Fantastic Fears #9

(September-October 1954)

If a Body Kill a Body (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Two Scottish highlanders from warring families have a taboo love affair. When they are respectively killed by the patriarchs of their rival families, they come back as ghosts to get revenge.

Reprints

• in Midnight (Farrell, 1957 series) #5 (February 1958) [retitled, edited to conform to CCA]
• in Classic Monsters of Pre-Code Horror Comics: Ghosts (IDW, 2019 series) (October 2019)

Deadly Wish (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre

fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense

Characters

Wilbur Cox; The Devil; Joyce; Mrs. Bloater; Dr. Trent

Synopsis

Wilbur is "the original ninety-pound weakling with no brains, no dough." The Devil gives Wilbur the power to make his wishes come true, but Wilbur is unaware of this. He wishes for a new car, a million dollars, and a beautiful wife, all of which come true. Then the Devil springs the trap: Wilbur's wife Joyce becomes a nagging shrew and he wishes her dead. Sad at her passing, he says "I wish I were dead too," and he dies.

Reprints

• in Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v1#6 (July 1969) [retitled]
which is reprinted
• in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v2#5 (October 1970), #v4#2 (March 1972)
• in Dimension of Doom (Gredown, 1980 ? series) ([June 1984] ?)

Greed to Grave (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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typeset

Genre

jungle

Secret Coffin (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Carl Burgos ?

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Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Lord of Mader; Ben Matterman; John; Hans; Johann

Synopsis

The Lord of Mader in Germany created an Iron Maiden that he used to kill his enemies. 500 years later, his descendant Matterman takes possession of Mader Castle to house his "torture museum." One of the workmen hired to renovate the castle dies in an accident, and Matterman murders the only witness. However, he's then confronted by the ghosts of his ancestor's victims and dies in the Iron Maiden. Mader Castle explodes.

Reprints

• from Horrific (Comic Media, 1952 series) #1 (September 1952) [retitled]
• in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v3 [2]#1 [5] (January 1968), #v4#2 (April 1970)
• in Strange Galaxy (Eerie Publications, 1971 series) #v1#10 (June 1971)

Indexer Notes

Original title: "Iron Doom."

Broom for a Witch (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Genre

fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense

Characters

Dan; Alicia; Tabitha Morrison; Dr. Sykes

Synopsis

Dan and his wife Alicia arrive at his ancestral home near Salem, Massachusetts. The house was built by his ancestor Tabitha who was hanged as a witch. While Alicia sleeps, Tabitha's spirit possesses her body. Alicia begins to act in an evil fashion (and even flies through the air on a broom), so Dan consults Dr. Sykes. They capture and burn Alicia/Tabitha and the house. However, Alicia's soul enters the body of a young woman killed in an auto accident at the same time, and she is reunited with Dan.

Reprints

• in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v1#7 (July 1969)
• in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v2#6 (November 1970)
• in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v4#3 (May 1972)