Spellbound #16

(August 1953)

When You Believe (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Everett

Inks

Bill Everett

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Everett

Job Number

C-818

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

An escaped con goes after his defense lawyer on Christmas day with the intent to murder him and his wife and child. The boy got a disintegrator gun as his present and he aims it at the convict which provokes fits of laughter. The boy pulls the trigger and disintegrates him.

Reprints

• in Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #3 (April 1974)

Werewolf Village (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Maneely (illustration)

Inks

Joe Maneely (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

9372

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #5 (February 1952) [as "Werewolf Village"]

Too Human to Live! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Vic Carrabotta (signed as Carrabotta)

Inks

Jack Abel (signed as Abel)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

C-703

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A human-looking robot employed to work in a factory of mechanical robots resents the conditions of his employment as he doesn't know he's a robot. When he meets a pretty young lady and makes a date with her, he tries to escape the factory, but the other robots take him back to his workstation. He makes a dash for the fire escape but the other robots pursue him and he falls from an open window to smash to pieces on the ground below. The robot supervisor says that it is unfortunate when robots come to think of themselves as different from other robots merely because they look different.

Reprints

• in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #4
• in Beware (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 (March 1973)

Only A Rose! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

John Forte (signed)

Inks

Matt Fox

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

C-613

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A woman suspects her husband of cheating on her and so she follows him during the evenings where he is seen giving flowers to young girls. She becomes enraged and sends poisoned candy to her victims. After several deaths reported in the newspaper, her husband reveals that he was delivering flowers to make extra money to buy her a gift. His wife is stricken by remorse for the poisonings, and eats a few of the chocolates the husband has left on the table, which turned out to be poisoned.

Reprints

• in Dead of Night (Marvel, 1973 series) #3 (April 1974)

Indexer Notes

Wessler script per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 20, No. 9, September 2009.

A Very Grave Matter (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils

Russ Heath (signed)

Inks

Russ Heath (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

C-774

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Two brothers get hired as watchmen for a cemetery. One falls in a grave and calls for help. A bystander tries to dig him out and the other brother thinks he's grave robbing and shoots him. A month later, the buried brother returns as a zombie and strangles his brother.

Behind the Door (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Sinnott (signed)

Inks

Joe Sinnott (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

C-635

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A wealthy old man builds a viewing device so powerful that it even displays Death approaching him. He hires bodyguards and builds a vault to hold Death once the beam reveals its presence.

Reprints

• in Das Monster von Frankenstein (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #2
• in Beware (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 (March 1973)