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Issue Details

Issue #v5#1
Published February 1971
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 52
Editing Carl Burgos; Ezra Jackson (art)

Cover Details

Genre horror
Pencils Johnny Bruck (painting)
Inks Johnny Bruck (painting)
Colors Johnny Bruck (painting)
Reprinted from Perry Rhodan (Moewig-Verlag, 1961 series) #51 [modified reprint from the German science fiction pulp series]

6 page story "The Deadman's Hand"

Synopsis "The gruesome thing fromt he grave joins in an eerie game of poker with death as the stakes. A shocker!"
Genre horror
Pencils A. Reynoso (signed)
Inks A. Reynoso (signed)

7 page story "The Swamp Monster"

Synopsis "Superstitious swamp folk steered clear of the wet muck wherein dwelt ghosts and the swamp monster! Ye-ech!"
Genre horror

7 page story "Feast For Rats"

Synopsis "The ghostly horror of murder and the strange cavein that lead to a feast!...curious little fellow-outch! That's my leg you're chewing on."
Genre horror
Pencils Stepancich (signed)
Inks Stepancich (signed)

7 page story "Voodoo Terror"

Synopsis "The dark secrets of a mysterious corpse that sought vengeance in a smelly crypt that was locked! Ugh!"
Genre horror
Pencils Chic Stone
Inks Chic Stone
Reprinted from Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 Series) #v3#1 (1970)

5 page story "Better Off Dead"

Synopsis "He had a bum ticker that was like a time bomb till he met a quack who performed miracles! A spine-shapper!"
Genre horror
Notes Same basic script as original with new art.
Reprinted from Weird Mysteries (Key Publications, 1952 Series) #8 (January 1954). Original title "Bum Ticker."

8 page story "Devil Flower"

Synopsis "Death lurked in an evil flower but who was the monster that kept the blossom thriving?"
Genre horror
Reprinted from Voodoo (Ajax; Farrell, 1952 Series) #7 (March 1953)

7 page story "Man of Evil"

Synopsis "The weird mystifying tale of the sacred vultires [sic] of Calcutta and a greedy crook who made the wrong wish."
Genre horror
Pencils Torre Repigo (signed)
Inks Torre Repigo (signed)