Horror Tales
#v2#2
(March 1970)
Eerie Publications,
1969 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Eerie Publications, Inc.
- Editing
- Carl Burgos (Editor); Irving Fass (Art Director); Ezra Jackson (Art Editor)
Ghoul Without Pockets
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- When a thief breaks into the house of family of ghouls, they enlist him in their plot to rob the dead.
- Reprints
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from Beware (Trojan Magazines, 1953 series) #9 (May 1954) [reworked] - in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v3#3 (June 1971)
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v6#7 (December 1972)
- in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v6#5 (October 1974)
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Indexer Notes
Original title: "No Pockets on the Dead."
Witches' Nightmare
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A cuckold plotting revenge on his wife and her lover stumbles upon a witches' Sabbath, where he overhears them saying that whatever evil he does, no mortal hand can harm him.
- Reprints
- from Weird Mysteries (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #4 (April 1953) [reworked]
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v5#3 (June 1971)
- in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v4#7 (December 1972)
- in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v6#5 (September 1974)
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in Temple of the Dead (Gredown, 1983 ? series) ([1983])
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Indexer Notes
Original title: "The Witches' Tale."
Satan's Cat
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A husband hires a man to poison his wife.
- Reprints
- from Weird Mysteries (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #2 (December 1952) [reworked]
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v5#3 (June 1971)
- in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v4#7 (December 1972)
- in Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v6#4 (July 1974)
- in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v8#5 (November 1977)
- in Terrors of Dracula (Eerie Publications, 1979 series) #v1#5 (November 1979), #v3#1 (May 1981)
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Indexer Notes
Original title: "First Come, First Served."
Carnival of Terror
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A carnival hula dancer and her lover decide to kill the show's snake charmer to get their hands on his money - but things don't go quite the way they planned.
- Reprints
- from Fantastic Fears (Farrell, 1953 series) #8 [2] (July 1953)
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Dearest, Deadest Dummy
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A lonely ventriloquist's beautiful dummy comes to life - along with her murderous friends.
- Reprints
Screams in the Swamp
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A newlywed couple moves into a new home where the man dreams about a ghostly woman who claims to be his lover come back from the dead - or was it a dream?
- Reprints
- from Haunted Thrills (Farrell, 1952 series) #10 (July 1953)
-
Cult of the Cruel
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A businessman traveling in India learns the secrets of the thugee then returns home to begin his career as a murderer.
- Reprints
- from Voodoo (Farrell, 1952 series) #17 (September-October 1954)
-
The Slimy Gargoyle
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- When a couple have their tea leaves read in a Chinese restaurant, the proprietor tells them to beware the dark man and the teeth of the dragon.
- Reprints
- from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #21 (October 1953) [reworked]
- in Weird Worlds (Eerie Publications, 1970 series) #v2#3 (June 1971)
- in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v6#1 (January 1973)
- in Wicked Witchs' Tales [sic] (Gredown, 1978 series) #1 ([1978])
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Indexer Notes
Original title: "The Chase."
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
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1.
Ghoul Without Pockets
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2.
Witches' Nightmare
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3.
Satan's Cat
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4.
Carnival of Terror
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5.
Dearest, Deadest Dummy
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6.
Screams in the Swamp
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7.
Cult of the Cruel
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8.
The Slimy Gargoyle
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