(October 1952)

Pines, 1952 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Visual Editions Inc.
Brand
Standard Comics
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio ?
Inks
?
Colors
?

Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Art ID by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

The Phantom Ship (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Toth
Inks
Mike Peppe
Colors
?
Letters
Herb Field

Job Number
B-1200 ?
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
The vicious sorceress Circe lures treasure hunters aboard her gold-filled phantom ship - and transforms them into giant rats.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art ID by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Facts on the Fantastic (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Ross Andru
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
B-1101
Genre
non-fiction; fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Allegedly true facts of how the people of the world deal with ghosts.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art ID by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

The Secret One (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Katz
Inks
Jack Katz
Colors
?
Letters
Herb Field

Job Number
B-1221
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Old man Harvey summons a demon, the "Secret One". After fulfilling Harvey's fantasies of revenge, the demon demands food - and goes after his new master.

Indexer Notes

Art ID by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Trapped from the Grave (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
B-1184
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Ghost of a murdered man leads his friends to his unknown grave.

Night of Horror (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Marvin
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A man walks unsuspectingly into a Black Mass, held in a church in Nuremberg, Germany. The man is not bothered by this, though. He sold his soul to the devil long ago; his name is Hitler.

Witch's Wish (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Katz
Inks
Jack Katz
Colors
?
Letters
Herb Field

Job Number
B-1187
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Young Madlyn discovers that her wishes become true. It is the spirit of Tess, a 300-year-old witch, who wants to take over the woman's body, though. A duel ensues, in which both women lose their lives.

Indexer Notes

Art ID by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Requiem (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery
Synopsis
Summary of Mozart's being commissioned by a mystery man to compose his famous "Requiem" and dying in the process.

The Rider (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Woodrow Man
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Man buys a car which is possessed by the ghost of the former owner.

Salesman of Death (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed)
Inks
Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
An employee's ghost haunts his cruel boss. The dead salesman tries to sell his former employer on death. He kills the man's wife, destroys his factory, makes him a cripple and succeeds in the end.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. The Phantom Ship
  3. 2. Facts on the Fantastic
  4. 3. The Secret One
  5. 4. Trapped from the Grave
  6. 5. Night of Horror
  7. 6. Witch's Wish
  8. 7. Requiem
  9. 8. The Rider
  10. 9. Salesman of Death
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Tillmann Courth
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Jim Van Dore