(October-November 1952)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bimonthly
- On-sale date:
- 1952-07-21
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
- Approved Comics, Inc
- Brand:
- Ziff-Davis Comic Group
- Editing:
- Ben Martin
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Golden Age U.S.
- Paper Stock:
- newsprint interior; glossy cover
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
Payment in Full
comic story / 7 pages
- Script:
- Robert Bernstein
- Pencils:
- Ray Willner
- Inks:
- Ray Willner
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Reprints:
-
in Amazing Ghost Stories (St. John, 1954 series) #15 (December 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
The Stalking Doom
comic story / 6 pages
- Script:
- Robert Bernstein ?
- Pencils:
- Sol Brodsky ?
- Inks:
- Sol Brodsky ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ben Oda
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Reprints:
- in Amazing Ghost Stories (St. John, 1954 series) #15 (December 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
Possible Brodsky art per Nick Caputo, July 2015.
This story is a swipe of Bram Stoker's "The Squaw".
Writer credit suggested from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
Cagliostro - Swindler or Superman?
text article / 2 pages
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Reprints:
- in Amazing Ghost Stories (St. John, 1954 series) #15 (December 1954)
-
Giggles and Ghosts
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Vic Martin (signed)
- Inks:
- Vic Martin (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor
Indexer Notes
3 single-panel cartoons
Wings of Death
comic story / 7 pages
- Script:
- Robert Bernstein
- Pencils:
- Frank Giacoia (signed)
- Inks:
- Frank Giacoia (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- John Duffy
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis:
- A hunter kills a rare snow eagle that the locals consider the king of birds. The birds in the forest swarm the killer and get revenge for their fallen king.
- Reprints:
- in Amazing Ghost Stories (St. John, 1954 series) #15 (December 1954)
- in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #7 (October 2013) which is reprinted
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
Graveyard Guffaws
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Vic Martin (signed)
- Inks:
- Vic Martin (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor
- Reprints:
- in Amazing Ghost Stories (St. John, 1954 series) #15 (December 1954) which is reprinted
- in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #26 (January 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
3 single-panel cartoons
Spirit Spasms
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Vic Martin (signed)
- Inks:
- Vic Martin (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Genre:
- humor
- Reprints:
- in Amazing Ghost Stories (St. John, 1954 series) #15 (December 1954) which is reprinted
- in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #26 (January 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
3 single-panel cartoons
All the King's Men
comic story / 7 pages
- Script:
- Robert Bernstein
- Pencils:
- Bob Powell
- Inks:
- Bob Powell ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- John Duffy
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Reprints:
- in Amazing Ghost Stories (St. John, 1954 series) #15 (December 1954) which is reprinted
- in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #8 (December 2013) which is reprinted
-
Indexer Notes
Duffy lettering per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Ben Oda.
Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Payment in Full
-
2.
The Stalking Doom
-
3.
Cagliostro - Swindler or Superman?
-
4.
Giggles and Ghosts
-
5.
Wings of Death
-
6.
Graveyard Guffaws
-
7.
Spirit Spasms
-
8.
All the King's Men
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Lou Mougin
- Mike White
- Alberto Becattini
- Nick Caputo
- Patrick Lemaire
- Jim Walls
- Dan Kurdilla
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gary L. Watson
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