Witches Tales (1969 Magazine) comic books

Cover by Chic Stone. Stories and art by Ezra Jackson, Don Weaver, and Ken Battefield. Tales of horror and the macabre, featuring altered reprints from 1950s pre-Code comics. Paranormal investigator Dr. Trimm realizes that Ellen's uncle Caleb is not a ghost, or even dead at all. Kolah (a renamed Rulah the Jungle Girl) encounters the terrifying ape women of Antilla. A woman is possessed by the spirit of a witch after relocating to Salem, Massachusetts. Devil on His Shoulder; Broom for a Witch; Green Horror; Grimm, Ghost Doctor; Mirror of Madness; The Antilla Terror; Ghost-Bait; Ohhhh, Brother! 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.35.

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Cover by Bill Alexander. Stories and art by L.B. Cole and Rudy Palais. Tales of horror and the macabre, featuring altered reprints from 1950s pre-Code comics. A ballerina's partner returns from the grave for one last waltz. A "ghost doctor" investigates after a plastic surgeon is apparently murdered by a dead ex-patient. The ghost of King John arises to protect the original copy of the Magna Carta. Until Dead - Rot; Witches Haunt; From Beyond the Grave; Portrait of Death; The Genius; Death Is Only Skin Deep; Death to a Traitor; A Taste of Blood. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 52 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Bill Alexander. Stories and art by Larry Woromay, Oscar Fraga, Jack Sparling, and Carl Burgos. Tales of horror and the macabre, featuring altered reprints from 1950s pre-Code comics. A glutton and his mother disparage his wife's cooking abilities - until she makes him a meal he'll never forget, in the memorably titled "Yeech!" A desperate man turns to murder and robbery to feed his family. A man builds a robotic woman companion for himself, but the tech support is a killer. The Devil's Monster; Doom Creatures; Yeech!; Nightmare; Blood and Old Bones; Until Death Do Us Part; Thief of Souls; Over Her Dead Body. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 52 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Bill Alexander. Stories and art by Larry Woromay, Antonio Reynoso, Oscar Stepancich, Walter Casadei, and Dick Ayers. Tales of horror and the macabre, featuring altered reprints from 1950s pre-Code comics. A former employee takes holiday-themed revenge on the businessmen who framed him. A couple murders a rich, witchy aunt, but her cat returns for revenge. After a train accident, a man realizes that no one can see or hear him. The Witch's Claws; Weird Vengeance; The Mummies; The Demon From Beyond; The Devil's Fiddle; Horror Harbor; Crawling Death; A Skeleton in the Closet. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Bill Alexander. Stories and art by Steve Ditko, Larry Woromay, Antonio Reynoso, Oscar Stepancich, Walter Casadei, and Oscar Fraga. Tales of horror and the macabre, featuring altered reprints from 1950s pre-Code comics. A brain operation unleashes the monstrous beast within an ordinary man. A traveling salesman and his wife disregard a house's history of horrible murders. A man with a rare bone condition tries an experimental cure that turns his bones elastic, in a horror classic with art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. The Old Hag's Claws of Horror; Monster in White; Werewolf Castle; The Needless Night; Stretching Things; Skull Scavenger; The Ghoul and the Guest; The Bloody Guillotine. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Bill Alexander. Stories and art by Antonio Reynoso and Oscar Fraga. Tales of horror and the macabre, featuring altered reprints from 1950s pre-Code comics. Brothers plot to murder their wealthy aunt, but she's got dark powers on her side. A prehistoric egg is accidentally incubated by a museum, hatching an ancient monstrosity. A honeymooning couple meets their ancestors, vampires still living in an ancient castle. House of Vampires; Spirits of the Witch; Demon; A Hole in the Sky; Cadaver's Revenge; Fate Laughs at Clowns; Hammer of Evil. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Bill Alexander. Stories and art by Chic Stone, Larry Woromay, Dick Ayers, and Oscar Fraga. Tales of horror and the macabre, featuring altered reprints from 1950s pre-Code comics. The cursed Mask of Medusa passes to a new owner. In an unusual tale, a coffin narrates its own life story. A heroic jungle girl visits an island to find the magical Drum of Life. A Corpse For the Coffin; Mask of Horror; The Dead Monsters; Dollar$ and Doom; The Thing in the Cellar; Drums of Doom; The Tiger's Paw. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Bill Alexander. Stories and art by Larry Woromay and Dick Ayers. Tales of horror and the macabre, featuring altered reprints from 1950s pre-Code comics. A couple discovers a mad scientist's army of giant rats. A scientist refuses to believe that murders in the nearby graveyard are the work of a vampire. Vampire; The Skeleton; Black Death; The Gateway to Yesterday; Exit the Lone Ghost; Nightmare Island; Fatal Horror; Hell Below. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

