Fantastic Fears #3

(September 1953)

Haunted Matador (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Iger Shop; ?

Inks:

Iger Shop; ?

Colors:

Iger Shop; ?

Letters:

Iger Shop; ?

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

Matador Pepe Gonzales kills his rival by poisoning a bull's horns.

Reprints:

• in Midnight (Farrell, 1957 series) #2 (July 1957) [retitled and revised for Code-approval]
which is reprinted
• in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v2#6 (April 1968)
• in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v2#2 (April 1970), #v3#6 (December 1971)
• in Wicked Witchs' Tales (Gredown, 1978 series) #2 ([February 1979])
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #14 (1964 ?)

The Zombi's Bride (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

Roy Gifford inspects a banana plantation in Hispaniola. He encounters a master "Zombi" and his army of servants. Gifford tries to put an end to his business.

Reprints:

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #14 (1964 ?)
• in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v3#1 (February 1969)
• in Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v2#3 (June 1970)
• in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v7#1 (February 1973)
• in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v6#3 (June 1974) [reworked]
which is reprinted
• in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v9#2 (June 1976)
• in Thriller Tales (Gredown, 1984 series) #[nn] ([1983])

Indexer Notes

Narrated by the "Voodoo Doctor". Story seems to be an outside contribution, not Iger Shop.

Mirror Torment (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

crime; horror-suspense

Synopsis:

Mysterious ghost reflections appear in the mirrors of mobsters. The "Mirror Men" make the gangsters hallucinate and smash their crime syndicate.

Druid's Castle (Table of Contents: 4)

Christopher Fenn / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

Frank Belknap Long

Pencils:

Iger Shop; ?

Inks:

Iger Shop; ?

Colors:

Iger Shop; ?

Letters:

Iger Shop; ?

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Christopher Fenn; Lady Debra Seeley; Drum (Fenn's dog); Alf Barnes

Synopsis:

Ghostly druids haunt a manor in England. Psychic investigator Christopher Fenn uses a dematerializing machine of his own invention. With it, he turns himself, his dog Drum, and Lady Seeley into immaterial ghosts. They use their new form to better negotiate with the ghost druids. Fenn uses a branch of mistletoe to negotiate with the druids. Drum remains a ghost at the end of the story, protecting the area.

Reprints:

• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #26 (1962)
• in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v1#11 (November 1968)
which is reprinted
• in Crypt of Creatures (Gredown, 1976 series) #5 ([1980?])
• in Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v2#2 (April 1970)
• in Strange Galaxy (Eerie Publications, 1971 series) #v1#10 (June 1971)
• in Voodoo (L. Miller & Son, 1961 series) #3 ([no date])

Keywords:

Druids; ghosts

Indexer Notes

Previous indexer suggested Carl Burgos ? for pencils. This story is similar to the Christopher Fenn story from Fantastic Fears #3, with notable differences. The overall story arc of checking out a case for a wealthy woman after a man named Alf is murdered by ghosts on the property is repeated.

Floating Coffin (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Iger Shop; ?

Inks:

Iger Shop; ?

Colors:

Iger Shop; ?

Letters:

Iger Shop; ?

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

Ships are caught in the treacherous Sargasso sea and attacked by a seaweed monster named "Sargasso".

Reprints:

• in Strange (Farrell, 1957 series) #3 (August 1957) [retitled]
which is reprinted
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #147 ([circa 1974 - 1975]), #16
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #14 (1964 ?)

Indexer Notes

Previous indexer suggested Matt Baker ? for pencils.
Though Baker has been credited for stories in the sister title "Voodoo" in 1952, this is more than improbable in autumn 1953.