Nightmare #10
(December 1953)

St. John, 1953 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Bi-Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
St. John Publishing Company
Brand
St John Approved Comics
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia states "formerly Weird Horrors."

[Murderer's Mask] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed as Joe Kubert [short k])
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed as Joe Kubert [short k])
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

The Fisherman of Space (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Toth (sourced)
Inks
Mike Peppe (sourced); ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense; science fiction
Synopsis
The Fisherman From Space picks up people over time and leaves them on an island where they never grow old.
Reprints

The Last Man (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Henry Sharp ?
Inks
Henry Sharp ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Dan Vickerson
Synopsis
Dan Vickerson returns from an undersea voyage to find everyone in the world killed by gas.
Reprints

Destiny Takes the Long Road! (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
crime
Characters
Willie Thompson
Synopsis
A prison warden realizes that he and a convict are connected to each other. Same birthdays, same childhood experiences etc. When the warden is forced to shoot the convict when he attempts to escape, he dies to.
Reprints

A Will from the Grave (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Everett Kinstler (signed as Everett Raymond Kinstler)
Inks
Everett Kinstler (signed as Everett Raymond Kinstler)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
A farmer dies but reveals where his will is in a dream.
Reprints
Keywords
dream

Indexer Notes

Jerry Bails' Who's Who suggests all stories from Kinstler at St. John are reprints.

The Cycle of Time! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Murphy Anderson (signed)
Inks
Murphy Anderson (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
A small-time crook steals a time-machine but accidentally kills an alternate-time version of himself.
Reprints

The Mystery of Easter Island (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Facts about the history of Easter Island.
Reprints

Murderer's Mask (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gene Colan (sourced)
Inks
Gene Colan (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Donald Blanshard buys a mask to scare his rich uncle to death, but gets more than he bargained for when his face transforms to that of the mask.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover story.

Headed for the Stars (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
A short history of flight.
Reprints

The Drummer of Tedworth (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Everett Kinstler (signed)
Inks
Everett Kinstler (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
A man has his drum taken away from him as punishment for vagrancy, but the judge who did it is haunted by the drum.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Jerry Bails' Who's Who suggests all stories from Kinstler at St. John are reprints.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Murderer's Mask]
  2. 1. The Fisherman of Space
  3. 2. The Last Man
  4. 3. Destiny Takes the Long Road!
  5. 4. A Will from the Grave
  6. 5. The Cycle of Time!
  7. 6. The Mystery of Easter Island
  8. 7. Murderer's Mask
  9. 8. Headed for the Stars
  10. 9. The Drummer of Tedworth
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Alberto Becattini
  • Peter Croome
  • Dan Kurdilla
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Matt Tauber
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Mike White