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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published Spring 1952
Frequency quarterly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia date is January, February and March 1952. Cover date is Spring.

Cover Details - "Princess of the Sea"

Genre Mystery
Pencils Allen Anderson (painting)
Inks Allen Anderson (painting)
Colors Allen Anderson (painting)
Letters typeset
Notes Cover art credit authenticated by article in ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE No. 18 Winter 2007.

10 page story "Princess of the Sea"

Synopsis cover story (minus the monster). Diver discovers a mermaid
Genre Fantasy
Pencils Dan Barry
Inks John Giunta
Reprinted in Nightmare (St. John, 1953 series) #13 (August 1954)

5 page story "The Soul of Benjamin Sprague"

Synopsis takeoff on Christmas Scrooge story
Genre Mystery; Suspense
Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Bob Powell; Howard Nostrand (signed); Martin Epp (signed)
Notes Part of Howard Nostrand's name is visible on a poster on page 1, panel. Martin Epp's name is on the same poster. Bob Powell's name is not signed anywhere, but the pencils are definitely his.
Reprinted in Nightmare (St. John, 1953 series) #13 (August 1954)

2 page text story "The Mind Reader"

Synopsis a mind reader tells a man his fortune
Genre Mystery
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Nightmare (St. John, 1953 series) #13 (August 1954)

7 page story "Death x 2 = 0!"

Synopsis A gangster meets his double
Genre Crime
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska
Reprinted in Nightmare (St. John, 1953 series) #13 (August 1954)

5 page story "The Shadow On the Screen"

Synopsis man sees ghost of a woman on TV screens
Genre Suspense
Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Bob Powell; Howard Nostrand; Martin Epp
Reprinted in Nightmare (St. John, 1953 series) #13 (August 1954)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes full page house ad for Ellery Queen #1

1 page story "Space-Age Glass"

Synopsis facts about glass in the space-age
Genre Fact
Reprinted in Nightmare (St. John, 1953 series) #13 (August 1954)