

The Horror of Van Mort! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
A. C. Hollingsworth (signed)
Inks
A. C. Hollingsworth (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
John Harvin rents a haunted house, waiting for the ghost of Van Mort to appear. When three friends from the city come visit him and scare him with a practical joke, the ghost rises.
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Terror of the Ghostly Stallion (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Beautiful Amy's lover Cal was murdered by Amy's guardian, Old Ben. But Cal returns at night as a phantom stallion eloping with Amy.

Ghost of the Un-Dead (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Fraccio
Inks
Bill Fraccio
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
American marine lieutenant Allen kills a muslim chieftain in Tripoli in 1815. The dying man puts a curse on all of his descendants. Every Allen visiting Tripoli ever after is being drained of his blood by the vampiristic ghost of the chieftain.

Terror of the Ancient Skeleton (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stan Ash ?; Vince Napoli ?
Inks
Stan Ash ?; Vince Napoli ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Dr. Luther digs up a skeleton from an Indian burial hill. The bones have mystical powers; whoever dislocates them, suffers terrible consequences.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Little Coffin That Grew
  2. 1. If the Coffin Fits..Get In!
  3. 2. The Horror of Van Mort!
  4. 3. Terror of the Ghostly Stallion
  5. 4. Ghost of the Un-Dead
  6. 5. Terror of the Ancient Skeleton
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