The Heap #1

(September 1971)

Shadows of Satan (Table of Contents: 1)

The Heap / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Tom Sutton

Inks

Jack Abel

Colors

?

Letters

Irving Watanabe

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Stirred from sleep by the whispering wind...

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Heap [Jim Roberts]; Sybl; Doctor Frankenstein; Vince; Larry; Master Scythe

Indexer Notes

Includes recap of the Heap's origin from Psycho #2. This Heap is not the same as the Hillman character, although he derives a good deal from that strip.

When The Sea Goes Dry (Table of Contents: 2)

A Heap Tale of the Unusual / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

I ?

Pencils

? (Iger shop)

Inks

? (Iger shop)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Spanish gold lay on the bottom of the sea and legend had it that it was...

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Strange Journey (Farrell, 1957 series) #1 (September 1957)
which is reprinted
• from Strange Fantasy (Farrell, 1952 series) #2 (October 1952) [retitled and modified for Code-approval]

Indexer Notes

"I" is the writer of many Iger shop stories.

The Curse of the Broken Balcony! (Table of Contents: 3)

A Heap Tale of the Unusual / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Alvin C. Hollingsworth

Inks

Alvin C. Hollingsworth

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

But I don't see anything here!

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Strange Worlds (Avon, 1950 series) #8 (August 1952) [Retitled: "The Curse of the Broken Balcony!"]

Death on the Earth-Mars Run! (Table of Contents: 4)

A Heap Tale of the Unusual / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Everett Raymond Kinstler

Inks

Everett Raymond Kinstler

Colors

?

Letters

?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What weird, unknown power dominated the richest banker of the solar system?

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Strange Worlds (Avon, 1950 series) #8 (August 1952)

Indexer Notes

Hand lettering has replaced some of the original Leroy lettering, most likely edits to receive Comics Code approval.

Ballast of Gold (Table of Contents: 5)

A Heap Tale of the Unusual / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

I ? (from Iger Shop)

Pencils

Henry C. Kiefer

Inks

Henry C. Kiefer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is the true story of a ship that carried hundreds of...

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

A ship coming from the California gold fields with 578 passengers and crew, along with 15 tons of gold, sinks in a hurricane during September of 1857.

Reprints

• from Strange Journey (Farrell, 1957 series) #1 (September 1957)

Indexer Notes

"I" is the writer of many Iger shop stories. The wreck of the S.S. Central America was discovered in 1988 and an estimated $100-150 million dollars of gold has been recovered so far.