(February-March 1949)
American Comics Group,
1948 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- B. & I. Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- Richard Hughes (credited as Richard E. Hughes) (editor); Fred Iger [as Frederick H. Iger] (business manager)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- Keywords
- lanterns; pith helmets; sarcophagi; tombs
The Witch-Cat of Salem
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Black Naomi; Adam Adams; Mr. Gates; Bob; Ann
- Reprints
Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation ,etc
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Script
- Richard Hughes
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Printed in New York
Publisher: B&I Publishing Co 41 West 45th Street, NY NY
Editor Richard E Hughes 120 W 183rd Street NY NY
Business Manager Frederick Iger 211 Central Park West NY NY
Owners: BW Sangor 7 West 81st St NY NY; Frederick Iger 211 Central Park West NY NY
Nat Sherman Notary Public
The Vampire Prowls!
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Junius B. Jethro; Ruth Morton; Bill Morton; Larry Roberts
- Synopsis
- A vampire is obsessed with musical comedy star Ruth Morton. Ruth's husband Bill consults Dr. Junius B. Jethro about the case. Dr. Jethro and two policemen track the vampire to a tomb in a cemetery. The vampire is identified on the coffin as Marvin Sanders, who died in 1954. Dr. Jethro kills him with a stake while the two police officers look on. The vampire turns into a skeleton in his coffin.
- Reprints
-
in Portrait of Peril (Gredown, 1982 ? series) ([198-?]) -
in Adventures into the Unknown Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 (June 2012)
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- Keywords
- cemetery; doctors; vampires
The Specter of Little Dread House
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Luke; "Tiny Tim" Carver; De Scalo; Diana Trapella; Alice; Jim
- Synopsis
- "Tiny Tim" Carver and his tiny house return from the hereafter to terrorize Alice and Jim who have built their house where Tim's used to stand.
- Reprints
- in Hideous Haunts (Gredown, 1982 ? series) ([1982] ?)
- in Adventures into the Unknown Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 (June 2012)
-
The Affair of the Ferrick Phantom
Do Such Things Exist? / comic story / 7 pages
- Characters
- Richard Ferrick; Vardis Nelson; David Ferrick; Emery Kent; Henry Loftus; R. V. Claton; Thomas R. Demby
- Reprints
[King Charles]
True Ghosts of History / comic story / 2 pages
- Feature Logo
- “True” Ghosts of History
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- King Charles; Kirke; Sir Edmund Varney; Lord Pembroke
- Reprints
- in Adventures into the Unknown Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 (June 2012)
- in Classic Pulp: Ghosts (Source Point Press, 2021 series) (2021)
- in Classic Pulp (Source Point Press, 2021 series) #1 - Spooks and Sleuths ([December] 2021)
-
The Creekmore Curse
comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Al Feldstein (sourced)
- Pencils
- Al Feldstein (signed as
A. Feldstein) - Inks
- Al Feldstein (signed as A. Feldstein)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dr. Gaunt; Debby; Rand; Mr. Andrews; Roger Barrow; Alexander Watkins; George Pryor
- Synopsis
- Dr. Gaunt worked the dark arts to create demonic minions. His activities began in Whispering Hollow, within the county of Creekmore. In 1770, a lightning strike kills Gaunt and burns his house to the ground. Two centuries later, a research historian named Rand rebuilds the property using the surviving stonework. He and his assistant Betty move in. Gaunt enters the house in the form of a black dog. Soon, he is active once more. Dr. Gaunt chases Betty and Rand into the cemetery. The ghosts of his 18th century murdered victims and lightning prove to be his demise.
- Reprints
- in Chilling Tales of Horror (Stanley Morse, 1969 series) #v2#4 [3] (June 1971)
- in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #12 ([March 1975] ?)
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #11 (2011)
- in Adventures into the Unknown Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #1 (June 2012)
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- Keywords
- ghosts
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
The Witch-Cat of Salem
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2.
By the Light of the Lantern
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3.
Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation ,etc
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4.
The Vampire Prowls!
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5.
Celtic Superstitions
Strange Spirits -
6.
The Specter of Little Dread House
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7.
The Affair of the Ferrick Phantom
Do Such Things Exist? -
8.
The Empty House
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9.
[King Charles]
True Ghosts of History -
10.
The Creekmore Curse
This issue was modified by, among others
- Matthew H. Gore
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Kevin Olson
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Douglas Sederberg
- Jim Van Dore
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