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Issue: Witchcraft #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1952
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Issues: #2 of 6 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAvon
Brand: An Avon Publication
Indicia Publisher: Avon Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/03/1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sol Cohen (Editor and General Manager)
Disclose Notes: Indexed from a scan from http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php by "Ontology" with art credits from Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. and from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals 1953, page 171
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions:  
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Death Tattoo

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gene Fawcette ?
Inker(s): Gene Fawcette ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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Contents

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sid Check (signed)
Inker(s): Sid Check (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the inside front cover.
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The Death Tattoo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Norman Nodel (signed)
Inker(s): Vince Alascia (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; ? (splash panel only)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Circus performer Garth wears a magic symbol on his chest. The “death tattoo” allows him to use the power of hypnotism, but comes with a price. Its wearer is slowly driven insane; and after his death, the tattoo detaches from the body and goes searching for a new victim.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: First-person narrative
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The Vampire Puppet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Edward Goldfarb
Inker(s): Edward Goldfarb
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Puppet master Gravon and his puppet Koko are celebrities. His three assistants are jealous of his success, murder Gravon and go on stage themselves. Koko, however, changes into an avenging vampire puppet and drains the treacherous trio of their life blood.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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The Dead DO Tell!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Kubert (illustrations)
Inker(s): Joe Kubert (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Pages: 1
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House to Let

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sid Check (signed)
Inker(s): Sid Check (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Synopsis: Professor Janney invents a formula to bring dead matter to life. He tries it out in his home laboratory – with horrid success. His house becomes alive and keeps him prisoner. Janney slowly diminishes in size, ready to be absorbed by his murderous home.
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The Northern Horror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): A. Albert
Inker(s): Joe Kubert
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Somewhere in Northern Canada, an expedition in search of Uranium comes across Viking artifacts. Eskimo guide Arnook warns the foreigners of the “Golden Sword of the Spirits”, but some men push on, discover a lost Viking ship and their doom.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.

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