(March 1954)
Pines,
1952 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Visual Editions Inc.
- Editing
- ?
Hand of Death
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- B-1815
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Mexican matador Juan Savola is in alliance with a witch. When they hassle over money, a hand goes missing, but is restored by the powers of magic. Until the next hassle over money.
- Reprints
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in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #4 (2007)
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Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
A scan of the original art, offered for sale, is signed Rocke.
Canterbury Ghosts
comic story / 0.5 page
- Job Number
- B-1790
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- facts about ghosts spotted in Canterbury
Indexer Notes
top half of page is an ad
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
The Man Who Was Always on Time
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alex Toth [as Alexander Toth] (signed)
- Inks
- Mike Peppe (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Herb Field
- Job Number
- BS-1783
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Synopsis
- Darland Fanshaw, owner of the world's largest clock collection, commits murder to obtain a priceless Cellini time-piece. The ghosts of his victims take revenge and make him into a statue on the local clock tower.
- Reprints
- in Seduction of the Innocent 3-D (Eclipse, 1985 series) #2 (April 1986) [in 3-D]
- in Doc Weird's Thrill Book (Pure Imagination, 1987 series) #1 (1987)
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in James Bond (Semic, 1979 series) #6/1988 (uke 34 1988) - in The Alex Toth Reader (Pure Imagination, 1995 series) #[nn] (1995)
- in Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) (August 2011)
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Gallery of Horror
comic story / 0.5 page
- Job Number
- B-1829
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- horror facts
Indexer Notes
top half of page is an ad
Two Shrunken Heads
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Red headed woman is to be traded to head hunters, but the last laugh belongs to her.
Images of Sand
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alex Toth [as Alexander Toth] (signed)
- Inks
- Mike Peppe (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Herb Field ?
- Job Number
- BS-1798
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Synopsis
- French gambler Henri Monard is washed up in Northern Africa, but learns about a Tuareg treasure in the Sahara desert. He kills for it and returns to Paris, indulging in luxury. But the curse of the Djenoun is upon him...
- Reprints
- in Seduction of the Innocent! (Eclipse, 1985 series) #4 (February 1986)
- in James Bond (Semic, 1979 series) #4/1988 (uke 21 1988)
- in The Alex Toth Reader (Pure Imagination, 1995 series) #[nn] (1995)
- in Genius, Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth (IDW, 2011 series) (April 2011) [Republished from original art]
- in Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 (Fantagraphics, 2011 series) (August 2011)
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #24 (2015)
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When They Die
comic story / 0.5 page
- Job Number
- B-1821
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- horror facts
Indexer Notes
top half of page is an ad
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Kill Happy
comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- B-1520
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Small-grown Warren Darby lusts for money and power. One day he resolves to violence and makes the headlines as "The pint-size Killer".
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Table of Contents
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0.
Hand of Death
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1.
Hand of Death
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2.
Canterbury Ghosts
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3.
The Man Who Was Always on Time
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4.
Gallery of Horror
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5.
Two Shrunken Heads
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6.
Images of Sand
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7.
When They Die
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8.
Kill Happy
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9.
The End of the Line
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10.
The Monsters
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Tillmann Courth
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Axel Kahlstorff
- Edgar Loftin
- James Ludwig
- Glenn MacKay
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Smith
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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