Issue: #4
Published: March 1952, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Stanley Morse
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Newsprint Interior, Glossy Covers Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Credits: |
Pencils: Ross Andru | Inks: Mike Esposito? |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Button, Button, Who's Got the Button? |
| Synopsis: |
Imprisoned wife murderer Michael Carter tries to escape the electric chair by pretending to be insane. Put into solitary and playing with a shirt button, he really goes insane. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Ross Andru | Inks: Mike Esposito |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
It Can Happen To You |
| Synopsis: |
Terminally ill Mr. Lane is drawn into a murder mystery and helps out a young woman. As they solve the case, Lane is constantly being watched by a Fate-like character. In the end, a higher power intervenes and the helpful Mr. Lane is allowed to live on. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Paul Gattuso? | Inks: Iger Shop |
| Genre: |
Crime Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
Burning Sands |
| Synopsis: |
The survivors of a French foreign legion battalion attacked by Arabs struggle through the desert and kill each other for water. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Don Perlin | Inks: Abe Simon |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
The Man With The Green Thumb |
| Synopsis: |
Dr. Dana, a famous horticulturist, develops a formula to speed up plant growth. When he accidentally swallows the liquid, Dana turns into an oak tree. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Painting |
| Synopsis: |
Mad art painter Charles Craven tells his story to a reporter: How he could only paint when using fresh blood for the brilliant reds in his pictures. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Don Perlin? | Inks: Mike Esposito |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Faker! |
| Synopsis: |
Lumber tycoon Horace Turner employs a circus swami to experiment with thought transmission. The swami almost gets killed in the process. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Ross Andru |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
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