Haunted Tales
#32
([August 1978])
K. G. Murray,
1973 Series
- Price
- 0.50 AUD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Murray Publishers Pty Ltd
- Brand
- ?
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- Color cover; Black and White interior
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- Was Ongoing Series
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
- Inks
- Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
- Colors
- Tatjana Wood
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #239 (February-March 1976)
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Day of the Witch
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Jack Oleck
- Pencils
- Abe Ocampo
- Inks
- Abe Ocampo
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (original editor)
- Job Number
- J-3867
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cain (host)
- Reprints
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #239 (February-March 1976)
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You Can't Hide From Death
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff [as Al Case]
- Pencils
- Tony DeZuniga
- Inks
- Tony DeZuniga
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (original editor)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cynthia (host); Henri; Claude
- Synopsis
- Claude pursues Henri across France to finish the duel that had begun years before.
- Reprints
- from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #16 (August-September 1971)
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Freddy is Another Name for Fear!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- George Kashdan
- Pencils
- Wally Wood
- Inks
- Wally Wood
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (original editor)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Freddy; Dr. Sherman; Dr. Barnes
- Synopsis
- Two doctors scheme to use Freddy to kill each other.
- Reprints
- from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #15 (June-July 1971)
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Have Tomb, Will Travel
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- George Kashdan
- Pencils
- Gerry Talaoc (signed)
- Inks
- Gerry Talaoc (signed)
- Letters
- Esphid Mahilum
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (original editor)
- Job Number
- B-1487
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Patsy Coyne
- Synopsis
- Patsy Coyne's killer is haunted by his new car.
- Reprints
- from Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #13 (March 1973)
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Indexer Notes
Kashdan credit per The Comic Reader #93. Previous indexer credited Leo Dorfman, perhaps from incorrect info posted in an earlier issue of The Comic Reader.
The Rush-Hour Ride of Abner Pringle!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Len Wein
- Pencils
- Jose Delbo (signed)
- Inks
- Jose Delbo (signed)
- Letters
- Milt Snappin ?
- Editing
- Dick Giordano (original editor)
- Job Number
- G-944
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Samuel Prescott; Thomas Dawes; Paul Revere; Abner Pringle
- Synopsis
- Abner Pringle, a contemporary of Paul Revere, rides to warn the countryside that the British are coming, but after a blow to the head he arrives in the present.
- Reprints
- from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #13 (February-March 1971)
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The Maze
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Alan Gold [as Al Gold]; Marv Wolfman
- Pencils
- Gray Morrow (signed)
- Inks
- Gray Morrow (signed)
- Letters
- Ray Holloway; Typeset
- Editing
- Dick Giordano (original editor)
- Job Number
- G-961
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Harold Martin Beedle; Spafon; Squatront
- Synopsis
- Harold is being tested by aliens.
- Reprints
- from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #13 (February-March 1971)
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Indexer Notes
Letter column in Omega Men #24 states that this is a prototype version of the Psions, created by Marv Wolfman, that were an integral part of the Omega Men series. The names of the two aliens, Spafon and Squatront, are also the names of two famous EC fanzines.
Thou Shalt Not Kill!
Weird War Tales / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Steve Harper (signed)
- Inks
- Neal Adams (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (original editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (original assistant editor)
- Job Number
- J-1781
- Genre
- horror-suspense; war
- Reprints
- from Weird War Tales (DC, 1971 series) #8 (November 1972)
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Indexer Notes
Set in January 1943, Prague.
Bayou Witch
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Phil Seuling
- Pencils
- Gray Morrow
- Inks
- Gray Morrow
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (original editor)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Heck Belleau; Yeller Maggie; Louie Plante
- Synopsis
- Heck Belleau accuses an old woman of being a witch.
- Reprints
- from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #15 (June-July 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Story written in verse.
It's Better to Give...
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Virgil North
- Pencils
- Alan Weiss
- Inks
- Tony DeZuniga
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (original editor)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #92 (June-July 1971)
-
I Married a Ghost
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff [as Al Case]
- Pencils
- Art Saaf
- Inks
- Art Saaf ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (original editor)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Jennifer; Gil; Jack
- Synopsis
- When Gil's fiance is killed on their wedding night her ghost returns.
- Reprints
- from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #15 (June-July 1971)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Day of the Witch
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2.
You Can't Hide From Death
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3.
Freddy is Another Name for Fear!
-
4.
Have Tomb, Will Travel
-
5.
The Rush-Hour Ride of Abner Pringle!
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6.
The Maze
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7.
Thou Shalt Not Kill!
Weird War Tales -
8.
Bayou Witch
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9.
I know I can do better than push drums around for the rest of my life!
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10.
It's Better to Give...
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11.
I Married a Ghost
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- Mark Muller
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