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:

horror-suspense

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.