(October 1953)

Farrell, 1952 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Farrell Comics, Inc.
Brand
A Farrell Publication
Editing
Ruth Roche
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock
newsprint interior; glossy cover
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
Was ongoing series

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (Iger Shop)
Inks
? (Iger Shop)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
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Death Strikes Four (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (Iger Shop)
Inks
? (Iger Shop)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A party of four friends visits a country home. Little do they know that the clock tower nearby is inhabited by an evil spirit. The clockwork runs on human flesh and blood - as the friends soon find out.
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The Riddle of Manitou Rock (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (Iger Shop)
Inks
? (Iger Shop)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense; western-frontier
Synopsis
Part indian hermit Terry lives under Manitou Rock, a sacred site. A friendly will o' the wisp guides him to a hidden bandit treasure, but some gangsters start to interfere.
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Ghost Cat (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
African ghost story from Kenya: The great hunters R'wana and Ngobi fight over the chieftain's daughter, Blina.

Guided Death (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (Iger Shop)
Inks
? (Iger Shop)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
Synopsis
Captain Davis, a pilot in the Korean conflict, bravely manages to direct an unmanned plane (a guided missile) straight into its target - thus blowing up a railroad tunnel.

Indexer Notes

Straight war story.

Cry from the Coffin (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (Iger Shop)
Inks
? (Iger Shop)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A nameless man hits his head on a fire hydrant in the street and falls into a locked-in-state of being. Fully conscious, but unable to move or speak he has to witness identification by his unfaithful wife, an autopsy in which his heart is removed and his own funeral.
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Death Strikes Four
  3. 2. The Riddle of Manitou Rock
  4. 3. Ghost Cat
  5. 4. Guided Death
  6. 5. Cry from the Coffin
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  • Nick Caputo
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  • Keith Smith
  • Gary L. Watson
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