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Issue: Ghost Comics #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1953
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Issues: #8 of 11 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand: Fiction House MagazinesView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Fiction House, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): J. F. Byrne (managing editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Curse of the Mist-Things

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Maurice Whitman
Inker(s): Maurice Whitman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Curse of the Mist-Things

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Belcastro [as Johnny Bell] (signed)
Inker(s): John Belcastro [as Johnny Bell] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: In his youth Sir John killed a man and kidnapped a gypsy woman. A ghostly gypsy caravan arrives at Belfast manor – to claim the lord’s daughter who is the result of that mating.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Face in the Shroud

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Benulis [as Benulis] (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Abel [as Abel] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Synopsis: When a seance goes wrong and Helen's husband Jim is killed by a ghostly apparition, she is held for murder. But with the assistance of Jim's ghost Helen can thwart a sinister plot behind it all.
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In Content Item: FlagHaunted Horror #13 published October 2014
as The Face in the Shroud [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Return Engagement

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Discount (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Discount (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Deceased marionette performer Zucardo invites his criminal wife Mae to an abandoned theatre. On the stage where she poisoned him she is going to experience a truly horrifying act.
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In Content Item: FlagSpellbound Magazine #[nn] published January 1954
as Return Engagement [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Fonopost

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sidney M. Elias
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Stamp Page
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The Soul Stealer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Careless tourists David Fleming and Ann Jordan come into contact with a voodoo ritual. As they are haunted by nightly visions and wild dreams they seek help with psychiatrist Dr. Gordon. But things get worse and one of them is destined to become a zombie.
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In Content Item: FlagSpellbound Magazine #[nn] published January 1954
as The Soul Stealer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The Last of Glanamores

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Larry Woromay ?
Inker(s): Larry Woromay ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: When Hugh Glanamore comes visiting his inherited castle in Scotland, he is confronted by ghosts from the past. In return for longevity an evil druid has turned his ancestors into oak trees.
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In Content Item: FlagSpellbound Magazine #[nn] published January 1954
as The Last of Glanamores [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Previous indexer suggested John Belcastro? for art credits.

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