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Issue: Horrific #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1953
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Issues: #5 of 13 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagComic Media
Brand: Comic Media
Indicia Publisher: Harwell Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Allen Hardy
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Don Heck (signed)
Inker(s): Don Heck (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Death Kiss

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rudy Palais (signed)
Inker(s): Rudy Palais
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Professor Casper Skeezer; Charlie; Louise; Rita;
Synopsis: Prof. Skeezer creates a sexy robot named Rita. However, she is so strong that her kisses kill men. Skeezer tries to destroy Rita before she can kiss him to death, but fails.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Tomb v2 #4 published August 1970
as Mechanical Monster [Story on Interior Page(s)]reworked
In Content Item: FlagTales Too Terrible to Tell #3 published January 1991
as Death Kiss [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The professor's last name is spelled "Skeezer" on page 1, but on page 6 and 7 it is "Skeeter."
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Murder Mountain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as Tewks] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as Tewks] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Max; Monk; Pop; Cal Hawks; Jess
Synopsis: Bank robbers Max and Monk take shelter in an old house on Murder Mountain. That night, they witness scenes from the past, as Cal and Jess murder helpless travelers but are eventually caught by deputies. Jess and his sister are shot to death and Cal is hung. Max and Monk are arrested, the police having been attracted to the old house by sounds of gunfire from "near a hundred years ago."
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Terror #11 published May 1954
as Hills of Horror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Blade of Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles X. Houts (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Non-supernatural story about the Korean War.
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Smoke Spirit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Kenneth Landau (signed)
Inker(s): Kenneth Landau
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Ken Brown; Hugh Scarlett; Sonia Scarlett; Honey Scarlett
Synopsis: Reporter Ken is told by a female ghost--who appears in a cloud of pipe smoke--to visit the Scarlett Acres plantation. Owners Hugh and Sonia plan to murder Ken, but the ghost, Hugh's sister Honey, warns him. She says they murdered her and buried her in the tobacco fields. That's why she appears in smoke. To help Honey avenge herself, Ken tricks Hugh and Sonia into burning a barnful of tobacco. This gives Honey the power to destroy her murderers. Honey can now rest in peace.
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Pages: 6
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Singing Slaves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Perlin (signed)
Inker(s): Abe Simon (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Blackton; Sails; Chang; Jack
Synopsis: A hundred years ago, Blackton raided a village in Asia and enslaved 100 people. As they are led into captivity, they sing a song cursing him. When a British gunboat draws near, Blackton throws the slaves into the sea to drown. However, he continues to hear their song, and is eventually dragged into the sea to die. Divers in modern times still see the corpses of the slaves on the ocean floor, singing their song.
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Pages: 7

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