The Best of Horror and Science Fiction Comics #1

(1987)

Editorial (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bruce Webster (signed)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Discussion of the stories in the issue with reprint sources.

The Brain-Bats of Venus (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Basil Wolverton ?

Pencils

Basil Wolverton (signed)

Inks

Basil Wolverton (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Basil Wolverton ?

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Mister Mystery (Stanley Morse, 1951 series) #7 (September 1952)

Uranus (Table of Contents: 3)

Life on Other Worlds / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Murphy Anderson

Inks

Murphy Anderson

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• from Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #50 (September 1947) [only first page]

Colorama (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Powell

Pencils

Bob Powell

Inks

Bob Powell; Howard Nostrand

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Rosen

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #61 (January 1958)
which is reprinted
• from Black Cat (Harvey, 1946 series) #45 (August 1953)

Keywords

eyeglasses

Indexer Notes

The version reprinted is the Comics Code-approved one, with changes to panels five and six on page four and panel six on page five.

Gave Life to Save Lives (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Frank Frazetta (signed)

Inks

Frank Frazetta (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war

Reprints

• from New Heroic Comics (Eastern Color, 1946 series) #71 (March 1952)

Library of Horror (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #13 (April 1954)

Chicken Little (Table of Contents: 7)

Mother Ghoul's Nursery Rhymes / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Richard Doxsee (signed)

Inks

Richard Doxsee (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

satire-parody

Synopsis

Farm girl Chick Little is hit on the head by an acorn. She thinks the sky is falling. She runs off and has encounters with hipsters, United Nations, psychiatrists, quiz shows, etc. At the end, the planet Mars looms over her farm; she and her father are grabbed by Martians.

Reprints

• from Mysterious Adventures (Story Comics, 1951 series) #24 (March 1955)

Mother's Advice (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tony Mortellaro (signed)

Inks

Tony Mortellaro (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Weird Mysteries (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #7 (October 1953)

Indexer Notes

Story cited in Seduction Of The Innocent.

Blackheads "Pet Hate" (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Vacutex; Ballco Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

We Can Stop the Enemies of Youth (Table of Contents: 10)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Frank Frazetta (signed)

Inks

Frank Frazetta (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Indexer Notes

"Prepared through the cooperation of NYC Youth Board & the Assoc. of Comics Mag. Pubs." On back cover. PSA originally appeared in various Lev Gleason and Eastern Color comics in the early 1950's.

Sequence added by Fred Snyder via the GCD Error Tracker, August 2010.