(June 1952)
Fawcett,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications, Inc.
- Editing
- M. Shull; Will Lieberson (executive editor); Al Jetter (Art Director)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Norman Saunders (painting)
- Inks
- Norman Saunders (painting)
- Colors
- Norman Saunders (painting)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
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in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1376 - The Complete Unknown World & Strange Stories from Another World - in Four Color Fear: Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s (Fantagraphics, 2010 series) (September 2010)
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in Pre-Code Classics: Unknown World & Strange Stories from Another World (PS Artbooks, 2017 series) (2017)
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Indexer Notes
Art credit verified by David Saunders, Norman Saunders' son, via e-mail (January 6, 2008)
The Sea of the Dead
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Captain Bullard
- Synopsis
- Captain Bullard comes aboard a ghost ship and learns he is on his final journey. The other passengers are the victims of a seafaring tragedy Bullard caused years ago.
- Reprints
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in Spectre (Arédit-Artima, 1967 series) #4 (janvier 1968) - in Lurid Little Nightmare Makers (Boardman Books, 2014 series) #5 (2015)
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- Keywords
- ghost ship; skeleton
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
The Quiet One
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Mr. Kimler spies on his neighbor Mr. Momer. A fatal mistake, for Mr. Momer is not what he seems to be.
- Reprints
- in This Magazine Is Haunted (Charlton, 1954 series) #21 (November 1954)
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The Serpent Queen
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Shanri the Serpent Queen; John Barton; Eric Sender; Charles Collings
- Synopsis
- Mountain climbers venture into the realm of Shanri, the ancient serpent queen. Blinded by her beauty they are bound for their own perdition.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- natives; snake
Indexer Notes
The art is identical to McCarty's signed stories in Black Magic #16, and some credited samples from Atlas Comics. He is best recognized by his faces with big eyes that can look like George Evans.
Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.
Footprints on the Ceiling
comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- The gangsters O'Flaherty and Flitcher train a revived dead dog to be a trick dog on stage. But they have to fight off hordes of skeletal zombies coming after them to bring the dog where it belongs - in the province of the dead.
- Reprints
- in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #25 (décembre 1972) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
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Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer suggested Ben Brown and David Gantz for pencils and inks.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
The Sea of the Dead
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2.
The Quiet One
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3.
The Serpent Queen
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4.
Footprints on the Ceiling
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Salvatore Carotenuto
- Tillmann Courth
- Merlin Haas
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Keith Smith
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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