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Issue: Adventures into Darkness #9 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1953
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Issues: #9 of 10 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: Standard ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Visual Editions Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/06/1953
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1953 Periodicals, page 3.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Flowers on Deborah's Grave

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Hands of Don José

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Toth
Inker(s): Mike Peppe
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, horror
Synopsis: Barcelona in Spain. Cruel general Martinez cuts off the hands of bull fighter Don José for ogling his girl. But when Martinez is confronted by a vicious bull, the crippled matador cannot help him.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSeduction of the Innocent! #6 published April 1986
as The Hands of Don José [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGenius, Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth #[nn] published April 2011
as The Hands of Don José [Story on Interior Page(s)]Republished from the original art
In Content Item: FlagSetting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 #[nn] published August 2011
as The Hands of Don José [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-14**
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Weird Maze

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1559
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The Three Monkeys

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rafael Astarita
Inker(s): Rafael Astarita
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Jim Bradley (writer); Gloria (fiancee)
Synopsis: Bradley goes to India in search of the Three Monkeys Cult. When he finds its sacred chamber, he also finds diamonds. Because of his greed he is struck blind, so that he never more will see evil.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: B-1532
Disclose Notes: This art is identical to his signed stories in "Real Life Comics" #53, "Intimate Confessions" #5 and "Realistic Romances"#8 (IW-edition).
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Call for Claws

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lewis Island
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Phantom of Flushing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1548
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Flowers on Deborah's Grave

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky
Inker(s): Mike Peppe
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: An old hag-like woman stalks a man and presents him with flowers. When the man uses them to decorate the grave of another woman, the hag is enraged and digs up the corpse. It is the man's daughter.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: B-1522
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Ghost of Raynham Hall

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Synopsis: A gunshot finally scares away a persistent ghost.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1549
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Nothing Can Save Her

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Woolfolk
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: On a nightly country road, Dr. Saunders hits a beautiful woman with his car. He can save her life by giving her transfusions of his blood. She recovers and thanks him by draining the rest of it - because she is a vampire.
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In Content Item: FlagTales Too Terrible to Tell #8 published May 1993
as Nothing Can Save Her [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: B-1550

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