Issue: #11
Published: January 1954, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Newsprint Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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| Cover (1 page) |
Fountain of Fear |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Mike Sekowsky ? | Inks: Mike Peppe ? | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Chewing Gum! Reduce |
| Synopsis: |
Ad for losing weight with chewing gum from American Healthaids Co. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: ? (photograph) | Inks: ? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
Fountain of Fear |
| Synopsis: |
An escaped convict finds the fountain of youth. He tries to change his appearance by getting younger, but vengeful Indian spirits won't let him leave the fountain. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: George Roussos | Inks: George Roussos |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
The Black Candle |
| Synopsis: |
The witch Mortella fabricates a black candle, meant to bring death to her pious neighbor. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Gene Fawcette | Inks: Gene Fawcette |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Boys, Girls, Men, Women! |
| Synopsis: |
Ad for selling Christian mottos to win prizes from the FUNman. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
The Coin of Evil |
| Synopsis: |
Three wishes come true by the magic of a beggar's coin. But there's a horrible price to pay. |
| Credits: |
Script: W. W. Jacobs (original story); ? (adaptation) | Pencils: Nick Cardy | Inks: Nick Cardy ?; Mike Peppe ? | Letters: John Duffy |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Borrow Money by Mail! |
| Synopsis: |
Ad to borrow money from the State Finance Company. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Activity (1 page) |
Horror Maze |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
Hands of Fate |
| Synopsis: |
A madman chops off the hands of steel workers. He is lured into a police trap and caught. |
| Credits: |
Script: Gordon Jones (credited) | Pencils: Jack Katz | Inks: Jack Katz ? | Letters: Typeset |
| Genre: |
Crime |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
The Prophecy |
| Synopsis: |
Carlotta sees death in the cards for thief Chuck Hanson. He kills Carlotta and is doomed to die by water. He does so after weeks on the run. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Jack Katz | Inks: Vince Colletta |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
Aria in Blood |
| Synopsis: |
An attempt to get the lead role in an opera goes terribly wrong. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: George Roussos ? | Inks: George Roussos |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
The Man They Could Not Hang |
| Synopsis: |
Sam Johns is sentenced to hang for a crime he didn't commit, but the trap on the scaffold refuses to open when he is about to be hung. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Pete Morisi | Inks: Pete Morisi |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
Sam Johns |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Wig |
| Synopsis: |
A barber kills a man and steals his hair for a wig, but the wig seeks revenge. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Mike Roy (signed) | Inks: Mike Roy (signed) | Letters: Herb Field |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
The Mask of Graffenwehr |
| Synopsis: |
Tamis Kahn gazes into the face of a woman he killed earlier in the day. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Alex Toth | Inks: Mike Peppe | Letters: Alex Toth |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Characters: |
Tamis Kahn |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Gain More Weight |
| Synopsis: |
Ad for More-Wate Co. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Daisy |
| Synopsis: |
Ad for Red Ryder Daisy guns. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Characters: |
Red Ryder |
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