Eerie Tales
#1
(November 1959)
Hastings Associates,
1959 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Editing
- Joe Simon (credited as Basil Darkerton) (editor); ? [as Vanessa Vampire] (Associate Editor); ? [as Richard Stalker] (Art Director)
Issue Notes
Joe Simon editorial credit from Alter Ego (TwoMorrows) #36.
The host introducing most of the stories in this magazine is a character who first appeared in Weird Mysteries (Pastime Publications, 1959 series) #1 (March 1959). He is not introduced by name in this issue, but calls himself "your Morgue Keeper." In Weird Mysteries the character was called "Morgue'n." This may imply that the material presented here was originally planned for the never-released second issue of Weird Mysteries.
The art credits for unsigned stories were reviewed for Alter Ego by Michael T. Gilbert, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr., and Dr. Michael J. Vassallo, who confirmed the existing GCD credits and added Battefield as artist for "Shroud Number Nine," though they suspect Powell’s "The Suckspect" and Morrow’s "Burn" were re-touched in-house or drawn with the aid of assistants.
The host introducing most of the stories in this magazine is a character who first appeared in Weird Mysteries (Pastime Publications, 1959 series) #1 (March 1959). He is not introduced by name in this issue, but calls himself "your Morgue Keeper." In Weird Mysteries the character was called "Morgue'n." This may imply that the material presented here was originally planned for the never-released second issue of Weird Mysteries.
The art credits for unsigned stories were reviewed for Alter Ego by Michael T. Gilbert, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr., and Dr. Michael J. Vassallo, who confirmed the existing GCD credits and added Battefield as artist for "Shroud Number Nine," though they suspect Powell’s "The Suckspect" and Morrow’s "Burn" were re-touched in-house or drawn with the aid of assistants.
Always Room for One More
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- George Tuska (painting)
- Inks
- George Tuska (painting)
- Colors
- George Tuska (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Morgue Keeper [Morgue'n]
- Reprints
-
in Eerie (ilovecomics, 2020 series) (2020)
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The Stalker
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Gray Morrow (signed)
- Inks
- Gray Morrow (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Morgue Keeper [Morgue'n]
- Reprints
- in Eerie (ilovecomics, 2020 series) (2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.
Gunk
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Morgue Keeper [Morgue'n]
- Reprints
- in Eerie (ilovecomics, 2020 series) (2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.
The Suckspect!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando; Jack Sparling ? (see notes)
- Inks
- Joe Orlando; Jack Sparling ? (see notes)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Morgue Keeper [Morgue'n]
- Reprints
- in Eerie (ilovecomics, 2020 series) (2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Art credit by Martin O'Hearn. Formerly attributed to "Bob Powell ?". Nick Caputo suspects that Jack Sparling was involved in alterations.
Burn!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Gray Morrow; Jack Sparling ? (see notes)
- Inks
- Gray Morrow; Jack Sparling ? (see notes)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Morgue Keeper [Morgue'n]
- Reprints
- in Eerie (ilovecomics, 2020 series) (2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn. Nick Caputo suspects that Jack Sparling was involved in alterations.
Shroud Number Nine
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A child's rag doll is really a voodoo doll.
- Reprints
- in Eerie (ilovecomics, 2020 series) (2020)
-
The Unbeliever
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Powell
- Inks
- Bob Powell
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Eerie (ilovecomics, 2020 series) (2020)
-
Shocked to Death!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Eerie (ilovecomics, 2020 series) (2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.
From the Greyble to the Grave!
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Morgue Keeper [Morgue'n]
- Reprints
-
in The Rocket's Blast-Comicollector (The S. F. C. A., 1964 ? series) #108 ([March] 1974) - in Eerie (ilovecomics, 2020 series) (2020)
-
Little Miss Gruesome
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Morgue Keeper [Morgue'n]
- Reprints
- in Eerie (ilovecomics, 2020 series) (2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.
Lower Than Hell!
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Al Williamson: Hidden Lands (Dark Horse, 2004 series) (October 2004)
- in Eerie (ilovecomics, 2020 series) (2020)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Always Room for One More
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
The Stalker
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3.
Gunk
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4.
The Suckspect!
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5.
Burn!
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6.
Shroud Number Nine
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7.
Frozen Stiff
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8.
The Unbeliever
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9.
Shocked to Death!
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10.
From the Greyble to the Grave!
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11.
Little Miss Gruesome
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12.
Lower Than Hell!
This issue was modified by
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Wilhelm Dohmeier
- Merlin Haas
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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