Issue Details

Issue	V1#1 [1]
Published	October-November 1950
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Cover Details - "My dolly! Daddy burn my dolly!"

Genre	horror
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Jack Kirby
Colors	Jack Kirby
Notes	Colors credit from Greg Theakston via the GCD Error List (5 April 2008)

10 page story "Last Second of Life!"

Characters	Matthew Crane; George Berger; Dr. Herbert Michaels; Joshua Benton; Fred Saunders; Sarah Russell
Synopsis	Matthew Crane discovers the secret of the afterlife from the last words of a dying girl, and it drives him insane.
Genre	horror
Pencils	Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inks	Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Reprinted	in Black Magic (DC, 1973 series) #4

6 page story "The Woman in the Mirror!"

Pencils	Mort Meskin
Inks	Mort Meskin

5 page story "His Father's Footsteps!"

Characters	Karl Werner; Hilda Werner; Gustave Werner; Frederick; Frau Hoff
Synopsis	Gustave tries to prevent his son Karl from joining the tradition of the Werner family, where every man becomes the hangman.
Genre	Horror
Pencils	Mort Meskin
Inks	Mort Meskin
Reprinted	in Black Magic (DC, 1973 series) #4

6 page story "Don't Look Now!"

Pencils	Bill Draut
Inks	Bill Draut

2 page text story "The Idol"

Letters

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1 page story "Better Schools Make Better Communities"

Pencils	Jerry Fasano
Inks	Jerry Fasano
Notes	Public Service Message

6 page story "When You Were Alive!"

Characters	Alice Riley; Thomas McCarthy
Synopsis	Thomas McCarthy picks up Alice Riley, who is stranded along a deserted road. The next day, he finds out that Alice died 5 years prior.
Genre	occult
Pencils	Bruno Premiani
Inks	Bruno Premiani
Reprinted	in Black Magic (DC, 1973 series) #8 (February-March 1975)

7 page story "My Dolly Is the Devil!"

Characters	Johnny Shelton; Ray Shelton; Vera; Mae Shelton
Synopsis	Little Johnny Shelton finds a doll, and soon accidents begin to happen to his family.
Genre	occult
Pencils	Leonard Starr
Inks	Leonard Starr
Reprinted	in Black Magic (DC, 1973 series) #8 (February-March 1975)