The Unseen
#15
(July 1954)
Pines,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Visual Editions, Inc.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
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in Un Faux Livre (Delcourt, 2017 series) #[nn] (2017) [3 panels each from pages 4 and 5]
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[Beware the Curse of the Undead!]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Mike Roy ? [as MR]; Mort Meskin ? [as M] (signed)
- Inks
- Mike Roy ? [as MR]; George Roussos [as R] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Keywords
- barber
Indexer Notes
Originally credited to Roussos, pencils and inks, by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker, initials spotted and identified by Ger Apeldoorn and Bob Bailey as Meskin and Roussos. However, the Mort Meskin Yahoo Group is split on the identification and others including Edgar Loftin and Gene Reed say it is Mike Roy.
The Monsters of Harlow Caverns
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- VB-9 ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- From the depths of Harlow Caverns ancient warriors emerge in search for a human sacrifice for their god. They find it in the betraying wife of cave guard Jack Hale.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
The Missing Man
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- VB-39 ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A coachman gets lost in a storm and his ghost eternally wanders the region of Boston.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Hand of Glory
comic story / 0.5 page
- Job Number
- VB-40
- Genre
- non-fiction; fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Thieves in Old England used to cut off the hands of hanged criminals and used them as candles.
Indexer Notes
First half of page is advertisement.
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Stronger than Death
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- VB-43
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Drama at sea: A woman and her lover throw the husband overboard, but the dead man returns to take revenge.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Date with a Corpse
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- VB-24
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- The repulsive gravedigger Dino poisons beautiful Maria to get his hands on her dead body. As he has his date with a corpse, a deadly embrace ensues.
- Reprints
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in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #35 (June 2018)
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Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Last Point of Return
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Margaret Isbell
- Pencils
- Ralph Mayo (illustrations)
- Inks
- Ralph Mayo (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- VB-18
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A traveling salesman gets a telepathic vibe to return home instantly. By leaving the train he avoids being killed in a derailing accident.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Cellini's Night with the Demons
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- VB-19
- Genre
- non-fiction; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Account of 16th century adventurer Cellini who paid a priest to see black magic. In a nightly meet in the Roman Colosseum, they encounter the legions of hell.
The Curse of the Undead!
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- VB-31
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Going on a field trip to the Balkans, Jacques returns to Paris as a vampire. He contacts his old love, Laurie, and gets trapped in an airport's hangar. Laurie stabs him with a bayonet and ensures his eternal peace.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
The Man They Couldn't Bury
comic story / 0.5 page
- Job Number
- VB-34
- Genre
- non-fiction; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- An innocent man, hanged for a crime he did not commit, haunts the countryside at Kenton, Missouri.
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Masks for the Dead
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Job Number
- VB-36
- Genre
- non-fiction; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Illustrations and descriptions of death masks.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[Beware the Curse of the Undead!]
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1.
The Monsters of Harlow Caverns
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2.
The Missing Man
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3.
Hand of Glory
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4.
Stronger than Death
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5.
Date with a Corpse
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6.
Last Point of Return
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7.
Cellini's Night with the Demons
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8.
The Curse of the Undead!
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9.
The Man They Couldn't Bury
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10.
Masks for the Dead
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11.
The Ghost Hunter
This issue was modified by, among others
- Tillmann Courth
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Jim Van Dore
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