Spirits from the Unknown #1

([1978] ?)

Terror Below (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Walter Casadei

Inks:

Walter Casadei

Letters:

?

Editing:

? (original editor)

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

A drowned underworld kingpin is reanimated by death himself to take vengeance on his enemies.

Reprints:

• from Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v5#1 (February 1973)
which is reprinted
• from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #7 (January 1952) [reworked]

Indexer Notes

This story is based on 'Screaming City' in Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #7 (January 1952).

The Haunted Hero (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

? [Iger Shop]

Inks:

? [Iger Shop]

Letters:

?

Editing:

? (original editor)

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

A prison camp survivor visits a psychiatrist to determine the cause of the nightmares he's been having.

Reprints:

• from Midnight (Farrell, 1957 series) #3 (September 1957)
which is reprinted
• from Fantastic Fears (Farrell, 1953 series) #8 (July-August 1954) [retitled and revised for Code-approval]

Indexer Notes

This story is based on 'Terror Under Glass' from Fantastic Fears (Ajax; Farrell, 1953 series) #8 (July-August 1954).

They'll Never Believe Me! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dick Beck

Inks:

George Klein

Letters:

?

Editing:

Richard Hughes (original editor)

Genre:

horror-suspense

Reprints:

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #30 (June 1954)

Deadman's Hand (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Alberto Macagno

Inks:

Alberto Macagno

Letters:

?

Editing:

Carl Burgos (original editor); Ezra Jackson (original art editor)

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

A young gold-digger kills her 81-year-old husband, only to find he withdrew his fortune months before. But then his ghost shows up offering to show her where he hid it.

Reprints:

• from Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v4#2 (March 1972)
which is reprinted
• from Out of the Shadows (Pines, 1952 series) #14 (August 1954) [reworked]

Indexer Notes

This story is based on an unknown pre-code story, with new title and art.

The Ghost Invaders (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Camy?

Inks:

Ed Good

Letters:

?

Editing:

Richard Hughes (original editor)

Genre:

horror-suspense

Reprints:

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #47 (September 1953)

The Bloody Totem (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Walter Casadei

Inks:

Walter Casadei

Letters:

?

Editing:

Carl Burgos (original editor); Ezra Jackson (original art editor)

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

When a trapper steals from a local tribe and seduces the chief's daughter, he is pursued by the tribe's totem. "The legend of the totem comes to life when a thief steals from the Indians in the frozen north. An ice-cold shocker."

Reprints:

• from Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v3#1 (February 1971)
which is reprinted
• from Strange Worlds (Avon, 1950 series) #6 (February 1952) [reworked]

Indexer Notes

This story is based on an unknown pre-code story.

From the Bottom of the Well (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Richard Hughes?

Pencils:

George Klein?

Inks:

Art Gates?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Richard Hughes (original editor)

Genre:

horror-suspense

Reprints:

• from Out of the Night (American Comics Group, 1952 series) #13 (February-March 1954)

Forever Dead (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

? [Iger Shop]

Inks:

? [Iger Shop]

Letters:

?

Editing:

Ruth A. Roche (original editor)

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

When a voodoo master offers to restore a doctor's wife to life for $1,000 it seems too good to be true, but when his bride returns, he finds out that it isn't such a bargain after all.

Reprints:

• from Voodoo (Farrell, 1952 series) #17 (September-October 1954)

The Tunnel! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ruben Moreira

Inks:

Ruben Moreira

Letters:

?

Editing:

Richard Hughes (original editor)

Genre:

horror-suspense

Reprints:

• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #87 (August 1957)