Digital Comic Museum - Witchcraft 002 -JVJ-Ont


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Witchcraft #02 [Avon,May-Jun'52]-36pg-c2c -JVJ-Ont
From the collection of JVJ - scans by Ontology

24-November-2011 2:36 am	\|
Username:	theorbys
Comment:	None of these stories have very strong endings, they are mostly just build ups. Death Tattoo has a few nice touches, but one story-- House To Let, except the final panel or two, was a rich, suspenseful, even intriguing, horror story, about the possibility of bringing ANYthing to life, anything at all --"a pencil, a chair, ... even a stone". Despite the ending, this would be a good story to anthologize.
6-July-2020 9:17 pm	\|
Username:	ghmcleod
Comment:	Thank You

Issue: #2
Published: May-June 1952, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Sol Cohen (Editor and General Manager)
Color: Color Dimensions: Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Indexed from a scan from http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php by "Ontology" with art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals 1953, page 171

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	The Death Tattoo
Credits:	Pencils: Gene Fawcette ? \| Inks: Gene Fawcette ? \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword (1 page)	Contents
Credits:	Pencils: Sid Check (signed) \| Inks: Sid Check (signed)
Genre:	Horror-suspense

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Death Tattoo!
Synopsis:	Circus performer Garth wears a magic symbol on his chest. The “death tattoo” allows him to use the power of hypnotism, but comes with a price. Its wearer is slowly driven insane; and after his death, the tattoo detaches from the body and goes searching for a new victim.
Credits:	Pencils: Norman Nodel (signed) \| Inks: Vince Alascia (signed) \| Letters: typeset; ? (splash panel only)
Genre:	Horror-suspense

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Vampire Puppet
Synopsis:	Puppet master Gravon and his puppet Koko are celebrities. His three assistants are jealous of his success, murder Gravon and go on stage themselves. Koko, however, changes into an avenging vampire puppet and drains the treacherous trio of their life blood.
Credits:	Pencils: Edward Goldfarb \| Inks: Edward Goldfarb \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense

Text Story (1 page)	The Dead DO Tell!
Credits:	Pencils: Joe Kubert (illustrations) \| Inks: Joe Kubert (illustrations) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense

Comic Story (6 pages)	House to Let
Synopsis:	Professor Janney invents a formula to bring dead matter to life. He tries it out in his home laboratory – with horrid success. His house becomes alive and keeps him prisoner. Janney slowly diminishes in size, ready to be absorbed by his murderous home.
Credits:	Pencils: Sid Check (signed) \| Inks: Sid Check (signed) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense Science Fiction

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Northern Horror
Synopsis:	Somewhere in Northern Canada, an expedition in search of Uranium comes across Viking artifacts. Eskimo guide Arnook warns the foreigners of the “Golden Sword of the Spirits”, but some men push on, discover a lost Viking ship and their doom.
Credits:	Pencils: A. Albert \| Inks: Joe Kubert
Genre:	Horror-suspense

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