Witchcraft
#2
(May-June 1952)
Avon,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-04-03
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Avon Periodicals, Inc.
- Brand
-
An Avon Publication
- Editing
- Sol Cohen (Editor and General Manager)
Issue Notes
Indexed from a scan from http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php by "Ontology" with art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals 1953, page 171
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals 1953, page 171
[Contents]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
On the inside front cover.
The Death Tattoo!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Norman Nodel (signed)
- Inks
- Vince Alascia (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset; ? (splash panel only)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Circus performer Garth wears a magic symbol on his chest. The “death tattoo” allows him to use the power of hypnotism, but comes with a price. Its wearer is slowly driven insane; and after his death, the tattoo detaches from the body and goes searching for a new victim.
Indexer Notes
First-person narrative
The Vampire Puppet
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Puppet master Gravon and his puppet Koko are celebrities. His three assistants are jealous of his success, murder Gravon and go on stage themselves. Koko, however, changes into an avenging vampire puppet and drains the treacherous trio of their life blood.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
House to Let
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense; science fiction
- Synopsis
- Professor Janney invents a formula to bring dead matter to life. He tries it out in his home laboratory – with horrid success. His house becomes alive and keeps him prisoner. Janney slowly diminishes in size, ready to be absorbed by his murderous home.
The Northern Horror
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Somewhere in Northern Canada, an expedition in search of Uranium comes across Viking artifacts. Eskimo guide Arnook warns the foreigners of the “Golden Sword of the Spirits”, but some men push on, discover a lost Viking ship and their doom.
- Reprints
-
in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #12 (2011)
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Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[The Death Tattoo]
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1.
[Contents]
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2.
The Death Tattoo!
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3.
The Vampire Puppet
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4.
The Dead DO Tell!
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5.
House to Let
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6.
The Northern Horror
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