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Issue: Psycho #5
Publication Date: November 1971
 
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Publisher: FlagSkywald
Indicia Publisher: Skywald Publishing Corporation
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
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Content Items: 14 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Helen Rudin (credited) (editorial assistant)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: magazine size
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
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Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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A Psycho Scene

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Subject Matter
horror
Earth-Worm
Earth-Worm
A gigantic humanoid earthworm attacks motorists.
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FlagThe Bill Everett Archives #2 published September 2013
as A Psycho Scene [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
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frontispiece
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Let the Dreamer Beware

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
horror
A man is tricked by demons in the dream world to kill his wife so that he will belong to them.
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FlagThe 1974 Nightmare Yearbook #1 published January 1974
as Let the Dreamer Beware [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagL'Écho des Savanes Spécial U.S.A. #13 published January 1979
as Rêve rencontre [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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The writer's name was misspelled as Jerry Siegal in the credits.

Cover story.
Power of the Pen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
horror
A writer finds out that everything he writes about happens for real in reality, such as a male friend getting hit by a car and a female friend being trapped in a mirror.
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FlagThe 1974 Nightmare Yearbook #1 published January 1974
as Power of the Pen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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Psycho Delivery

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letters section includes a pencil sketch by Boris Vallejo of the cover to Psycho #3, letters from future artists John Workman and Duffy Vohland and "The Psycho-Analyst", a text article by Jeff Rovin which features an interview with Al Hewetson and a photo of the author.
The Psycho-Analyst

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Jeff Rovin
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Text article with photos. Interview with Al Hewetson.
Cavern of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
horror
The Heap
After sinking into quicksand in the previous story, the Heap finds himself sucked into a stream and ends up in a cavern full of mutants who have been mutated by contaminated drinking water.
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The Vampire

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Psycho Photo-Special
Text article with photographs from various vampire films.
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Includes an editorial by Sol Brodsky on the price increase.
The Unholy Satanists

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
horror
A mother is hypnotized by a coven of witches to join them in their allegiance to Satan.
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Out of Chaos...a New Beginning, part 2

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horror
Out of Chaos
While Satan and a group of beings known as the Procreators fight over new universes they both create, an incredibly powerful baby known as the Sage enslaves them both.
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Frankenstein, Book II: The Sewer Tomb of Le Suub!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
horror
Frankenstein, Book II
After being defeated by Quasimodo, the Frankenstein monster is abducted by aquatic demons who live under Paris and battles their ruler Le Suub, a gigantic octopus monster. Meanwhile Dr. Pretorius salvages the still living head of Dr. Frankenstein and forces him to help him create a monster similar to his creation.
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Ad for Nightmare #6

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Inside back cover includes a small repro of Nightmare # 6 cover art without copy.
Ad for Hell-Rider #3

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Back cover ad features the cover to the unpublished Hell-Rider # 3.

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