Doomsday #20

([April 1975])

Let the Past Lie Buried! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff ?

Letters

?

Editing

Will Lieberson (original Executive Editor); Ginny Provisiero (original Editor); Al Jetter (original Art Editor)

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

When Professor Niles unearths the remains of a Neanderthal man, the whole town suddenly regresses into inexplicable caveman behavior.

Reprints

• from This Magazine Is Haunted (Fawcett, 1951 series) #10 (April 1953)

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Last third of last page is small house ad for the “Trade Practices Act 1974” [Australia].

Heartbeat House (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Powell

Inks

Bob Powell

Letters

?

Editing

Will Lieberson (original executive editor); Bobbie Heyman (original editor); Al Jetter (original art editor)

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A doctor and a lawyer team up to poison and rob the old eccentric Augustus Uhr who collects strange clocks and timepieces. Little does the criminal duo know that there's a terrible secret behind those ever-ticking clocks.

Reprints

• from Worlds of Fear (Fawcett, 1952 series) #5 (July 1952)

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Jibaro Madness (Table of Contents: 3)

The Thing / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Forgione

Inks

Bob Forgione

Letters

?

Editing

Al Fago (original editor)

Genre

horror-suspense; superhero

Synopsis

Explorers searching for the secret of head-shrinking are captured by madman Maximo. He shrinks them to doll size and prepares to cut their heads off. The miniature people overpower their tormentor and escape. But they run into unexpected difficulties.

Reprints

• from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #6 (January 1953)

The Dark Mirror (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Waldman ?

Inks

Ed Waldman ?

Letters

?

Editing

Mercedes Shull (original editor)

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

The hoodlums Louie and Gabe meet Fate in person and are warned to change their criminal ways. They don't listen and meet their horrible ends.

Reprints

• from Strange Stories from Another World (Fawcett, 1952 series) #3 (October 1952)

Death's Round Trip (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? [as "Jokerface"]

Inks

? [as "Jokerface"]

Letters

?

Editing

Mercedes Shull (original editor)

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Dr. Albert Carlton drugs himself to death and takes a tourist trip into the realm of death. His colleague will revive him after some minutes, so that Carlton can return and live to tell. There are complications, of course.

Reprints

• from Beware! Terror Tales (Fawcett, 1952 series) #3 (September 1952)

Indexer Notes

Unknown artist from Fawcett's early 1950s.Tillmann Courth spotted him in some books and will keep looking."Jokerface" keeps drawing minor characters with cartoony elongated faces.