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Cover by Bill Alexander. Stories and art by Antonio Reynoso¸ Oscar Stepancich and Joe Doolin. Tales of horror and the macabre, featuring altered reprints from 1950s pre-Code comics. A robotologist creates a robot duplicate of himself, then gets blamed after it goes on a killing spree at Mardi Gras. A vampire weds an unsuspecting young woman, only to learn that she too is a vampire. A diver ignores warnings that beautiful black pearls are cursed. The Winged Monsters; The Hungry Vampire; Black Death; The Bloody Ax; Death at the Mardi Gras; Ghouls Castle; The Jinxed Genius. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

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Cover by Johnny Bruck. Stories and art by Oswal, Dick Ayers¸ Walter Casadei, Larry Woromay and Carl Burgos. Tales of horror and the macabre, featuring altered reprints from 1950s pre-Code comics. An entomologist pursues a mysterious red spider on a tropical island, despite warnings by the locals. A mad scientist creates an army of flesh-eating flies and spiders. A road crew accidentally unseals the buried tomb of the Vulture of Sorrow Valley. Cover painting by Johnny Bruck originally appeared in Germany's Perry Rhodan. The Zombie Manikins; The Strange Corpse; Voodoo Horror; Web of Terror; Witch's Revenge; Witch's Revenge; Vampire Flies; Terror Below. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Johnny Bruck. Stories and art by Antonio Reynoso¸ Dick Ayers, Oscar Fraga, Bruce Hamilton and Hector Castellon. Tales of horror and the macabre, featuring altered reprints from 1950s pre-Code comics. A man's long hair comes to life, in a truly bizarre escalating series of events. Bridge-building partners attack each other out of jealousy. The Sanders' new nanny is suspiciously witchlike. Cover painting by Johnny Bruck originally appeared in Germany's Perry Rhodan. The Evil Black Cats; Morgan's Ghost; The Devil's Zombie; Demon; Devil Ghouls; Hair Yee-eeee; Mask of the Monster; Nightmare Mansion. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Johnny Bruck. Stories and art by Cirilo Munoz¸ Oscar Novelle, Dick Ayers, Oscar Fraga, Joseph McCord and Ezra Jackson. Tales of horror and the macabre, featuring altered reprints from 1950s pre-Code comics. A ferry captain provides corpses to a mad doctor in an island castle for his evil experiments. A killer takes refuge in a wax museum and learns the deadly secret of its lifelike exhibits. A silversmith makes a deal with the spirit of an executed witch to create a silver coffin for her body. Cover painting by Johnny Bruck originally appeared in Germany's Perry Rhodan. Mask of Horror; The Silver Demon; Castle of the Dead; The Vampire Monster Trap; The Devil's Belt; Ghoul Without Pockets; Demon in the Dungeon; The Dead Demons. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

