The Witching Hour

([April 1982])

Here Comes Murray (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Witching Hour Spectacular (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Alex Toth

Inks

Dick Giordano

Letters

?

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original credited editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (actual original editor)

Job Number

[G-138]; [N-785]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Come, dear reader, come along!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Cynthia; Mildred; Mordred

Reprints

• from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #38 (January 1974)
which is reprinted
• from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #2 (April-May 1969) [pp. 1-2 only]

Indexer Notes

The table of contents in The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) 38 (January 1974) calls this story "Meet the Three Witches". "Witching Hour Spectacular" is a page header in that issue, but reads as a story title on this sequence because the page header stops after the first page and is only used on a few later stories in this issue.

The Ever Constant Drum! (Table of Contents: 3)

Cynthia's Tale… / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Kaler (credited as David Kaler)

Pencils

Reginald Pitt (layouts, credited); Stanley Pitt (credited)

Inks

Stanley Pitt (credited)

Letters

?

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original credited editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (actual original editor)

Job Number

G-229

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Since the time is ripe for tales, let me pluck one out of the shadows of the African jungle!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Cynthia (host)

Reprints

• from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #38 (January 1974)

Indexer Notes

Stanley and Reginald Pitt are Australian; this is one of their few US credits.

A Ghastly Revenge (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Alfredo Alcala

Inks

Alfredo Alcala

Letters

?

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original editor)

Job Number

B-1399

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You think you've heard everything?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Mildred (host)

Reprints

• from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #46 (September 1974)

Bring Me Back to Life (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Kashdan (credited)

Pencils

Rudy Florese (credited)

Inks

Rudy Florese (credited)

Letters

?

Editing

Dick Giordano (original editor); Cary Burkett (original associate editor)

Job Number

[J-5789]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Not a bad brew, Mildred, but I Mordred have cooked up a delicious main course!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Mordred (host); John Benson [Walter Casper]; Trunche; Hilda Benson; Professor Scott

Synopsis

John Benson, wanted for murder, has the warlock Trunche transform him into another person.

Reprints

• from The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #213 (August 1981)

Dream Girl (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Brown

Inks

Bob Brown

Letters

?

Editing

Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (original editor)

Job Number

N-792

First Line of Dialogue or Text

They laughed at me because he sought something--someone--who supposedly existed in man's mind alone!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Cynthia (host)

Reprints

• from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #69 (December 1957)

Indexer Notes

This reprint is sourced from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #38 (January 1974) and has a small image of Cynthia added as host on the first page. The introductory words have been incorrectly edited as Cynthia's words, rather than Paul Hastings ('laughed at me' rather than 'laughed at him').

Look into My Eyes... and Die! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler (credited)

Pencils

Rudy Nebres (signed)

Inks

Rudy Nebres (signed)

Letters

?

Editing

Dave Manak (original editor)

Job Number

J-5808

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Here's a shocker I've drummed up in which greed is a killer…

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Mildred (host)

Reprints

• from The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #215 (October 1981)

Never Hijack a Witch Craft! (Table of Contents: 8)

The Witching Hour / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler (credited as C. Wessler)

Pencils

Gerry Talaoc (credited as J. Talaoc)

Inks

Gerry Talaoc (credited as J. Talaoc)

Letters

?

Editing

Jack C. Harris (original editor)

Job Number

J-5821

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The five terrorists that commandeered the U.S. bound airplane at gunpoint overlooked a cardinal rule of the skies--

Characters

Cynthia; Mildred; Mordred (also as host)

Reprints

• from The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #198 (May 1980)

Something Sinister about Uncle Harry (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler (credited)

Pencils

Jerry Grandenetti (credited)

Inks

Jerry Grandenetti (credited)

Letters

?

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original editor)

Job Number

B-2043

First Line of Dialogue or Text

He was a beautiful person to Mac and Jeannie Dowling.

