Issue: #16
Published: July 1954, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Alfred Grenet; Richard Arnold (Associate editor); Everett M. Arnold (General manager)
Color: Color Cover Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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| Cover (1 page) |
The Medium of Murder |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Charles Nicholas | Inks: Chuck Cuidera? |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
The Medium of Murder |
| Synopsis: |
Zakor, master medium, offers his services to underworld czar Keller. Zakor conjures ghosts from beyond to dispose of Keller’s rival mobsters. The gangster obeys his every wish, although Zakor employs a trusty assistant named Maja to commit the murders in costume. Then Zakor takes over the crime business himself and pushes Keller out of the picture. But now a real ghost appears and murders the evil Zakor. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Chuck Cuidera ? | Inks: Chuck Cuidera ? |
| Genre: |
Crime Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Fiend of Terror Mountain |
| Synopsis: |
The brutish Roco escapes from a mental institution and finds shelter at the house of the criminal Mr. Leache. He uses Roco’s strength for a series of holdup murders and thefts. When Leache learns of a terminal illness he’s carrying, he orders Roco to kill him in an unobserved moment. The doctor, however, made a mistake and confused medical reports… |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Charles Nicholas | Inks: Jack Cole ? |
| Genre: |
Crime |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
The Hamlet of Horror |
| Synopsis: |
John Ames and his wife Doris have a car accident in the wilderness and are taken by a gang of misshapen creatures. They plan on operating on John and Doris to transform them into members of their tribe. The couple manages to outwit them and returns to civilization. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Charles Nicholas |
| Genre: |
Adventure Horror-suspense |
| Text Story (1 page) |
Murder Trap |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Death's Vengeance |
| Synopsis: |
Curator Arthur Dunster collects Aztec relics of horror. When museum visitors laugh at his stories, the ancient artifacts come to life and prove their truth by killing the explorers who desecrated their tombs. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Charles Nicholas |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
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