Issue Details

Issue	#16
Published	February 1955
Frequency	bimonthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Marion McDermott
Notes	Indicia states "Formerly Nightmare" and "published bimonthly". Editor credit from Ownership statement in this issue.

Cover Details - "Man and a woman in a mine being attacked by a ghost miner"

Genre	Horror
Pencils	Matt Baker
Inks	Matt Baker?

6 page story "The Widow's Lover"

Synopsis	A former executioner beheads his old boss and is allowed to be his own executioner.
Genre	Horror
Pencils	Joe Kubert
Inks	Joe Kubert
Reprinted	from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) # 4

6 page story "The Tentacles of Death"

Characters	Dr. Mark Savant; Ventro
Synopsis	Dr. Mark Savant heads to Genero where the inhabitants are practicing human sacrifice. There he finds a horrible monster called an Octeel.
Genre	Science Fiction
Pencils	George Tuska
Inks	George Tuska
Reprinted	from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) # 4

Half page public service announcement "Polio Precautions"

Letters	Typeset
Notes	Last third of page is ownership.

2 page text story "Dr. Osborne's Secret Weapon"

Synopsis	A future scientist discovers a way to defeat the invading Sirians by disabling atomic energy.
Genre	Science Fiction
Letters	Typeset
Reprinted	from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) # 4

7 page story "The Bloody Sword"

Synopsis	Robert MacCloran returns to his ancestral home to claim his birthright, but his evil uncle has other plans.
Genre	Horror
Pencils	Sy Barry?
Reprinted	from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) # 4

7 page story "The Portrait of Death"

Synopsis	Gregory Harborough finds a painting of himself labelled "Portrait of Death" and is determined to find the artist.
Genre	Horror
Pencils	George Roussos (signed)
Inks	George Roussos (signed)
Reprinted	from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) # 4

1 page story "The Finger of Fate"

Synopsis	Dr. Gladys Cross saves the finger of a holyman from being chopped off and gets a reward in return.
Genre	Fact
Pencils	Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
Inks	Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
Notes	Jerry Bails' Who's Who mentions that all of Kinstler's work at St. John Publications was reprints.
Reprinted	from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) # 4

1 page story "Graveyard in the Antarctic"

Characters	G. Murray Levick; Captain Robert Scott
Synopsis	G. Murray Levick, surgeon with Captain Robert Scott, finds a thousands of dead and dying seals in the Antarctic.
Genre	Fact
Pencils	Marvin Stein (signed) [as M. Stein]
Inks	Marvin Stein (signed) [as M. Stein]
Reprinted	from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) # 4