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Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Mel Crawford (painted)

Inker(s): Mel Crawford (painted)

Colorist(s): Mel Crawford (painted)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Herbert Headley; ghostly hand of Kenneth Eastland

First Line: The ghostly hand writes its message... of death!

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Pages: 1

Job Number: G-6002

Notes: The artist attribution and job number were found on the margins of the original art board.
The cover was originally intended for Issue #81, and bumped back to this issue.

The Storm Meets Its Master!

Advertisement on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Joe Sinnott

Inker(s): Joe Sinnott

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Thor; Twinkies

Character(s): Thor

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Pages: 1

Notes: Hostess Twinkies ad. Located inside front cover.

The Dead Hand

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Paul S. Newman

Penciller(s): George Roussos

Inker(s): George Roussos

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Herbert Headley; Kenneth Eastland; Joan Eastland; Harold Eastland; Justice Marlow

Synopsis: A greedy lawyer rewrites a dying man's will and inherits everything but is haunted by the dead man's ghostly hand until he finally confesses his crime and meets his punishment.

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Pages: 7

Notes: Cover story. Script credit per Newman's records published in Robin Snyder's History of the Comics, Vol 2, # 8, August 1991.

Phantoms in the Mirror

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): John Celardo

Inker(s): John Celardo

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Reginald Keating (poet); Professor Albert Jenkins; Reginald's sweetheart; Reginald's sweetheart's husband

Synopsis: While visiting an aged poet to discover the inspiration of his classic poems, Professor Jenkins witnesses a scene from the distant past in a mirror: a young Keating involved in the accidental death of his sweetheart's husband. As a result, the romance is forever doomed and the lovers can never see each other again. The poet confirms that, indeed, that incident was the dark source of his famous poems.

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Pages: 5

The Tearful Ghost

Text Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Frank Bolle (illustration)

Inker(s): Frank Bolle (illustration)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Japhet Wadderburn; Dona Mercedes; Huldy Craddock

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Pages: 1

The Fatal Plunge

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Frank Bolle

Inker(s): Frank Bolle

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Fred Holmes; innkeeper; Michael Langley; farmer

Synopsis: While riding along the rugged Irish coast, Fred Holmes sees a ghostly horse tumble over a cliff. Then, Fred sees a ghostly male also fall over the cliff. The innkeeper tells Holmes about how Michael Langley and his prize-winning stallion mysteriously vanished years ago and that Holmes has solved the mystery of the ghostly horse's repeated sightings. Both man and beast died falling over that cliff.

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Pages: 6

Buried Treasure

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Frank Bolle

Inker(s): Frank Bolle

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Brian Tyler (archeologist; Thalun (his guide); old woman (the Guardian Spirit)

Synopsis: An archeologist in Burma, skeptical of native superstition, is visited by the Guardian Spirit of a treasure. Appearing as an old woman during an earthquake, the Guardian Spirit convinces Tyler to abandon his dig.

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Pages: 3

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Subject Matter

Genres: anthropomorphic

Feature(s): Tom and Jerry

Character(s): Tom; Jerry; Tuffy

First Line: Enjoy the loveable antics of Tom and Jerry

Synopsis: Jerry and Tuffy toast marshmallows on a stove element just as chef Tom is about to fix his dinner.

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Pages: 1

Notes: House ad for Tom and Jerry comics. Located between story pages 1 and 2 of Buried Treasure.