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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published November 1972
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 68
Editing Al Hewetson

Cover Details

Genre horror
Pencils Domingo Gomez
Inks Domingo Gomez

2 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Horror-Mood Introduction"

Characters Slither-Slime Man
Genre horror
Script Al Hewetson
Pencils Pablo Marcos
Inks Pablo Marcos
Notes Introduction by Slither-Slime Man - frontispiece and title page. Sequence added by Richard Arndt.

7 page story "The Slither-Slime Man"

Script Al Hewetson
Pencils Pablo Marcos
Inks Pablo Marcos
Notes Script, pencils and inks credits by Richard Arndt. (Per Sandell ed.)

6 page story "Ghastly Reunion"

Genre horror
Script Doug Moench
Pencils Ramon Torrents
Inks Ramon Torrents
Notes Script, pencils and inks credits by Richard Arndt (Per Sandell ed.)

2 page letters page "Psycho Scribblings"

Script Al Hewetson
Pencils Pablo Marcos
Inks Ernie Colon
Notes Text article with spot illustrations. mentions a script submission from future comic writer Roger McKenzie. It also includes a favorable mention of the French magazine Pilote with a picture of a recent cover. Skywald’s response to Jim Warren’s insulting Xerox Awards included. Sequence added by Richard Arndt.

8 page story "...Suffer the Little Children"

Genre horror
Script Al Hewetson
Pencils Villanova
Inks Villanova
Notes Sequel to Henry James’ "The Turn Of The Screw". Script, pencils and inks credited by Richard Arndt (Per Sandell ed.)

4 page story "Ghouls of the Cinema!"

Genre horror
Script Al Hewetson
Pencils photos from movies; Pablo Marcos
Letters typeset
Notes Text article with photos. Pablo Marcos credited by Richard Arndt (Per Sandell ed.)

10 page story "A Plot of Dirt"

Genre horror
Script Doug Moench
Pencils Felipe Dela Rosa
Inks Felipe Dela Rosa
Notes Title in dispute "lot" (GCD) or "plot" (Arndt). Script, pencils and inks credits by Richard Arndt (Per Sandell ed.)

8 page story "A Question of Identity"

Genre horror
Script Ed Fedory
Pencils Zesar Lopez
Inks Zesar Lopez
Notes Zesar Lopez' Skywald debut.

1 page story "Voodoo Initiation"

Genre horror
Script Al Hewetson
Pencils Pablo Marcos
Inks Pablo Marcos

8 page story "The Graveyard Jungle"

Genre horror
Script Al Hewetson
Pencils Juez Xirinius
Inks Juez Xirinius

6 page story "All the Ways and Means to Die"

Genre horror
Script Larry Niven (story); Jeff Jones (adaptation)
Pencils Jeff Jones
Inks Jeff Jones
Notes Originally from the short story "All The Myriad Ways" by Larry Niven. Originally intended for Science Fiction Odyssey #1. (Richard Arndt)

1 page advertisement "Ad for Nightmare #10"

Genre horror
Script Al Hewetson
Pencils Berni Wrightson
Inks Berni Wrightson
Notes Inside back cover. Wrightson’s art originally intended for Science Fiction Odyssey #1. The new host of Nightmare is identified as Mr. Pook.