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Issue: Tales of Horror #9 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1954
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Issues: #9 of 13 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagToby
Brand: A Minoan MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Minoan Publishing Corp.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Elliot Caplin
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Sparling
Inker(s): Jack Sparling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Son of Satan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Olesen
Inker(s): George Olesen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Satan replaces the newly born son of a simple countryfolk couple with an evil imp of his making. By showing this creature parental love, Satan will be able to ascend to earth and rule. But things go not according to plan.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWitches Tales v6 #6 published November 1974
as The Man From Hell! [Story on Interior Page(s)]reworked
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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It Came from the Bottom of the World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Sparling
Inker(s): Jack Sparling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: When crossing the equator for a first time aboard a ship, all passengers take part in a ceremonial dunking in the ship's swimming pool. One man refuses. He is visited by Neptune himself.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Cover story.
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Too Much Steam!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Sparling
Inker(s): Jack Sparling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A killer relaxes after a hit in a steam room. When the steam gets hotter by the minute, the man realizes where he's really gone to.
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Pages: 2
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The Power of the Purple Claw

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ben Brown (signed)
Inker(s): David Gantz (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Purple Claw
Synopsis: How Dr. Jonathan Weir comes into possession of the powerful artefact known as "The Purple Claw". His first opponent is fiendish Dr. Gool, who injects deceased people with his radioactive living fluid and forms an army of the undead.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Purple Claw #1 published January 1953
was The Power of the Purple Claw [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Origin story
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The Devil Is a Dame!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ben Brown (signed)
Inker(s): David Gantz (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Purple Claw
Synopsis: Weir's second opponent is gun moll Brima Stone, who is a witch commanding demonic powers.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Purple Claw #1 published January 1953
was The Devil Is a Dame! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6

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