Witchcraft #3

(July-August 1952)

[Contents Page] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Sol Cohen

Pencils:

Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)

Inks:

Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Inside Front Cover

The Red Spider (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

Vince Alascia ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

Damon Rankin, an entomologist, collects insects. While on vacation on a small Caribbean island, he comes across a fabled red spider. By killing it, he sets free evil powers.

Reprints:

• in Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v2#1 (January 1970) [reworked]
which is reprinted
• in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v3#1 (February 1971)
• in Fifties Terror (Malibu, 1988 series) #6 (April 1989)
• in The Comics That Ate My Brain! (Malibu, 1991 series) (1991)

The Thirteenth Clown (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mort Lawrence (signed)

Inks:

Mort Lawrence ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

Jacob Rok forged his brother’s testament to take over his circus business. When star performer Marco the clown confronts Rok, he’s being strangled and buried in the woods. But the ghost of Marco keeps performing as the “Phantom Clown”, bringing Rok to justice and supporting new owner Linda.

Reprints:

• in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v3#2 (March 1971) [reworked]
which is reprinted
• in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v6#6 (October 1972)
• in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v6#5 (October 1974)

Better Off Dead (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Leonard Starr ?

Inks:

Vince Alascia (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

Boxing champ Georgie Price gets the jitters when dead girl friend Anne starts to haunt him. She distracts him during a prize fight. Georgie dies of brain concussion and Anne leads him away to the afterworld.

Reprints:

• in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v7#3 (April 1973) [reworked]
which is reprinted
• in Tales of Horror (Gredown, 1975 series) #8 ([1978])

Indexer Notes

Unknown pencils per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Vince Alascia on inks, but while his name is the only signature it is clear that a space was left for a pencil credit.
Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. thinks the pencils for this story might be coming from Leonard Starr.

The Ghost's Revenge (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Gerald McCann

Inks:

Gerald McCann

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

James Kendall is a professional ‘ghost-breaker’, relieving troubled persons from their fear of spooks. He is also the man who embezzles his warden’s fortune. So Kendall throws the young Anne off a cliff to her death – and is furthermore haunted by her ghost.

Reprints:

• in Fifties Terror (Malibu, 1988 series) #6 (April 1989)
• in They Came from the 50’s (Malibu, 1990 series) (1990)

Indexer Notes

McCann is credited on working for Avon by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and he can be spotted by his old faces with very long nose and small chin, and also much black inking that gives a very gloomy mood. Also his lack of movement is to be noted. He had several stories in Classics Illustrated.