Horrific
#1
(September 1952)
Comic Media,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Artful Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Allen Hardy
Hangman's Holiday
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Sadistic George Worth works as the state's hangman and dreams of hanging a woman, once in his life. When Mona Trent is put on death row, Worth sees to it that he can hang her personally. He tampers with the prison clock to prevent the woman's reprieve from the governor. Afterwards, Trent's brother shows up to avenge his sister.
- Reprints
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in Strange Fantasy (Farrell, 1952 series) #14 (October-November 1954) [retitled] which is reprinted -
in Zombie (L. Miller & Son, 1961 series) #3 ([circa 1961]) - in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #23 (1962)
- in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v2#2 (May 1969)
- in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v2#4 (July 1970)
- in Strange Galaxy (Eerie Publications, 1971 series) #v1#9 (April 1971) [retitled] which is reprinted
- in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v6#1 (January 1973)
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The Refugee from a Locked Coffin
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Frank Drexel shoots his associate Roger Simon dead with a gun because Simon was to expose Drexel's embezzlement of company money. However, Drexel keeps encountering Simon's living corpse who forces him into making a confession.
- Reprints
- in Fantastic Comics (Farrell, 1954 series) #10 (November-December 1954) [retitled] which is reprinted
- in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #22 (1962), #61 (1965 ?)
- in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v1#11 (November 1968)
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v4#3 (June 1970)
- in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v3#4 (August 1971)
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The Ghost's Last Laugh
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Weird Terror (Comic Media, 1952 series) #6 (July 1953) which is reprinted
- in Pre-Code Classics: Weird Terror (PS Artbooks, 2016 series) #1 (September 2016)
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Iron Doom
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Mr. Matterman from New York inherits Mader castle on the Rhine in Germany. He travels there and plans on opening a torture museum. While he's at it, he kills caretaker Hans to start his collection. The castle's tortured souls awake in the dungeon and attack Matterman.
- Reprints
- in Fantastic Fears (Farrell, 1953 series) #9 (September-October 1954) [retitled] which is reprinted
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v3 [2]#1 [5] (January 1968), #v4#2 (April 1970)
- in Strange Galaxy (Eerie Publications, 1971 series) #v1#10 (June 1971)
- in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Comic (Dark Horse, 2018 series) #5 (March 2019)
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The Dancer of Death
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- The dancer Vanya disposes of her lover Paul by pushing him out of a window. But Paul's ghost returns and makes her life miserable. Engaging in a final dance, Paul throws Vanya out of a window and cripples her.
- Reprints
- in Haunted Thrills (Farrell, 1952 series) #17 (September-October 1954) [retitled] which is reprinted
- in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v1#8 (September 1969) [retitled]
- in Dark Shadows (Farrell, 1957 series) #1 (October 1957) [retitled and modified] which is reprinted
- in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #34
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #14 (1964 ?)
- in Dark Shadows (Farrell, 1957 series) 1 (October 1957) as "The Permanent Partners." Re-titled, partially re-drawn, and re-scripted to change the plot and give the story a happy ending (Comics Code approved).
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Hangman's Holiday
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2.
The Refugee from a Locked Coffin
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3.
The Ghost's Last Laugh
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4.
Iron Doom
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5.
The Dancer of Death
This issue was modified by, among others
- Tillmann Courth
- Wilhelm Dohmeier
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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