- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Seth Bates; Martha Bates; Doc Wilcox; Mr. Townsend
- Synopsis
- Seth is informed that his wife Martha is dying. He vows to fulfill her last wish, driving her through a blizzard, defeating some bank robbers who want to hijack his car, and crashing through a police roadblock to reach town. Seth says he promised Martha she'd have her photograph taken one last time, and he gets Mr. Townsend to do it just before she dies.
- Reprints
Iger Shop artwork previously credited to Robert Webb.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Howard Nostrand ?
- Inks
- Howard Nostrand ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Sam Green; Maxie; Jim
- Synopsis
- Corrupt city official Sam is caught and sentenced to prison. Since he suffers from claustrophobia, Sam can't tolerate confinement. Working in the prison morgue, Sam learns the bodies are subsequently sent to the city morgue, a building constructed under his crooked supervision. Sam climbs into a coffin and escapes from prison, but when his henchman Maxie arrives at the city morgue to free him, he discovers there are thousands of "ice boxes" (morgue drawers) and he doesn't know which one Sam is in.
- Reprints
Possible Nostrand art per Nick Caputo, April 2013. Previous indexer credited Rudy Palais.
- Script
- Bruce Hamilton
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Steve Ditko
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- horror-suspense; science fiction
- Characters
- Lawrence Dawson (first appearance, death); Dr. James Doyle; Dr. Harrell
- Synopsis
- Dawson suffers from brittle bone syndrome, but Dr. Doyle invents "muiclac" to cure him. He discovers this makes him "elastic" and murders Doyle to keep his secret. However, Dawson's face becomes permanently twisted and he goes to scientist Harrell, who has a formula to restore him to normal. Dawson kills Harrell before he learns the proper dosage. When the police arrive to arrest Dawson, he's just a puddle on the floor.
- Reprints
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in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #17 (1962) -
in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #58 (1965 ?) -
in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v2#8 (July 1968) -
in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v2#2 (April 1970) -
in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v3#4 (July 1971) -
in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v5#2 (April 1973), #v8#2 (May 1977) -
in The Rocket's Blast Comicollector (James Van Hise, 1974 series) #143 (June 1978) [in black & white] -
in Doc Stearn...Mr. Monster (Eclipse, 1985 series) #6 (June 1986) -
in Steve Ditko: Edge of Genius (Pure Imagination, 2008 ? series) (2008) -
in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #1 - Strange Suspense (October 2009) -
in Los Archivos de Steve Ditko (DiƔbolo, 2010 series) #1 - Strange Suspense (Diciembre 2010) -
in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1420-A - A Steve Ditko Readers Treasury - 1954
This was Ditko's first sale to a publisher, although not his first published work. Info per Robin Snyder and Bruce Hamilton.
"Muiclac" is "calcium" spelled backwards.