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Issue Details

Issue V1#4
Published June 1970
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Editing J. D. Sutton; Greg Jackson (Associate Editor); Percy Betts (Editorial Assistant)
Notes Indicia reads: CHILLING TALES OF HORROR, Volume 1, Number 4, JUNE 1970 is published bi-monthly by STANLEY PUBLICATIONS, INC., 261 Fifth Avenue, New YOrk, N. Y. 10016. Price 50c per copy, subscription rate $3.00 per year. Application to mail at second-class postal rates will be made at New York, N. Y. and additional mailing offices. Copyright 1970 by STANLEY PUBLICATIONS, INC. All material submitted at sender's risk. Publisher cannot be responsible for loss or non-return of any material, which will not be returned unless accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope bearing the correct postage. Any resemblance to persons, living, dead, or otherwise is purely coincidental. Advertisisng representative, LEONARD GREENE ASSOCIATES, 180 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. 10016. Printed in the U. S. A.

Cover Details - "The Tomb of the Unseen"

Genre horror
Notes Text: The Tomb of the Unseen! A Live Corpse for the Zombie! The Specter's Revenge! Payment in Full! The cover lists PDC (Publisher's Distribution Corporation).

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Chilling Tales of Horror June 1970 Volume 1 Number 4"

Letters typeset
Notes The Specter's Revenge (page 4) The Tomb of the Unseen (page 11) Numbered for Death (page 20) Mountain of Doom (page 26) Payment in Full (page 31) A Live Corpse for the Zombie (page 37) The Spirit in the Steel (page 45) J. D. Sutton Editor Greg Jackson, Assoc Editor Percy Betts, Editorial Asst Matthew P. Flourey, Circ Dir. Francis Newsome, Art Director Katherine James, Asst Art Director John Forsite, Art Assoc. Penny Reed, Art Assoc.

7 page story "The Specter's Revenge"

Characters Jerry Halton
Synopsis An evil ghost's plot to destroy a sprawling university and to kill its president.
Genre horror
Reprinted From Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #28 (The Sorcerer's Revenge)

9 page story "The Tomb of the Unseen"

Characters Jim Harris; Trudy Jones; Braxton
Synopsis He had no face, but he possessed awesome powers over the dead. The one way to rid the Earth of this fiend was to discover his identity.
Genre horror
Reprinted From Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #12

6 page story "Numbered for Death"

Characters [Jabber] Janx
Synopsis Here is a gruesome, bone-rattling tale of just what might happen when a man's destiny is decided by a single digit - seven.
Genre horror
Reprinted From Out of the Night (American Comics Group, 1952 series) #8

5 page story "Mountain of Doom"

Characters Herr Muller; Alex Dixon; Trina; Trina's uncle
Synopsis Half man, half wild boar...the monster killed anyone who crossed his path.
Genre horror
Reprinted From Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #16

6 page story "Payment in Full"

Characters Alice; Henry; Barry Brooks; Karoo
Synopsis When you make a bargain with the supernatural, you may very well be selling your soul.
Genre horror
Reprinted From Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #4

8 page story "A Live Corpse for the Zombie"

Characters Ann; Ned
Synopsis Our story unfolds with a tragic, mysterious suicide...and it continues with horror.
Genre horror
Reprinted From Shock (Stanley Publications, 1969 series) V3#4 (which is a reprint from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #30 [The Thing Without a Face])

5 page story "The Spirit in the Steel"

Characters John Kemp; Harry Davis (dies); Dea Davis; Jes
Synopsis The industrialist wanted a stronger, lighter-weight alloy for his car of the future. He got that and more, for the metal was also alive!
Genre horror
Reprinted From Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #43