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Issue: Weird Thrillers #4
Publication Date: January 1952
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Issues: #4 of 5 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagZiff-Davis
Brand: Ziff-Davis Comic GroupView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Approved Comics 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 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Widow's Lover

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Vincent; Edouard Moulin; Garand; Destin; Dr. Rendu; Durand
First Line: Moulin, the executioner...
Synopsis: A former executioner beheads those he feels need beheading, and is allowed to be his own executioner.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Ghost Stories #16 published February 1955
as The Widow's Lover [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Joe Kubert Archives #1 published December 2012
as The Widow's Lover [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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The Tentacles of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Dr. Mark Savant; Ventro; Mona; Mago Sartorus; Gaarlo
First Line: It is the year 2230...
Synopsis: Dr. Mark Savant heads to Genero where the inhabitants are practicing human sacrifice. There he finds a horrible monster called an Octeel.
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Ghost Stories #16 published February 1955
as The Tentacles of Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Dr. Osborne's Secret Weapon

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): General Bollinger; Dr. Osborne
First Line: General Bollinger heaved his huge bulk...
Synopsis: A future scientist discovers a way to defeat the invading Sirians by disabling atomic energy.
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Ghost Stories #16 published February 1955
as Dr. Osborne's Secret Weapon [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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The Bloody Sword

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Robert MacLoran; Tandy (Robert's fiancee); Uncle Bruce; Duncan (servant)
First Line: On the Scottish moors...
Synopsis: Robert MacCloran returns to his ancestral home to claim his birthright, but his evil uncle has other plans.
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Ghost Stories #16 published February 1955
as The Bloody Sword [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Ink lines in the hair of the main characters are the reason for the Giunta inking credit. Layouts and figures are definitely Dan Barry.

Inker addition of Sy Barry per Alter Ego #130 (January 2015).
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The Portrait of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Gregory Harborough; Anton De Salvo
First Line: That painting...why...why...this is incredible!
Synopsis: Gregory Harborough finds a painting of himself labelled "Portrait of Death" and is determined to find the artist.
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Ghost Stories #16 published February 1955
as The Portrait of Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The Finger of Fate

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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Dewarzung; Dr. Gladys Cross
First Line: The rishi, or holy men...
Synopsis: Dr. Gladys Cross saves the finger of a holyman from being chopped off and gets a reward in return.
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Ghost Stories #16 published February 1955
as The Finger of Fate [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Jerry Bails' Who's Who mentions that all of Kinstler's work at St. John Publications was reprints.
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Graveyard in the Antarctic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): G. Murray Levick; Captain Robert Scott
First Line: When he was with Captain Robert Scott...
Synopsis: G. Murray Levick, surgeon with Captain Robert Scott, finds a thousands of dead and dying seals in the Antarctic.
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Ghost Stories #16 published February 1955
as Graveyard in the Antarctic [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1

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