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Issue: Weird Tales of the Macabre #1
Publication Date: January 1975
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Issues: #1 of 2 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagSeaboard
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Seaboard Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/22/1974
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from Comic Reader #111.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Cover; Black and White Interior
Dimensions: Magazine Size
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Macabre Mails
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters section features an editorial on horror in comics and the upcoming line of Seaboard magazines.
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The Demon is Dying!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Kandelrue (death); Pepe; Bishop Kane; Himes (in flashback); Himes' daughter (in flashback)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPit of Evil #2 published January 1975
as The Demon is Dying [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Edge #14 published January 1998
as The Demon is Dying! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, horror
Character(s): Sephora
First Line: This is Devilina the sister of Satan!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Tales of the Sorceress #1 (later renamed Devilina #1). Same artwork that Thrilling Adventure Stories #1 later uses to promote Devilina #1, and that Devilina #1 later uses to promote Devilina #2 (all three have different text).
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Time Lapse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Charles Berkowitz; Ben (on phone)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Many Horrors of Dan Curtis

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Text article on Dan Curtis includes photos from his films and TV shows.
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A Second Life

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): unnamed undead woman (second death); unnamed man (death)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Cheese Is For The Rats

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (translation)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mark / Nestor Charlton (death, character referred to by two different names); Roger (death); unnamed eccentric man
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales of Horror #2 published January 1975
as The Cheese is for the Rats [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Villanova is credited for this story in the letters page of issue #2. Villanova's style does not match the artwork of this story, while there are credits for Ferrer in the original appearance of the story.
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Tour de Force

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Noah Claye (death); Ruby Claye (death); Jack (death); Mr. DeVille
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales of Horror #2 published January 1975
as Tour de Force [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Speed Demon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Death (host); Neal W. Evers (death); 'Chip' Farrell (death); Teddy Dobbs (death); Steve Sellars (death); Rog; Joe; Jim McCoy; Hoffman
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8

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