Terror Tales Album #16

([1981])

The Hell-Hound of Brackenmoor! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Cary Burkett

Pencils

Tom Sutton

Inks

Tom Sutton

Letters

Shelly Leferman

Editing

Joe Orlando (managing editor); Paul Levitz (editor)

Job Number

J-5207

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Professor John Evans; Sir Morgan Parks; Prince Dvorkak; Jean Richards

Reprints

• from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #271 (August 1979) [Credits deleted from reprint to fit indicia.]

Indexer Notes

Sir Morgan Parks and Professor John Evans are analogues of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

[The Day After Doomsday...] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Day After Doomsday... / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein

Pencils

Jack Sparling

Inks

Jack Sparling

Letters

Ben Oda

Editing

Joe Orlando (original editor); Mark Hanerfeld (original assistant editor)

Job Number

G-616

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Darling! I've found another food can under the rubble!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Adam (killed); Gertrude (killed)

Synopsis

Adam and Gertrude find a flower, then a wall falls and crushes them.

Reprints

• from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #97 (April-May 1972)

The Haunted Hands of Guilt (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Dennehy (house name)

Pencils

Win Mortimer (as J. Winslow Mortimer)

Inks

Win Mortimer (as J. Winslow Mortimer)

Letters

Joe Letterese

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original editor)

Job Number

B-1066

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Cynthia (host); Peter Goslar; Johann Brenner

Synopsis

Peter kills his manager over the threat of being replaced by a younger pianist. He has an accident and his hands are crushed. When young Johann Brenner dies, his hands are transplanted to Peter.

Reprints

• from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #22 (August 1972) [pp1: Cynthia (host) and her word balloon deleted. Title and artwork in panels 1 and 2 rearranged. pp2-4: Illustrations of Cynthia deleted. pp5: Cynthia and her first word balloon deleted. Cynthia’s second word balloon converted to a text box. Artwork extended to fill space.]

Dead Is My Darling! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Carrillo

Inks

Fred Carrillo

Letters

?

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original editor)

Job Number

B-1620

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Paula Sands; Armand Villon

Reprints

• from Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #23 (February 1974)

Keywords

Caribbean; Obeah

The Day of the Devils! (Table of Contents: 5)

Madame Xanadu / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Scott Edelman

Pencils

Romeo Tanghal

Inks

Vince Colletta

Letters

Clem Robins

Editing

Joe Orlando (original managing editor); Jack C. Harris (original editor)

Job Number

J-5187

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense

Characters

Madame Xanadu; Buck; Vic; Jimmy Sanders; Anne Miller; June

Reprints

• from Doorway to Nightmare (DC, 1978 series) #5 (September-October 1978) [Splash page: original indicia removed - artwork extended to fill page.]

Keywords

Greenwich Village

Indexer Notes

Jimmy Sanders is a member of “The Devils” gang.

Death Pulls the Strings (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Murray Boltinoff (as Al Case)

Pencils

Tony DeZuniga

Inks

Tony DeZuniga

Letters

?

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original editor)

Job Number

B-960

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

The Great Giovanni

Synopsis

A marionette's puppets disobey him and he destroys one and is found hanged by one of his puppets' wires.

Reprints

• from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #23 (September 1972) [pp1: Illustration of Cynthia (host) and her word balloon removed. Title centred into now-empty top panel. pp2: Illustration of Cynthia removed and part of her word balloon converted into a caption.]

The Creature of the Park (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Charlie Seeger

Pencils

Arthur Geroche

Inks

Arthur Geroche

Letters

?

Editing

Joe Orlando (original managing editor); Jack C. Harris (original editor)

Job Number

J-6493

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Shirley; Bob; Don Barno

Synopsis

Something has caused the animals in a park to start killing campers.

Reprints

• from The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #202 (September 1980)

Keywords

camping; park

World of Memories (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 6.5 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Skeates

Pencils

Dick Dillin

Inks

Jack Abel

Letters

John Costanza

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original editor)

Job Number

G-628

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

John; Mary

Reprints

• from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #26 (December 1972) [pp3: Illustration of Cynthia (host) and her first word balloon removed. Her second word balloon converted to a caption and bottom tier of three panels extended to fit page. pp7: Illustration of Cynthia removed Cynthia’s word balloons centred in black panel.]

Death Came Creeping (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ernie Patricio (signed)

Inks

Gerry Talaoc (signed)

Letters

?

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original editor)

Job Number

B-1673

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Abdul Mahmoud

Synopsis

Abdul Mahmoud has a cat that is better than any security system or safe at protecting him and his belongings.

Reprints

• from Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #18 (September 1973)

The Worm That Turned to Terror (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Jerry Grandenetti

Inks

Jerry Grandenetti ?

Letters

Milt Snapinn ?

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original editor)

Job Number

B-902

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Barney; Henrietta; Keith

Synopsis

Everyone always picks on Barney, including his horrible wife, but one day his imaginary twin brother shows him how to get even.

Reprints

• from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #18 (December 1971-January 1972) [pp1: illustration of Cynthia (host) removed from first panel of story, and art extended to fill the space. pp8: illustration of Cynthia and her word balloon removed, leaving white space and word “end” substituted.]

The Specter's Last Stand (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Rico Rival (signed)

Inks

E. R. Cruz (signed)

Letters

?

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original editor)

Job Number

B-1573

Genre

horror-suspense; war

Reprints

• from Ghosts (DC, 1971 series) #25 (April 1974)

Keywords

Vietnam

Grave Results! (Table of Contents: 12)

[Cain's True Case Files] / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Marv Wolfman

Pencils

Wayne Howard

Inks

Wayne Howard

Letters

?

Editing

Joe Orlando (original editor); Paul Levitz (original assistant editor)

Job Number

J-3842

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Cain (host)

Reprints

• from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #229 (February-March 1975) [pp1: Both “Cain’s True Case Files” logo and Cain’s word balloon removed. Story title centred in bordered white space.]
which is reprinted
• from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #182 (September-October 1969)

Indexer Notes

Barbados, West Indies.

Coming Together! (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Skeates

Pencils

Jim Aparo (signed)

Inks

Jim Aparo (signed)

Letters

Jim Aparo

Editing

Joe Orlando (original editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (original assistant editor)

Job Number

J-1368

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

John; Hank; Sharon; Mrs. Savin; Bernie

Reprints

• from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #105 (February 1973) [Three illustrations of Abel (host) removed from throughout story and art extended to fill the space.]

Indexer Notes

Credits on last story page.