Issue: #17
Published: May 1954, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Al Fago [as Designed by Al Fago Studios]
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Dr. Death |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Steve Ditko (signed) | Inks: Steve Ditko (signed) | Letters: Jon D'Agostino ? |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Characters: |
Dr. Death (host) |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
3-D Disaster Doom Death! |
| Synopsis: |
Horror film actor Bruno Thor is fired from his studio. He closes a deal with the devil, however, and comes back for bloody revenge. |
| Credits: |
Script: Joe Gill ? | Pencils: Steve Ditko (signed) | Inks: Steve Ditko (signed) | Letters: Charlotte Jetter |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
A Simple Wish |
| Synopsis: |
An inner earth alien creature ventures forth into human civilization. Though full of good intentions, it is met with fear, hate and ultimately death. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Maurice Gutwirth ? | Inks: Maurice Gutwirth ? |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense Science Fiction |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Triple-Header! |
| Synopsis: |
On a trip through the Amazon jungles a triangle of husband, wife and rival lover meet their untimely deaths. |
| Credits: |
Script: Joe Gill ? | Pencils: Steve Ditko | Inks: Steve Ditko | Letters: Charlotte Jetter |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
The Cave of Carmon the Great |
| Synopsis: |
In a cave high up in the Italian Alps there waits a treasure in jewels and diamonds. But also the spectre of an age-old war hero. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
The Night People |
| Synopsis: |
Vampiristic department store manikins come alive after dark and feast upon a burglar. |
| Credits: |
Script: Joe Gill ? | Pencils: Steve Ditko | Inks: Steve Ditko | Letters: Charlotte Jetter |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
You Must Believe Me! |
| Synopsis: |
Insurance detective Gil Butler visits his client Adam Hemming to tell him that his fraudulent debtor Dan Gore committed suicide. Gore's ghost appears and attacks the men, because he was summoned by a hex. |
| Credits: |
Letters: Ed Hamilton |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Characters: |
Dr. Death (host) |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Will to Kill |
| Synopsis: |
John Pierce has dreams where he runs a person down with his car, but his fiance is more concerned with the reality of his career. She talks him into killing his boss, but his guilt gets the best of him when it looks like he will live out his nightmare. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Bob Powell | Inks: Bob Powell | Letters: Ed Hamilton |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
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