Witches Tales (1951 Harvey) comic books

Stories and art by Al Avison, Rudy Palais, John Sink, Bob Powell and Tom Gill. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. The young wife of Captain Joshua Flint likes to flirt, but she doesn't realize he has evil voodoo powers. The ship called the Black Swan is cursed from the start. The mad scientist of Mad Mountain meets the perfect subject for his unholy experiments with life and death. The Monster of Mad Mountain; Horror Island; Voodoo Vengeance; The Fatal Bullet; Strange Superstitions; The Cursed Diamonds; The Icy Death; Launched in Blood; Strange Legends; The Dead Wont Die; Ghosts of Famous Pirates. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Rudy Palais, Al Luster, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A plastic surgeon gives a wanted criminal a new face - and a new mind. A man's obsession over blood can't possibly end well. A thief who smuggles jewels in his glass eye witnesses a secret ceremony of the dead in Egypt. The Evil Eye; Phantoms in the Flames; Massacre of the Ghosts; The Man with Two Faces. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, John Sink, Tom Hickey and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. Mountain climbers in Tibet accidentally awaken a horde of frozen zombies. Explorers discover an eerie forest of skeletons. Puppeteers encounter puppets that are far too lifelike. Tombstones to Tibet; The Puppets That Became Men; The Forests of Skeletons; Revenge by the Full Moon. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bob Powell and Rudy Palais. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. Strange, inhuman creatures have evolved from the people who lived in the catacombs beneath Paris. A guide to performing magic tricks. A jilted woman studies witchcraft to get revenge on the man who preferred money to her. The Sewer Monsters; The Yellow Menace; Witches Tricks; Death by Witchcraft; Bells of Doom; The Midget Men; Ghosts of Famous Pirates: The Ripper. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bob Powell, Vic Donohue and Rudy Palais. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A photo clerk uses black magic on the subjects of the photos he develops. Evil caterpillar-creatures populate a remote inn. A washer-woman discovers her legacy of witchcraft from a Salem ancestor: magic gloves. Bondage cover by an unknown artist. The Spell of the Black Gloves; Share My Coffin; The Clinging Phantom; Curse of the Caterpillar. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. Honeymooners spend the night in a haunted mansion, where the wife is transformed into a murderous witch. Strange gnome-like beings revive a mummy for murderous purposes. A scientist brings a frozen dinosaur back to life, but doesn't foresee its rampage across the city. Murder Mansion; Green Horror; Servants of the Tomb; The Thing That Grew. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bob Powell, John Giunta, Vic Donahue, and Rudy Palais. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A couple buys a statue that curses its owners to become killers. An experimental tree-sap transfusion changes a man into a living tree. In one of the most infamous pre-Code horror tales, a cruel Caribbean governor executes criminals by having them eaten alive by crabs. League of the Damned; Curse of the Statue; Invitation to Doom; Screaming City. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Joe Certa, and Rudy Palais. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A mad scientist creates an army of flesh-eating flies and spiders. A witch brings old toys to evil life, but first the doll needs a new pair of eyes. The Sanders' new nanny is suspiciously witchlike. Toys of Terror; The Witch Who Wore White; Suicide!; Strange Superstitions; The Mask of Death!; The Man Who Had No Body; Demon Flies. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Vic Donahue, Warren Kremer, Joe Certa, and Rudy Palais. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. Medical students foolishly desecrate the corpse of a gypsy witch. A mad stage designer uses voodoo magic to get rid of the actors he doesn't approve of. A man discovers the secret of the cursed rug of Rama left to him by his grandfather: it releases a genie. Fatal Steps; The Waiting Grave; Midnight Madness!; Strange Customs; Caught!; Designer of Doom; Tank of Corpses; The Pit! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Vic Donahue, Warren Kremer, Joe Certa, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A scientist's electrical experiments create an evil energy being. Another scientist creates a one-celled organism that grows out of control. The ghost of a murdered tailor animates empty clothing to seek revenge on his killer. It!; The Flash of Doom; Witches Tricks; The Room; The Mask of Murder; Keepers of Horror; The Flaming Horror; Cloth of Terror; The Howl of Death! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Joe Certa, Pete Morisi, Don Perlin and Abe Simon. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. Professor Hayes brings an Egyptian mummy back to life, and soon regrets it. The vengeful ghost of a theater owner is lethal to actors. A mad scientist tries to create winged people. The Unburied Mummy; Monster Maker; Devil Drums; Beyond This World!; Return from the Tomb; The Spiral Staircase!; The Battle of Birdmen! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Joe Certa, Manny Stallman, and Rudy Palais. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. When the scientific community rejects Professor Durando's beast-man serum, he unwisely tests it on himself. A scientist makes himself bulletproof. Weather scientists accidentally create a sentient cloud - and it's got a stormy disposition. Reincarnation; The Web of the Spider; The Shower of Death; The Man with the Iron Face! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Manny Stallman, and Moe Marcus. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. The evil Szenk is released from its cavern prison. The ghost of a murdered circus owner returns for revenge. Two hoboes find a newspaper from the future and use the obituaries to predict people's deaths. Elixir of Evil; The Torture Jar; The Impossible; Laugh, Clown, Laugh!; Death Lies Ahead; Time for Terror. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Vic Donahue, Manny Stallman, and Rudy Palais. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A cursed diamond brings misfortune to all who possess it. A murderous land speculator is stalked by a scarecrow after stealing a plantation. A mild-mannered man develops a potion that will increase his courage, but it works a little too well. The Devils Own; Transformation; Witchcraft; Mate of the Mummy!; Devils Diamond; Hands of Horror; Scarecrows Revenge. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Witches Tales features the eerie supernatural stories "A Rage To Kill, "Art For Deaths Sake", "The Fiend of the Nether World", and "The Well of Mystery." Also features the text story "The Dead Remember." Edited by Leon Harvey. Stories by Joe Simon, Joe Certa, Manny Stallman, Moe Marcus, and Rudy Palais. Weird tales and Witches Tales of horror, suspense, and unseen terrors. