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Issue: Weird Mysteries #9 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1954
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagStanley Morse
Brand: A Key Magazine
Indicia Publisher: Gillmor Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/23/1953
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stanley Morse
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Epitaph/Destiny's Double Deal

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Bernard Baily
Bernard Baily
?
?
Subject Matter
horror
Reprinting
FlagFifties Terror #5 published March 1989
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]main panel only
 
Miscellaneous
1
Dream!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Petrizza
Petrizza
?
?
Subject Matter
horror
A man is abducted and taken into the dank bowels of the city where he is tortured by a strange cult and then released.
Reprinting
FlagChilling Tales of Horror v1 #1 published June 1969
as Dream [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Comics That Ate My Brain! #[nn] published January 1991
as Dream! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
The Garcon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Gerald Altman (signed) [as G. A.]
Gerald Altman (signed) [as G. A.]
?
?
Subject Matter
horror
Reprinting
FlagFifties Terror #2 published November 1988
as The Garcon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
The Plan!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
horror
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Out of Focus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Petrizza (signed)
Petrizza (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
horror
Dr. Lee M. Pettroe
Reprinting
FlagShock v1 #1 published May 1969
as Out of Focus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagHaunted Tales #5 published October 1973
as Out of Focus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
Epitaph!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Sal Trapani (signed)
Sal Trapani (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
horror
Edgar Clay; Miriam Clay
Edgar Clay is distraught that his faithful wife Miriam fell to her death from a cliff when he was away at work. Overcome by lonely grief, he visits the cemetery she is buried at to feel consoltation. As night falls, he sees the silent dead rising from their graves rewriting their epitaphs to reveal the truths about how they lived their lives. He's shocked to see Miriam write her epitaph revealing that she fell off the cliff waiting her lover!
Reprinting
FlagChilling Tales of Horror v1 #1 published June 1969
as Epitaph [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagGhoul Tales #3 published March 1971
as Epitaph [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagHaunted Horror #10 published March 2014
as Epitaph! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Inspired by "La Morte" (1887) by Guy de Maupassant, translated as "Was It A Dream?" in English (1910).
Destiny's Double Deal!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
horror
Henry Greene; L.T. Bronson; E. Verde
Reprinting
FlagGhoul Tales #1 published November 1970
as Destiny's Double Deal [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5

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