(2011)

AC, 2005 Series
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Volume
10
Price
29.95 USD
Pages
140
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
AC Comics
Brand
AC Comics [straight, star in A]
Barcode
649241917175
Editing
Bill Black (credited) (editor)

Grave Tales of Pre-code Horror! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sid Check (signed) (sourced)
Inks
Frank Frazetta (signed) (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Despite the apparent order of the signatures, Check penciled and Frazetta inked.

The cover text blurb has been changed on this reprint.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Introduction] (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Table of Conents (Table of Contents: 3)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Yawning Graves! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Landau
Inks
Ken Landau
Letters
Ben Oda (sourced)

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Amos Frisby; Peggy Dalton; Ephraim
Reprints

Bridegroom, Come Back! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Letters
Charlotte Jetter

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
An evil man is marrying women for money and killing them afterwards. One of them, though, returns from the grave and surprises her former husband.
Reprints

The Invaders (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Toth
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Stella; Conrad; Weber; Gunta
Synopsis
Aliens from Mercury try to invade Pax, a peaceful Earth colony, but end up being destroyed.
Reprints

Doom in the Tomb! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler (sourced)
Pencils
Joe Maneely
Inks
Joe Maneely
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

After Death (Table of Contents: 8)

Mister Mystery / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Vince Fodera
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Terror House (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lin Streeter
Inks
Lin Streeter
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Nancy Lewis; Mr. Ashford; Lofton
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credited to Bill Everett in this volume.

The Zombie's Revenge (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Nicholas
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Tom; Armand Duprez; Marie Duprez; Charles Duprez; Lucien; Joe
Reprints

Mask of the Murderer (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Eadeh
Inks
Al Eadeh
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

The Living Head (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Camy
Inks
Ed Moritz
Letters
?

Characters
Ted; Abby
Reprints

Vampire (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gerald Altman
Inks
Iger Shop
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Attractive vampire lady feeds on a group of hobos. The last one manages to impale the creature on a tree branch.
Reprints

Voodoo Magic (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It all began on the island of Haiti...
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A boy on vacation in Haiti saves a native from drowning and is rewarded by the victim's grateful mother with indoctrination into the rites of voodoo, which he uses when returning to the United States to increasingly nefarious ends.
Reprints

The Hands of Darkness (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton

Characters
Cliff; Gail
Reprints

The Face of the Fiend (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Camy
Inks
Al Camy
Letters
?

Characters
Bruce Holmes; Ann Warren
Reprints

The Midnight Howl (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ed Moritz
Inks
Ed Moritz
Letters
?

Characters
Linda; Fred
Reprints

I Killed Mary (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Trapani
Inks
Sal Finocchiaro
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Bland weakling Robby is ignored and ridiculed by his family and peers for being nondescript and dull. When he decides to kill the local pretty girl Mary to prove he can be dangerous and exciting, no-one believes he did it. Distraught at not getting any respect or credit for being bold and daring, Robby then hangs himself out of depression.
Reprints

The Book of Doom (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Out There (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Powell
Pencils
Bob Powell
Inks
Bob Powell
Letters
Joe Rosen

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

Anything Can Happen! (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dick Ayers
Inks
Ernie Bache
Letters
Dick Ayers

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Cave! (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Avison
Inks
Al Avison
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

The Horror of the S.S. Malabar (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Ann Saunders
Synopsis
Ann Saunders is forced to drink the blood of her dead shipwrecked fiance to stay alive.
Reprints

The Witch's Curse (Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jon Blummer
Inks
Jon Blummer
Letters
?

Characters
Ellen; Curt; Hester Mather
Reprints

Return from the Grave! (Table of Contents: 26)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Moe Marcus
Inks
Moe Marcus
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Leonardo; Roberto; Lila
Synopsis
A stage magician's apprentice purposely lets his master die doing a escape so he can take over his act. The magician returns from the grave to exact revenge.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Grave Tales of Pre-code Horror!
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. [Introduction]
  4. 3. Table of Conents
  5. 4. Yawning Graves!
  6. 5. Bridegroom, Come Back!
  7. 6. The Invaders
  8. 7. Doom in the Tomb!
  9. 8. After Death
    Mister Mystery
  10. 9. Terror House
  11. 10. The Zombie's Revenge
  12. 11. Mask of the Murderer
  13. 12. The Living Head
  14. 13. Vampire
  15. 14. Voodoo Magic
  16. 15. The Hands of Darkness
  17. 16. The Face of the Fiend
  18. 17. The Midnight Howl
  19. 18. I Killed Mary
  20. 19. The Book of Doom
  21. 20. Out There
  22. 21. Anything Can Happen!
  23. 22. [no title indexed]
  24. 23. The Cave!
  25. 24. The Horror of the S.S. Malabar
  26. 25. The Witch's Curse
  27. 26. Return from the Grave!
  28. 27. [no title indexed]
  29. 28. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jay Flash
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Dan Stevenson