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Issue: #4
Published: March 1953, 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

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)

Comic Story (7 pages)	Last Ride!
Synopsis:	Death narrates the fate of race-car driver Hugh Lanson. Hugh's face was deformed in a burning car crash. Hugh confronts his rival, Johnnie Rivers. Vickie tells Johnnie to let the confrontation go. Later at a bar, Hugh is approached by a fortune teller named Maggie. He hires her, but she says she sees death for him. Maggie helps Hugh possess Johnnie's body through a magical ritual. He does so, but demons begin to follow him. After the switch, instead of paying her a promised $10,000, Hugh kills Maggie and takes Johnnie's identity. In a race, Hugh finds himself racing in the land of the dead.
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Death Hugh Lanson Johnnie Rivers Vickie Maggie

Comic Story (6 pages)	Ring of Death
Synopsis:	During WWII, Nazi submariners Max and Hans buy an antique jar in Algiers. Max dreams about Princess Narnia, whose betrothed Kasir betrayed her to Genghis Khan in exchange for a ruby he made into a ring. Kasir was cursed for the rest of his life and now Narnia warns Max to give up the ring as well. The submarine sinks to the bottom of the ocean. Before they die, Max and Hans discover the ring was hidden in the jar.
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Max Richter Hans Princess Narina Ghengis Khan Kasir

Text Article (1 page)	How to Embalm a Corpse
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction

Text Article (1 page)
Featuring:	Notes on the History of Horror
Synopsis:	History of the term "blood-money."
Credits:	Pencils: ? (illustration) \| Inks: ? (illustration) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction History

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Coffin
Synopsis:	Jud coerces his great-uncle Andrew Marlin--who has a heart attack and dies--into handing over a manuscript indicating their ancestor obtained a fortune in gold during the War of 1812 and hid it in the family house in Salem. While Jud is searching for the gold, his cousin Chris arrives and Jud murders him as well. While burying the corpse, Jud becomes trapped. The police arrive as Jud is dying. They see tracks of a man with a peg-leg (like Captain Marlin had) going into the sea.
Credits:	Pencils: ? [as Tewks] (signed) \| Inks: ? [as Tewks] (signed)
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Jud Wayne Captain Ebenezer Marlin Andrew Chris Marlin Bill Sergeant

Comic Story (6 pages)	Hating Corpse
Synopsis:	Nathan loans Charlie money that Charlie can't repay, but offers to forgive the debt if Charlie divorces his wife Thyra and urges her to marry Nathan. Charlie prepares to fight Nathan but is shot to death. Nathan arranges the scene to look like suicide, then leaves to establish an alibi. However, Charlie's hate keeps him alive until Nathan returns to his office: Charlie writes a letter to his wife, kills Nathan, then collapses. The police are puzzled because Charlie died hours before Nathan, yet still appears to have shot him.
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Charlie Kennedy Nathan Boyd Thyra Doc

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