Issue: #1
Published: September 1952, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: The ID brand for Independent Distributors, and K brand for Kable Distributors appear on the cover.
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| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Hangman's Holiday |
| 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. |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Characters: |
George Worth (death) Mona Trent (death) Jim Trent |
| Comic Story (8 pages) |
The Refugee from a Locked Coffin |
| 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. |
| Genre: |
Crime Horror-suspense |
| Characters: |
Roger Simon Frank Drexel Detective Brophy |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
The Ghost's Last Laugh |
| Synopsis: |
Working for old man Hardesty, lawyer Horatio Penypacker negotiates with the ghost Red Campbell for moving Campbell's Killamuir Castle to America, ghost and all. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: ? (illustration) | Inks: ? (illustration) | Colours: ? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Characters: |
Hardesty Horatio Pennypacker Ben Red Campbell (a Ghost) |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Iron Doom |
| 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. |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Characters: |
Lord Of Mader (flashback) Ben Matterman Hans |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Dancer of Death |
| 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. |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Characters: |
Vanya Bizet Paul (death) William (death) |
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