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Cover by Johnny Bruck. Stories and art by Ralph Milne Farley¸ Eddy C. Bertin, Oscar Novelle, Oswal, Oscar Fraga, and Ezra Jackson. Tales of horror and the macabre, featuring altered reprints from 1950s pre-Code comics. Fishermen encounter a Viking spirit. Scientists create a living blob in their lab that soon grows beyond their control. Room 1313 in the Rex Arms hotel drives guests to suicide. Plus a classic horror tale from the original Weird Tales by Ralph Milne Farley. Cover painting by Johnny Bruck originally appeared in Germany's Perry Rhodan. The Bloody Blob; Dark Horror; Sea Ghost; The Devil's Sword; Abductor Minimi Digit; Horror Comes to Room 1313; The Living Dead; Crack-Up. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Fernando Fernandez. Stories and art by Antonio Reynoso¸ Nathaniel R. Carter, Torre Repiso, Lucius Fairish, Oscar Fraga, and Ezra Jackson. Tales of horror and the macabre, featuring altered reprints from 1950s pre-Code comics. A shrunken head tells its new owner that it needs a body. Space aliens abduct a pair of earthlings named Adam and Evelyn for a repopulation experiment. A frozen cavewoman revived by science goes on a murderous rampage when she gets a glimpse of the modern world. One Step Beyond; The Strange Haunt; Bloody Talus; Menace of the UFO; Terror From the Sky; The Shrunken Monster; The Game Called Dying; Hammer of Evil. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Fernando Fernandez. Stories and art by Carl Burgos, Antonio Reynoso¸ Ruben Marchionne, Dick Donley, Oscar Fraga, and Ezra Jackson. Tales of horror and the macabre, featuring altered reprints from 1950s pre-Code comics. After being abducted by aliens, a man returns to Earth to find civilization destroyed. Two men are trapped in a version of The Most Dangerous Game on a remote island. A famous medium suggests that leaders of underworld gangs employ otherworldly assassins, but he has a secret motive. Plus a strange true tale (with Carl Burgos art) about Irish healing stones. Jeb's Bloody Ghost; Deadman; The Conjurer; The Weird Restaurant; Facts for Ghouls; The Needless Night; Torture Garden; Mirror of Death. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Fernando Fernandez. Stories and art by Dick Ayers, Carl Burgos, Oscar Stepancich, Antonio Reynoso¸ Lisa Proctor, Walter Casadei, Nellie M. Neilsen, and Ezra Jackson. Tales of horror and the macabre, featuring altered reprints from 1950s pre-Code comics. American soldiers stationed in Germany encounter a female vampire. A man sets a trap for the ghouls that have been feasting on the bodies of his ancestors. A wife's hatred of her husband's undertaking job drives her murderously insane. The Toreador and the Demons; House of the Vampire; The Weird Ones; Spirits of Doom; The Hungry Ghoul; The Strange Dream; Undertaker; Devil's Sketch Book. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.60.

Stories and art by Cirilo Munoz, Oscar Stepancich, Beverly Haaf¸ Oscar Fraga, and Ezra Jackson. Tales of horror and the macabre, featuring altered reprints from 1950s pre-Code comics. A marine biologist accidentally captures a sea monster, but now he must figure out what to do with it. A sorcerer's ghost offers a deal to shunned carnival freak Georgie, but first Georgie must resurrect the sorcerer. The Blood-Mad Monster; Werewolf; The Lady Is a Demon; The Witch's Pit; Nightmare; Bloody Head; Hell Below. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.60.

Stories and art by Ambrose Bierce, Torre Repiso, Oscar Stepancich, Nellie M. Neilsen, and Ezra Jackson. Tales of horror and the macabre, featuring altered reprints from 1950s pre-Code comics. American dancer Carma learns too much about the forbidden dances of ancient India. A gypsy's spirit returns in the form of a puppet to take revenge on the village that hanged him. A woman is possessed by the spirit of a witch after relocating to Salem, Massachusetts. Plus a classic horror tale by Ambrose Bierce, Monomania, or John Bartine's Watch. The Witch's Horror; The Ghouls; The Thing in the Cave; Bedeviled Puppet; Monomania; Fatal Horror; Broom For a Witch; The Undying Fiend. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.60.

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Stories and art by Ruben Marchionne, Antonio Reynoso, Oscar Fraga, Robert Norton, Dick Ayers, and Ezra Jackson. Tales of horror and the macabre, featuring altered reprints from 1950s pre-Code comics. Figures from nursery rhymes are brought to life as murderous minions. A sinister clause in their wealthy uncle's will pits two greedy brothers against each other in a fight to the death. A 17th-century witch is freed from her grave by a Nazi bomb and begins to fulfill her curse. The Zombies; Monsters of Evil; The Graveyard; The Horror of the Salem Witch Trials; The Corpse; Web of the Widow; Death Is No Stranger; The Witch's Curse. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.60.

Cover by Bill Alexander. Stories and art by Antonio Reynoso, Oscar Fraga, Rama Wells, Hector Castellon, Larry Woromay, Robert A. W. Lowndes, Dick Ayers, and Ezra Jackson. Tales of horror and the macabre, featuring altered reprints from 1950s pre-Code comics. The guardian of an ancient city returns to life when scientists take it out of the city. A scientist's experiments with light open a portal to another dimension. Treasure hunters are pursued by disembodied heads after stealing a ruby from a native idol. Evil Is the Witch; The Slimy Thing; Spiders Anyone?; Black Light Monsters; The Heads of Terror; I Chopped Her Head Off; The Premonition; Reincarnation. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.60.