Issue: #7
Published: December 1952, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Joe Archibald (editor-in-chief. uncredited)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U. S. Paper Stock: Newsprint Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1952 Periodicals, page 5.
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| Cover (1 page) |
The Betraying Hands |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Jack Katz | Inks: Jack Katz | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
The Pit of Horror |
| Synopsis: |
New York, the 1870s. In the gambling establishment of Mr. Burns people are killed and disposed of in a rat pit in the cellar. The dead return and force Burns to a tour of the pit himself. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Mike Sekowsky | Inks: Mike Peppe |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Dancer from the Beyond |
| Synopsis: |
The dancer Lee Trantor is haunted by his former partner Annette and her desire to dance to the death. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Nick Cardy | Inks: Nick Cardy |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
The Clutching Weed |
| Synopsis: |
Swimming in the ocean and struggling with sea weed, a man reminisces about his childhood nemesis and wonders if that boy's spirit may be responsible for the clutching weed. |
| Credits: |
Script: Russ Hill | Pencils: Art Saaf (illustration) | Inks: Art Saaf (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Bride of Death |
| Synopsis: |
Joseph needs a fresh corpse for his experiments, which is provided when Delores Martiz dies on her wedding day. He brings her back from the dead, and then once more, but cannot win her for himself. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Jack Katz (signed) | Inks: Jack Katz (signed) |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Characters: |
Joseph Delores Martiz Mario |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
The Ghost That Warned a King |
| Synopsis: |
Although warned by a ghost, King James IV. of Scotland goes to war and dies. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Charles Miller | Inks: Charles Miller |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Fantasy |
| Characters: |
James IV Of Scotland (1473-1513) |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Death Drum |
| Synopsis: |
Drummer Chip Conway comes into possession of a magic jungle drum which makes him play "like a god". Downside is, Chip has to kill for his newly won ability. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Art Saaf | Inks: Art Saaf |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
The Origin of "He Kicked the Bucket" |
| Synopsis: |
Origin of the phrase explained. A suicidal man failed to hang himself and got so angered that he kicked a bucket standing next to his feet. Losing his balance, the man fell and hit his head fatally. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Jack Katz ? |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
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