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Cynthia (host)

Reprints

• from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #45 (August 1974)

For Whom the Ghost Bells Toll (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Leo Dorfman (credited)

Pencils

Alex Niño (credited)

Inks

Alex Niño (credited)

Letters

?

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original editor)

Job Number

B-1960

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How crude can you get?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Mildred (host)

Reprints

• from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #45 (August 1974)

The Mask of Medusa (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 6.85 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher (credited as Bob Kanigher)

Pencils

Vic Catan (credited as Vicatan)

Inks

Vic Catan (credited as Vicatan)

Letters

?

Editing

Dave Manak (original editor)

Job Number

J-7574

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Myth and today's headlines exist side by side in the magical isles of Greece!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Mordred (host); Rona Douglas; Medusa; Athena; Perseus

Reprints

• from The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #218 (January 1982)

Indexer Notes

The final panel of the original story, which features Mordred promoting the next issue of The Unexpected, has been replaced with a small Murray Comics promotion.

For the Best in Comic Reading (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.15 page (report information)

The Man with the Stolen Eyes (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Editing

Whitney Ellsworth (original editor, credited)

Job Number

N-788

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Right now, Harvey Byrd, you are blind as a bat!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Mildred (host)

Reprints

• from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #47 (February 1956)

Indexer Notes

This version of the story has Mildred as host and is probably sourced from the reprint in The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #38 (January 1974).

The Masked Manhunter… (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

'Til Death Us Do Join! (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 6.5 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Haney (credited)

Pencils

Pat Boyette (credited)

Inks

Pat Boyette (credited)

Letters

?

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original editor)

Job Number

G-555

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oohoohhooo oh ho! Oh, ho! When the moon is gibbous and the owl cries fowl…

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Mordred (host)

Reprints

• from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #38 (January 1974)

The Greatest in Western Entertainment (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Round Trip to the Past! (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Papp (credited)

Inks

George Papp (credited)

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

From the yellowed pages of a 13th century diary leapt the words that told the story of a modern magician…

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Cynthia (host)

Reprints

• from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #8 (January-February 1958)

Indexer Notes

This printing includes an image of Cynthia as host and is probably sourced from the reprint in The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #38 (January 1974).

The Head that Haunted Gerald Hess! (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler (credited)

Pencils

Frank Redondo (credited)

Inks

June Lofamia (credited)

Letters

?

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original editor)

Job Number

B-798

First Line of Dialogue or Text

To what extreme will ambition drive a man?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Mildred (host)

Reprints

• from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #42 (May 1974)

Look for the Exciting Superman Comics (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Corpse That Lived Twice! (Table of Contents: 20)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler (credited)

Pencils

Buddy Gernale (credited)

Inks

Alfredo Alcala (signed as Fred P. Alcala)

Letters

?

Editing

Murray Boltinoff (original editor)

Job Number

B-1687

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hang onto your heart or it'll leap right out of your mouth at this terrible tale of treachery…

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #41 (April 1974)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Alex Toth

Inks

Dick Giordano

Letters

?

Editing

Dick Giordano (original editor)

Job Number

[G-139]; N-785

First Line of Dialogue or Text

...And that's that!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Cynthia; Mildred; Mordred

Reprints

• from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #38 (January 1974)
which is reprinted
• from The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #2 (April-May 1969)

Indexer Notes

Based on the job code, this printing is sourced from the reprint in The Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #38 (January 1974), which used an updated number. This is the conclusion of framing sequence.

The Choice (Table of Contents: 22)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Tamsyn O'Flynn (credited)

Pencils

Keith Giffen (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Letters

Pierre Bernard Jr. (credited)

Editing

Karen Berger (original editor)

Job Number

J-7814

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There have been many women in this life…

Genre

horror-suspense

Reprints

• from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #301 (February 1982)

Indexer Notes

This feature is on the inside back cover.

[Batman and Robin the Teen Wonder] (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)