Horror Tales comic books issue 9

Cover by Oscar Novelle. Stories and art by Dick Ayers, Ruben Marchionne, Walter Casadei, Antonio Reynoso, and Oscar Fraga. Legendary publisher Myron Fass presents another Eerie series, featuring tales of horror and the macabre. Antarctic explorers discover a long-frozen caveman. A collector purchases a shrunken head that begins speaking to him. A doctor learns how to read the minds of others, but the first person he tries it on turns out to be a murderous lunatic. Featuring altered reprints from Chamber of Chills and other 1950s pre-Code comics. The Demon; Tear 'Em Apart; The Mummies; Vampire; The Skull; I Chopped Her Head Off!; Bloodsucker; The Head from Hell; Pit of Monsters; A Shock of Horror; Superstitions; Evil Oddities. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $1.50.

Stories and art by Oscar Stepancich, Ruben Marchionne, Hector Castellon, Alberto Macagno, Cirilo Munoz, Eugenio Zoppi, Antonio Reynoso, and Oscar Fraga. Legendary publisher Myron Fass presents another Eerie series, featuring tales of horror and the macabre. American soldiers stationed in Germany encounter a female vampire. A couple murders a rich, witchy aunt, but her cat returns for revenge. Scientists kill the monster called the Medusa-Ghoul, but can't escape its curse. Featuring altered reprints from Tomb of Terror (1952) and other 1950s pre-Code comics. House of the Vampire; Black Light Terror; The Monster; The Witch's Claws; A Head Full of Snakes; The Skin Crawlers; The Evil Trip; The Curse of the Dead; The Living Dead; The Evil Idol; Deadman's Tomb. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $1.50.

Stories and art by Jack Cole, Larry Woromay, Chic Stone, Enrique Cristobal, Cirilo Munoz, Antonio Reynoso, and Oscar Fraga. Legendary publisher Myron Fass presents another Eerie series, featuring tales of horror and the macabre. On a volcanic island, a scientific team finds an ancient temple to the evil god Moloch. A collector ill-advisedly resorts to murder for an image of Indian goddess Kali, in a story originally written by Plastic Man creator Jack Cole. A witch exacts grisly revenge on the man who stole his invention with a voodoo doll. Featuring altered reprints from Tomb of Terror (1952) and other 1950s pre-Code comics. The Vampire; Monster of Evil; The Blood Goddess; Satan's Pit of Evil; Nightmare in Blood; Voodoo Terror; Better Off Dead; The Swamp Monster; The Fiend From the Outside; Evil Oddities. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $1.50.

Cover by Oscar Novelle. Stories and art by Alberto Macagno, Dick Ayers, Cirilo Munoz, Antonio Reynoso, and Nestor Olivera. Legendary publisher Myron Fass presents another Eerie series, featuring tales of horror and the macabre. A scientist can revive the dead, but unfortunately, they return as monsters. A movie actor drafted to the Korean front uses makeup to fake his own death, but it works too well. Plus a bonus do-it-yourself horror mask. Featuring altered reprints from Tomb of Terror (1952) and other 1950s pre-Code comics. Strange Facts; Eye of Evil; The Metal Replacements; Monster Maker; He Rose From the Grave; Deadman's Dream; A Tomb of Horror; The Evil Black Cats; The Monster From Dimension X; Satan's Dead Demons; A Gruesome Shock; Evil Oddities; A Weird Horror Mask. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $1.50.

Cover by Jack Sparling. Stories and art by George Olesen, Ben Brown, David Gantz and Jack Sparling. Pre-Code horror comics from Toby Press. A hit man relaxes in a steam room after his latest job, but as the heat increases, he realizes he's not in his favorite sauna - or even New York - anymore. Dr. Jonathan Weir crash-lands in Africa, where a local tribe entrusts him with the mystical artifact known as The Purple Claw, giving him the power to battle evil. In his debut adventures, he faces Dr. Gool's army of the undead, and gangster's moll Brima Stone, who has the powers of witchcraft. The Son of Satan; It Came from the Bottom of the World!; Too Much Steam; The Power of the Purple Claw; Purple Claw: The Devil Is a Dame. 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.