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Strange Fantasy comic books issue 8

  • Issue #8
    Strange Fantasy (1952) 8
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4732816009
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    "Death Strikes Four"; A party of four friends visits a country home. Little do they know that the clock tower nearby is inhabited by an evil spirit; The clockwork runs on human flesh and blood--as the friends soon find out. "The Riddle of Manitou Rock"; Part indian hermit Terry lives under Manitou Rock, a sacred site; A friendly will o' the wisp guides him to a hidden bandit treasure, but some gangsters start to interfere. "Ghost Cat" text story. "Guided Death"; Captain Davis, a pilot in the Korean conflict, bravely manages to direct an unmanned plane (a guided missile) straight into its target--thus blowing up a railroad tunnel. "Cry from the Coffin"; A nameless man hits his head on a fire hydrant in the street and falls into a locked-in-state of being; Fully conscious, but unable to move or speak he has to witness identification by his unfaithful wife, an autopsy in which his heart is removed and his own funeral. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Fall 1969. Reprints Pulp Fantasy stories by Ray Bradbury, Fritz Leiber, Gordon R. Dickson, Ursula K. Leguin, Vern Fearing, John Jakes, Fredric Brown, Dean Evans, Donald Moffitt, and Eric Frank Russell. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay, Keith, Mel Varga, Charles Berger, Sanford Kossin, and Leo Summers. 5 3/8-in. x 7 1/2-in.; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.50.