(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
Publishing Format
Was Ongoing Series

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.
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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.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
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
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  • Nick Caputo
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  • Jim Walls
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