Journey into Unknown Worlds #11

(June 1952)

Frankie Was Afraid! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Everett (signed)

Inks

Bill Everett (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Everett

Job Number

A-240

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Frankie Dunlap; Dr. Philip Le Deoux; Connie

Synopsis

Frankie is afraid of midnight and Le Doux promises to cure him, bringing him to a cemetery to prove Frankie's fears of ghosts are unfounded, but at midnight Frankie becomes a vampire and kills the doctor.

Keywords

vampire

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers via the Timely-Atlas Group (timely-atlas@yahoogroups.com) April 2010.

Endless Steps (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

9986

Reprints

• in Adventures into Terror (Marvel, 1950 series) #29 (March 1954) [as "The Black Box"]

Indexer Notes

Sequence from Tom Lammers via the Timely-Atlas Group (timely-atlas@yahoogroups.com) April 2010. Second page printed after sequence 5, split with statement of ownership.

Kiss of Death (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bernie Krigstein

Inks

Bernie Krigstein

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

A-177

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Dede; Xanthia; Albert Zane; Hemus

Synopsis

In legend, Hemus had been philandering with various women until Xanthia killed him so no one else could have him. Dede is taken by Hemus' statue and is amazed when he comes to life. However, the statue of Xanthia comes to life and jealously kills Dede.

Keywords

Greece

Indexer Notes

Art credits and job number from Tom Lammers via the Timely-Atlas Group (timely-atlas@yahoogroups.com) April 2010.

[Statement of Ownership] (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Robert Solomon

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

For 1 October 1951. Stan Lee, Editor; Martin Goodman, Managing Editor; Robert Solomon, Business Manager. Sequence from Tom Lammers via the Timely-Atlas Group (timely-atlas@yahoogroups.com) April 2010.

Once Upon a Corpse (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Marty Elkin (signed as M. Elkin); Gil Kane (see notes)

Inks

Marty Elkin (signed as M. Elkin)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

A-117

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Monk Bennet; Buddy Jones; Lewis Jones

Synopsis

Monk wants to kidnap and ransom Buddy but when he grabs him, spectral energy drains the life from Monk's body, reducing him to a skeleton; Buddy was a dead child who had assumed human form.

Indexer Notes

Art credits and job number from Tom Lammers via the Timely-Atlas Group (timely-atlas@yahoogroups.com) April 2010.

Some additional Kane pencils per Jim Vadeboncour Jr via atlas tales:

https://www.atlastales.com/issue/1361

I Can't Stop Screaming (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Ayers (signed)

Inks

Dick Ayers (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

A-167

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Mr. Green

Synopsis

A strange man offers astounding silk cloth for Green to sell. Green sneaks into the man's house to find more of the silk but discovers the man is a human-sized spider who makes his own silk and now he's hungry.

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers via the Timely-Atlas Group (timely-atlas@yahoogroups.com) April 2010.

The Neat Trick (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harry Lazarus ?

Inks

George Klein

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

A-186

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Harry Bogan; Lokar

Synopsis

Harry exposes Lokar's magic tricks. As revenge, Lokar offers to show Harry how to make his head disappear. Once Harry's head is gone Lokar refuses to undo the spell.

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers via the Timely-Atlas Group (timely-atlas@yahoogroups.com) April 2010.

Art credits per Jim Vadeboncour Jr via atlas tales: https://www.atlastales.com/issue/1361