(2009)
AC,
2005 Series
Cavern of the Doomed
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Countess Aurora Karine; Boris; General Miguel Esteban
- Synopsis
- Countess Aurora Karine sells her soul to Satan for witch-like powers that she uses to take over her small country. Upon death she is greeted by the ghosts of those she haw wronged that drag her to hell.
- Reprints
-
from Tomb of Terror (Harvey, 1952 series) #3 (August 1952)
-
The Different Vampire
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #21 (January 1953)
-
Vampires Two
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
from Journey into Fear (Superior, 1951 series) #17 (January 1954)
-
Today I Am A--?
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #59 (September 1957)
-
The Flapping Head
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Bud; Sally; Silvana
- Reprints
- from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #6 (May-June 1952)
-
The Totem!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Al Clark; Adams; Lew Grover; Pete Knowles
- Synopsis
- Clark's men find an Inuit who has a golden totem pole. They take the pole, but when nearly home they awaken to find they've shrunk over night and the totem is gone. They return to reclaim the totem, but the same thing happens again as they near home. Each of Clark's men abandon him as he becomes shorter until he's transformed into a face on the totem pole by aliens, friends of the Inuit man.
- Reprints
- from Strange Stories of Suspense (Marvel, 1955 series) #6 (December 1955)
-
Claws of the Hungry Demon
comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah - so you liked that last story, did you?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Shock (Stanley Morse, 1969 series) #v1#4 (November 1969) which is reprinted
- from ? (American Comics Group, ? series) #?
-
Ghost Town
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Prescott; George Harris
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #36 (October 1952)
-
The Tunnel!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Luther Dark; Warden Smith
- Synopsis
- A prisoner tries to dig a tunnel to freedom and ends up digging a tunnel to Hell.
- Reprints
- from Tomb of Terror (Harvey, 1952 series) #9 (May 1953)
-
A Live Corpse for the Zombie
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Ann; Ned
- Synopsis
- Our story unfolds with a tragic, mysterious suicide...and it continues with horror.
- Reprints
- from Chilling Tales of Horror (Stanley Morse, 1969 series) #v1#4 (June 1970) which is reprinted
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #30 (April 1952) [retitled]
-
The Ring of Horror
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Because Gordon Grant has been a "student of the occult" and carelessly dedicated his life to a certain "cult of the beast" he has to die early. Tragically he won't stop coming back as a zombie to claim his wife until she is joined in death with him.
- Reprints
- from The Unseen (Pines, 1952 series) #8 (January 1953)
-
His Final Choice
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Shock (Stanley Morse, 1969 series) #v1#1 (May 1969) which is reprinted
- from Mister Mystery (Stanley Morse, 1951 series) #14 (November 1953)
-
The Cloak of a Corpse
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- When a man steals a hanged man's robe, the dead comes to visit him and retrieves his cloak.
- Reprints
- from Out of the Shadows (Pines, 1952 series) #7 (January 1953)
-
Till Death Do Us Part
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Ethan Jones; Fay Jones (death); Old Liza; Old Man Phillips (death); Jeb
- Synopsis
- Ethan's wife Fay dies when the local doctor can't save her. Old Liza (a magic healer) comes and says she can bring her back to life if Ethan will pay enough. Ethan does and Old Liza lets a demon enter her body. Ethan thinks it is Fay brought back to life but when there are many killings around them the local people come looking for Fay and the unfortunate truth comes out.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #52 (February 1954)
-
Mission from the Grave
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Art painter dies in fire accident, but returns to finish painting of his fianceé. The shocked woman revokes her love.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into Darkness (Pines, 1952 series) #11 (September 1953)
-
The Real McCoy!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Oliver McCoy; Blackie Rome; Digby McCoy; Hepzibah McCoy
- Reprints
- from The Clutching Hand (American Comics Group, 1954 series) #1 (July-August 1954)
-
Fiend of Midnight
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Craig; Rita; Fiend of Midnight; Roderick Craig; Parker
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #33 (July 1952)
-
The Bubbling Pit
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Marie; Fred; Paul; Sergeant Duprez; Belhoa
- Reprints
- from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #21 (September 1953)
-
Death of a Doll!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Corpse-Maker (narrator); Harold Honeywell; Marilyn Meag; Daisy Bergen
- Synopsis
- Harold Honeywell (a man as small as a doll) becomes rich. When he finds out the women in his life are only interested in his money, he begins killing them. One day while fleeing from the cops, he hides in a gorilla cage at the circus. The problem is, the huge gorilla who lives in the cage has destroyed its favorite toy (a doll) and now finds a new "doll" it can play with.
- Reprints
- from The Clutching Hand (American Comics Group, 1954 series) #1 (July-August 1954)
-
The Worm That Turned
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #21 (January 1953)
-
Gorilla!
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #21 (January 1953)
-
Walpurgis!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Frederick Kaffner (death); Carl (villain, death); un-named creatures of darkness (villains)
- Synopsis
- A clockmaker's assistant hates his strict employer enough to kill him, and he is given that opportunity on Walpurgis Night, when all the creatures of darkness are free to roam.
- Reprints
- from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #18 (April 1953)
-
Voodoo Dolls
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A wife discovers that her husband is becoming obsessed with the black arts. After he kills the family dog and her father using Voodoo dolls, she decides to take revenge.
- Reprints
- from Weird Mysteries (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #11 (July 1954)
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The Last of Mr. Mordeaux
comic story / 5 pages
- Synopsis
- A man seeks proof of his aristocratic heritage in the old country and finds that the peasants have driven the last of his alleged sorcerous family into underground warrens beneath their castle where they have devolved.
- Reprints
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #11 (Spring 1952)
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
Cavern of the Doomed
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3.
The Different Vampire
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4.
Vampires Two
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5.
Today I Am A--?
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6.
The Flapping Head
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7.
The Totem!
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8.
Claws of the Hungry Demon
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9.
Ghost Town
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10.
The Tunnel!
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11.
A Live Corpse for the Zombie
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12.
The Ring of Horror
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13.
His Final Choice
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14.
The Cloak of a Corpse
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15.
Till Death Do Us Part
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16.
Mission from the Grave
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17.
The Real McCoy!
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18.
Fiend of Midnight
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19.
The Bubbling Pit
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20.
Death of a Doll!
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21.
The Worm That Turned
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22.
Gorilla!
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23.
Walpurgis!
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24.
Voodoo Dolls
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25.
The Last of Mr. Mordeaux
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- Jim Van Dore
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