Issue: #22
Published: March 1954, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Leon Harvey
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Indicia states "published bi-monthly by Witches Tales, Inc., 1860 Broadway, NY"
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| Cover (1 page) |
...Is Death The End? |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Lee Elias (signed) | Inks: Lee Elias (signed) |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword (1 page) |
The Inner Circle |
| Synopsis: |
Announcement on the re-structuring of the horror comics from Harvey at the time (Black Cat Mystery, Witches Tales, Tomb of Terror and Chamber of Chills), defining what each would focus on and that they would come out every 2 weeks. Also contains reprints of panels from the inside stories. |
| Credits: |
Letters: Typeset |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Ugly Duckling |
| Synopsis: |
Jed Barnes had an accident that left his face so disfigured that he would have to wear bandages the rest of his life. When he saved Ruth from committing suicide, she married him, but eventually she wanted to see what was behind the bandages... |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Manny Stallman | Inks: John Giunta |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Chilly Chamber Music: Songs from the Spook Box |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Howard Nostrand | Inks: Howard Nostrand |
| Genre: |
Humor Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Chilly Chamber Music: Songs from the Spook Box |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Howard Nostrand | Inks: Howard Nostrand |
| Genre: |
Humor Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Reincarnation |
| Synopsis: |
A two-bit thief discovers a scientist that has invented a machine that performs re-incarnation, but he discovers that being someone else isn't all it's cracked up to be... |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Jack Sparling | Inks: Jack Sparling |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
Read These Different Mystery Magazines |
| Synopsis: |
Ad for Black Cat Mystery, Witches Tales, Tomb of Terror and Chamber of Chills at top of page and for Teen-Age Brides, First Love, Love Problems, Hi-School Romance and First Romance at the bottom of the page. Both ads include pictures from comic covers. |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Lottery |
| Synopsis: |
Explorers to the middle of the earth find a civilization that is far advanced from ours. However, the lottery that they hold isn't something that you would want to win... |
| Credits: |
Pencils: John Giunta | Inks: Manny Stallman |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Chilly Chamber Music: Songs from the Spook Box |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Howard Nostrand | Inks: Howard Nostrand |
| Genre: |
Humor Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Chilly Chamber Music: Songs from the Spook Box |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Howard Nostrand | Inks: Howard Nostrand |
| Genre: |
Humor Horror-suspense |
| Text Story (1 page) |
The Satchel |
| Credits: |
Letters: Typeset |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Skeptic! |
| Synopsis: |
American soldiers come across an abandoned house somewhere in Europe during World War II. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Joe Certa | Inks: Joe Certa |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense War |
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