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Issue: Weird Thrillers #5
Publication Date: October 1952
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagZiff-Davis
Indicia Publisher: Approved Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/21/1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ben Martin
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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
? (painting)
? (painting)
? (painting)
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Payment in Full

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert Bernstein
Ray Willner
Ray Willner
?
?
Subject Matter
horror
Reprinting
FlagAmazing Ghost Stories #15 published December 1954
as Payment in Full! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
The Stalking Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert Bernstein ?
Sol Brodsky ?
Sol Brodsky ?
?
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
horror
Reprinting
FlagAmazing Ghost Stories #15 published December 1954
as The Stalking Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Possible Brodsky art per Nick Caputo, July 2015.
This story is a swipe of Bram Stoker's "The Squaw".
Writer credit suggested from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
Cagliostro - Swindler or Superman?

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Reprinting
FlagAmazing Ghost Stories #15 published December 1954
as Cagliostro -- Swindler or Superman? [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Giggles and Ghosts

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Vic Martin (signed)
Vic Martin (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
3 single-panel cartoons
Wings of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert Bernstein
Frank Giacoia (signed)
Frank Giacoia (signed)
?
John Duffy
Subject Matter
horror
A hunter kills a rare snow eagle that the locals consider the king of birds. The birds in the forest swarm the killer and get revenge for their fallen king.
Reprinting
FlagAmazing Ghost Stories #15 published December 1954
as Wings of Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagHaunted Horror #7 published October 2013
as Wings of Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
Graveyard Guffaws

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Vic Martin (signed)
Vic Martin (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
FlagAmazing Ghost Stories #15 published December 1954
as Graveyard Guffaws [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
3 single-panel cartoons
Spirit Spasms

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Vic Martin (signed)
Vic Martin (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
FlagAmazing Ghost Stories #15 published December 1954
as Spirit Spasms [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
3 single-panel cartoons
All the King's Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert Bernstein
Bob Powell
Bob Powell ?
?
John Duffy
Subject Matter
horror
Reprinting
FlagAmazing Ghost Stories #15 published December 1954
as All the King's Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Duffy lettering per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Ben Oda.
Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.

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