(September 1952)

Fawcett, 1952 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
Fawcett Publications, Inc.
Editing:
Mercedes Shull; Will Lieberson (executive editor); Al Jetter (art editor)
Color:
Color
Dimensions:
Standard Modern Age U. S.
Binding:
Saddle-stitched

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Haunting White Shadow (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils:
Bernard Baily
Inks:
Bernard Baily
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
Genre:
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

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The Dry Doom (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
Charlotte Jetter
Genre:
horror-suspense
Synopsis:
Prospector Dusty Otis kills a man in the desert for a bag of gold. The victim's ghost takes revenge by letting Otis die of thirst. Every drop of water turns to sand, is salted, scalding hot or vanishes into thin air.
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Voice in the Brain (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:
John C. Adler
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
Genre:
science fiction
Synopsis:
Aliens pick up mathematics professor Tom Andrews to help them solve a problem on their home planet.
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

contains 1 small spot illustration

The Haunting White Shadow (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bob McCarty
Inks:
Bob McCarty
Colors:
?
Letters:
Charlotte Jetter
Genre:
horror-suspense
Synopsis:
The two murderous thugs Jocko and Squash encounter Lady Justice in person and embark on a psychedelic journey into madness and poetic retaliation.
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

Death's Round Trip (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
"Jokerface"
Inks:
"Jokerface"
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ed Hamilton
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:

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.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Haunting White Shadow
  2. 1. The Dry Doom
  3. 2. Voice in the Brain
  4. 3. The Haunting White Shadow
  5. 4. Death's Round Trip
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  • Jim Walls
  • Tillmann Courth
  • Nick Caputo
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
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  • Jim Walls
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