Nightmare #1

(Summer 1952)

[The Burgess all-purpose electric sprayer] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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The Blood Ship (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Tuska

Inks

George Tuska

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

The ship the Gloris Dune is christened but at the launch runs over a drunken sailor who curses it at the loss of his hand. Embittered, he signs aboard the whaler and burns her down. Hoping as the only survivor no one will know, he books passage aboard a mysterious whaler and learns it's the ghost ship, with dire consequences for him!

Reprints

• in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #19 (1962)

Indexer Notes

George Tuska not credited in issue.

The Corpse That Wouldn't Stay Dead (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Tuska

Inks

George Tuska

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Tom hates his brother Jeff. They both get caught in a terrible snow storm and find shelter in a log cabin with no food. In desperation they hunt in the storm and Tom trips, accidentally shooting his disbelieving brother. He buries him in the snow outside the cabin only to have him appear in the cabin the following 2 mornings. Found screaming, Tom is locked up in a hospital and ends his life digging up his brother to prove to him he didn't kill him.

Reprints

• in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #19 (1962)

Indexer Notes

George Tuska not credited in issue.

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Jardini's Jaw (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

The Fatal Note! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Syd Shores

Inks

Syd Shores

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Walter Gregory; Eve Taylor; Morta, Keeper of the Lighthouse of Death; Lillian Darrow

Synopsis

Walt and Eve are shipwrecked in a storm. Walt holds onto a spar to keep afloat and Eve drowns, screaming for help, as Walt claims the spar cannot hold them both. Walt meets Morta, who tells Walt he will die in a year unless he tells someone how he let Eve drown. Walt is rescued and gradually falls in love with Eve's best friend but is haunted by images of Eve's face as she was drowning. He tells no one and a year to the date of her drowning, he flies to Paris and his flight goes down in the ocean, whereupon he jumps in to be with Eve.

Reprints

• in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #18 (1962)
• in Flint Comix & Entertainment (Ted Valley, 2009 series) #91 (October 2017)

Indexer Notes

Art credit added by Gene Reed - 12/28/2010

The Tunnel of Horror (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Two bums are scouring the beach and discover a valuable ring, which leads one to kill the other. He then tries to persuade a former fairground colleague to allow him to rejoin the partnership as he now has money. Refusing, the colleague sees that the bum has indeed got money and is setting himself up in competition, and sends the Police round to frighten him. The bum rushes into the Tunnel of Horror to 'see' his murdered victim and dies in the tunnel.

Reprints

• in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #21 (1962)

Vision of the Gods (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)

Inks

Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Two photographers film temples in Ceylon and suddenly see a dancing beauty. On return they find everything fine except she does not appear on their film.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #14 (1963 ?)
• in Four Color Fear: Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s (Fantagraphics, 2010 series) (September 2010)

Flash! Special Sale! This Month Only! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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[The Chevalier Health Supporter Belt] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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[Charles Atlas] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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