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Issue: Chilling Tales #13 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1952
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Issues: #13 of 5 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagYouthful
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Indicia Publisher: Youthful Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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The Screaming Skull

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Chilling Tales
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In Content Item: FlagThe Mammoth Book of Best Horror Comics #[nn] published January 2008
as Chilling Tales #13 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The Screaming Skull

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset (Leroy lettering)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Chilling Tales
Character(s): Eames (death); Vezin's housekeeper; Vezin (villain, death)
Synopsis: After searching for 20 years, two explorers discover a chest containing the Green God of Death in the jungle, worth $500,000. One of them, greedy Vezin, kills his partner Eames and leaves his body to the dreaded soldier ants while he makes his way out of the jungle with the treasure. Eames' skull, however follows him, screeching steadily, and Vezin locks the screaming skull into the chest with The Green Death. Returning to America, Vezin throws a party, and hires a housekeeper, who lets the skull escape, which exacts revenge on his former partner.
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Pages: 8
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The Hand of Glory

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset (Leroy lettering)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Chilling Tales
Character(s): Jem; Tom; Bill
Synopsis: A mystical item is made from the hand of a dead thief that grants the user the ability to steal from anyone. But finally the spell is broken and the owner of the hand seeks revenge.
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In Content Item: FlagThe 3-D Zone #11 published April 1988
as The Hand of Glory [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Mammoth Book of Best Horror Comics #[nn] published January 2008
as The Hand of Glory [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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What Is a Ghoul?

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Chilling Tales
Synopsis: An Irish judge recalls the trial of a ghoul in 1879. The hairy and red-eyed fiend was captured feasting on a dead human body.
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Pages: 2
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Pursued

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset (Leroy lettering)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Chilling Tales
Synopsis: Having discovered a treasure on the ocean floor, Jake kills his partner Harry. Harry's ghost however follows him, appearing night after night. When Jake confesses to his crime, Harry goes into attack mode.
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Pages: 7
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Spider Hider

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Letterer(s): typeset (Leroy lettering)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Chilling Tales
Synopsis: A war time pilot is recued from a spider-infested island and brought back to civilization. He does not feel well, however. Any person he comes in contact with is soon dying from spider bites.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: First-person narrative
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How 'Mini-Gym' turns plant "drip" into Success Dynamo

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: drama
Character(s): Tom; Jane; Betty; Sam
Synopsis: Tom misses out on a promotion because he's not tough enough. Using mini-gym gets him the promotion and the girl!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Comic strip as part of an advertisement for Mini-Gym. Comic takes up half the ad.
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Hey Skinny...Yer ribs are showing

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Genres: drama
Character(s): Joe
Synopsis: Skinny guy is admired after using Charles Atlas' new book.
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: 4 panel strip as part of an advertisement for Charles Atlas product.

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