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Issue Details

Issue #109
Published May-June 1952
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Julius Schwartz (actual)

Cover Details - "Fingers of Fear"

Genre occult
Pencils Murphy Anderson
Inks Murphy Anderson
Notes cover idea reused on Justice League of America #10. Bob Bailey says Jim Mooney pencilled this cover.

1 page Superboy public service announcement "Happy Hobby Time!"

Characters Superboy; Frank
Synopsis Superboy shows Frank that he can be creative, regardless of whether his creations are perfect, and notes an expressive hobby can be life long enjoyment.
Genre superhero; fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer (confirmed by Mortimer)
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Black & White

8 page story "Fingers of Fear"

Genre occult
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Joe Giella
Notes art id by Jerry Bails
Reprinted in Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #17 (October-November 1971)

1 page filler "A Guide to Ghostly Behavior"

Genre occult
Pencils Carmine Infantino?
Notes art id by Jerry Bails

8 page story "The Beast that Walked Like A Man"

Genre occult
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Frank Giacoia
Notes art id by Jerry Bails

2 page filler "The Ferry Was Waiting"

Genre occult
Pencils John Giunta
Inks John Giunta
Reprinted In Unexpected, The (DC, 1968 series) #127

Half page filler "Superstitions About Spiders"

Genre fact
Script Julius Schwartz?
Pencils Mo Waldinger?
Inks Mo Waldinger?

2 page text article "Can You Explain It?"

Genre fact
Pencils Raymond Perry
Inks Raymond Perry
Letters typeset
Notes art id by Steve Rowe

7 page Johnny Peril story "The Demon in the Mirror"

Genre occult
Script Robert Kanigher
Pencils Alex Toth
Inks Sy Barry
Notes pencils credit for Toth from Steven Grant via the GCD Error List (11 August 2007). Inks credited to Frank Giacoia by Jerry Bails. Updated inking credit from Mark Waid.
Reprinted in Super DC Giant (DC, 1970 series) #S-23 (March-April 1971); in Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #38 (January 1974)