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Abe Simon, Moe Marcus, Vic Donahue, Joe Certa and Rudy Palais. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A horror writer's recurring nightmare becomes his next story, and his fate. A witch revives the dead to make the townspeople sorry they scorned her. A swordsman steals a famous blade from the tomb of a master, but isn't prepared for what happens next. Gateway to Death; Revenge of a Witch; Midnight Limited; The Duel. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Moe Marcus, Howard Nostrand, Manny Stallman and Rudy Palais. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A young couple on the beach encounters a hungry dinosaur. Bridge-building partners attack each other out of jealousy. A mannequin designer creates new dummies by paralyzing people with snake venom. Bridge of Death; Dimension IV; Creatures of the Bomb; Mannequin of Murder. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Howard Nostrand, Abe Simon, and Warren Kremer. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. Evil astrologers bring the signs of the Zodiac to life and make them kill. A dying clockmaker curses his killer with the celebration of Walpurgis night forever. A desperate man turns to murder and robbery to feed his family. Walpurgis!; Murder; Witchcraft; Bird of Prey; Star of Doom; Shadow!; Hallowe'en; Zodiac. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Lee Elias, and Jack Sparling. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. An aged scientist sells his soul to the devil in exchange for a year and a day of youth. A glutton and his mother disparage his wife's cooking abilities - until she makes him a meal he'll never forget. A murderous rubber prospector makes a deal with the local natives to help him kill his way to a fortune, but they haven't forgotten how he abused them. The Pact; The Tiger; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Jungle; Honeymoon; Repayment; Strange Superstitions; A Matter of Taste. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Manny Stallman, and Jack Sparling. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. The manager of a jazz club thinks his new trumpet player is inhumanly good. John and Heather meet, fall in love and marry, but each has a secret they haven't told the other. A mad scientist plans to attack the city with a herd of monster cows. Jazz!; Project X; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Kiss and Kill; Shock!; Great Illusion; Legends of the Sky; I'll String Along. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Manny Stallman, and Jack Sparling. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A businessman is haunted by the partner he had killed 15 years before. A man seeks revenge after his wife identifies her rapist. A couple gets a dark prediction in a Chinese restaurant. The Invasion; Blind Alley; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Revenge; The Chase; Dead End. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Warren Kremer and Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Pete Riss, and Jack Sparling. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A town is beset by suspicion when one resident may be a vampire. In a parody of Dick Tracy, detective Hector Protector discovers the man he's pursuing is actually a robot. A gun is followed on its path around the city, as it is used in one murder after another. Classic subway-of-the-dead cover by Warren Kremer and Lee Elias. Day of Panic; The Baby; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Chain Reaction; The Hunter; Debut!; Double Crossed. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Jack Abel, Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Joe Certa, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A con man in Hell prepares one last swindle. A MAD-style spoof of the classic Ivanhoe. A mad wig-maker uses hair from corpses, but robs one grave too many. Henry Small, Huckster; Mister Master; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Ivans-Woe; The Wig-Maker; Doomsday; So What Next? 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Joe Certa, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. An undertaker's son is sheltered from the outside world, knowing only death, until he finally snaps, in a story with strong Eisner influences by Howard Nostrand. A MAD-style spoof of the classic Mutiny on the Bounty. Private eye Rudy Crane is hired to find a beautiful woman's missing husband, in a spoof of hardboiled detective stories. Undertaker; Pictures; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Mutiny on the Boundary; Eye Eye, Sir; Surgery; Monumental Feat. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Howard Nostrand. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Nat Barnett, Howard Nostrand, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A killer on the run murders two men to get a ticket on an ocean liner out of England - but it's the Titanic. A MAD-style spoof of the classic Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. A businessman seeks to corner the market on stakes and silver bullets during a vampire scare. The Ticket; What's in a Name?; Ali Barber and the Forty Thieves; Whats Happening at 8:30 P.M.?; Mother Mongoose's Nursery Crimes; Love Problem; Monopoly. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Nat Barnett, Howard Nostrand, and Joe Certa. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A man makes a wager that he cannot be killed. A MAD-style spoof of the classic Wuthering Heights. A vampire is dejected to learn his son doesn't want to follow in his footsteps at Vampire University. Long Shot; Withering Heights; Go Vampire; Up There. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bob Powell, Lee Elias, and Manny Stallman. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. Honeymooners spend the night in a haunted mansion, where the wife is transformed into a murderous witch. Strange gnome-like beings revive a mummy for murderous purposes. A scientist brings a frozen dinosaur back to life, but doesn't foresee its rampage across the city. Murder Mansion; Green Horror; Servants of the Tomb; The Thing That Grew. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Lee Elias, Joe Certa, and Rudy Palais. A showcase for Harvey's distinctive brand of pre-Code horror. A mad scientist creates an army of flesh-eating flies and spiders. A witch brings old toys to evil life, but first the doll needs a new pair of eyes. The Sanders' new nanny is suspiciously witchlike. Toys of Terror; The Witch Who Wore White; Suicide!; Strange Superstitions; The Mask of Death!; The Man Who Had No Body; Demon Flies. Final issue under this title; as the Comics Code goes into effect, the series continues as Witches' Western Tales (1955) #29. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.