| Issue | #V6#3 |
| Published | May 1974 |
| Cover Price | 0.75 USD |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | Carl Burgos; Ezra Jackson (art) |
| Notes | Painted cover. Small CWP logo at bottom. |
| Notes | Painted cover. Small CWP logo at bottom. |
| Synopsis | Contents page. |
| Genre | Horror |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Lists Carl Burgos, Editor; Irving Fass, Art Director and Ezra Jackson, Art Editor. Border art may be from other stories not in this issue. |
| Synopsis | "A horror blockbuster wherein a strange old man made a hobby of sadistic terror sprinkled with torture until the exact moment of death." An old man gets news attention by claiming to study death. A man and woman criminal team attempt to rob him only to become part of his experiment. Seems the old man traps crooks and kills them, studying how they die. He traps them, hoping to watch them die from starvation only to suffer a heart attack and die himself. (from TOC) |
| Genre | Horror |
| Notes | Rework of Dying is So Contagious, Haunted Thrills #14 (Ajax, Mar-Apr 1954) |
| Synopsis | "A crescendo of fear explodes on the windswept peak of the tallest mountain in the world where the frozen corpses walk and those who climb the point suffer a weird fate." (from TOC) Three mountain climbers and their guide, Oog get ready to get to the top of Everest, when a storm comes up and they are visited by a ghost warning them that the mountain will kill them if they don't go back. Two of the climbers and Oog meet their deaths and the survivor, Sandra makes it back to base camp only to discover that her face has aged considerably. |
| Genre | Horror |
| Notes | Rework of Death On Ice, Strange Fantasy #6 (Ajax, June 1953) |
| Characters | Dr. Martin Bane (a ghosthunter); John (Dr. Martin's Brother); Pam (Dr. Martin's Niece) |
| Synopsis | "Crackling, snapping flames lick the skin of a would-be witch who screams a curse through the fire. Years later the curse takes its toll on the descendants of those who burned her." |
| Genre | Horror |
| Pencils | Romero |
| Inks | Romero |
| Notes | Rework of The Witch's Curse, Haunted Thrills #1 (Ajax, June 1952). Signed artwork. Appears to be a possible tryout of the character. Dated "73" by signature. |
| Synopsis | "From the bowels of the earth the Price of Darkness enters the realm of the living with a most unusual mission that ends in terror for those caught in the trap." Satan shows up and has optomitrist Harry Lenz make a pair of spectacles. Harry tries them on and finds that he can see through walls and read minds. Killing an old miser (who is really Satan), Harry escapes and goes to Europe, changing his name to Herman Greid, extorts and blackmails his way to riches. Prince Natas and Princess Sedah (read them backwards) con Harry/Herman into financing a revolution. All goes wrong and Harry loses all his money and escapes only to have his glasses stolen by Satan and finds out now he is blind. |
| Genre | Horror |
| Pencils | Alberto Macagno |
| Inks | Alberto Macagno |
| Notes | Rework of Satan's Spectacles, Web of Evil #4 (Quality, May 1953). Signed artwork. |
| Reprinted | from Terror Tales v4n3 (Apr 1972). |
| Synopsis | "A fiction masterpiece of strange events and macabre shock of shadows tht flit across the windswept, snowbound Antarctic." |
| Genre | Horror |
| Script | John Martin Leahy |
| Pencils | Ezra Jackson |
| Inks | Ezra Jackson |
| Letters | typeset |
| Reprinted | from Weird Tales (January 1928). Original title was In Amundsen's Tent. |
| Synopsis | "A blood-dripping tale of an ambitious opportunist who murders in order to pursue new victims, becomes trapped by a woman with sharp fangs and a thirst for blood." A gigolo who kills his elderly brides attempts to add another notch to his belt, only to become dinner for a elderly vampiress. |
| Genre | Horror |
| Pencils | Cirilo Munoz? |
| Inks | Cirilo Munoz? |
| Notes | Rework of Life's Blood, Mysterious Adventures #13, Apr 1953). Last page on back cover. |
| Reprinted | from Terror Tales v4n3 (Apr 1972). |