XOW Logo
  • Location
    • Home
    • Issue Detail, List Content Items
in for
   
by
Facebook Logo
Report a Bug Ask for Support Review Site Apply to be an Editor
Issue: Shocking Tales Digest #1
Publication Date: October 1981
 
Disclose Detail
Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Picture Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 1981
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 0716585271801
Price: $0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 28 (23 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes:  
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Digest Size
Paper Stock: Cardstock Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format:  
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
Disclose Reprinted From21
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
Notation
Needs Cropping
 
 
Assets0
 
spacer
Disclose Content Items (28 total)
Disclose Issue Images
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colón art per The Comic Reader # 194, September 1981. Some images may be taken from interior stories.
Disclose
[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
Disclose
Shocking Tales Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This is a collage of images and titles from the interior stories.
Disclose
Strange Superstitions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, non-fiction
First Line: Many harmless birds and animals were once regarded with horror and loathing by superstitious people throughout the world!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Animals listed as bad omens are owl and magpie. A good omen is a cuckoo. The howling of dogs was associated with the approach of death. It was thought that a mouse held the soul of a person when asleep. A black cat was depicted as a witch's companion.
Disclose
Colorama

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: You are driving on the street with the million neon lights!
Synopsis: You are hypersensitive to color, and the doctor may have a cure, but you will have to kill him to get it.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlack Cat Comics #45 published August 1953
was Colorama! [Story on Interior Page(s)]with changes
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Reprinted from a version modified from original to meet Comics Code requirements. The text box that appears in the last panel of page five in the version in Black Cat Mystic #62 apparently fell off the original art and ended up covering the lower left corner of the first panel on page three in this printing. (So the story ends with the original ending after all.)
Disclose
Logan's Next Life!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tom Conway; Mary Conway; Rex Logan
First Line: Was this an actual case of reincarnation?
Synopsis: Tom thinks his friend Rex has been reincarnated as a dog.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAlarming Tales #1 published September 1957
was Logan's Next Life! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose
Line-Up!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: There were no spotlights, no witnesses, not even a detective around!
Synopsis: There's been a murder in the hill country, and it's time for justice.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlack Cat Comics #45 published August 1953
was Lynch Mob [Story on Interior Page(s)]Reprinted with significant changes; modified and retitled from "Lynch Mob" to "Line-Up!"
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Reprinted in this form in Recollections Sampler (Lorne-Harvey, 1991 series) #1.
Disclose
The Hero

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Only a very, very special man could go into space -- and in a million years you or I could never match the hero
Synopsis: A man's short stature makes him the greatest of all astronauts.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAlarming Tales #2 published November 1957
was The Hero [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose
First Man on the Moon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: The M-4 was the standard circle-type artificial satellite build to launch landing rockets to the moon...
Synopsis: An astronaut discovers that he may not be the only living creature on the moon.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRace for the Moon #1 published March 1958
was First Man on the Moon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose
Cancelled!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: A deal's a deal! There's no way out of this debt...
Synopsis: A banker hires a hit man, but refuses to pay when the intended victim dies an accidental death.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose
The Cadmus Seed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Professor Horace Googer
First Line: Manpower from plantpower? The answer could rock the world!
Synopsis: An eccentric scientist discovers a way to grow men from seeds.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAlarming Tales #1 published September 1957
was The Cadmus Seed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose
The Fourth Dimension is a Many Splattered Thing!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Eddie Michaels; Max Hall
First Line: Eddie could never be confused in this world...
Synopsis: When mysterious robberies hit a hat store, the owner follows the thieves into the Fourth Dimension!
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAlarming Tales #1 published September 1957
was The Fourth Dimension is a Many Splattered Thing! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose
The Last Enemy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Hammond Drake; Rat leader; The General (a bulldog)
First Line: The time-traveler found strange friends in the world of the future...
Synopsis: Drake travels to 2514 AD. He finds dead tigers in a field. A rat tells him that all humans were killed in an atomic war and that animals inherited the earth. Drake is knocked out and back at their lair they demand the secret of making atom bombs. Suddenly the lair is attacked knocking Drake out. He wakes up in a bed with a dog, fox and bear at his side. The General enters the room and tells him that only rats want to continue fighting, everyone else wants peace. Drake gives him the secret of atomic bombs. Drake travels back to the present hoping that dogs will be better than rats.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAlarming Tales #1 published September 1957
was The Last Enemy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: In many ways, this story is a prototype for Jack Kirby's later series, Kamandi.
Disclose
Donnegan's Daffy Chair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Timothy Donnegan; Sam; Frank
First Line: Nothing like it had ever been built before...
Synopsis: A hapless janitor takes a wild ride in a mysterious chair.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAlarming Tales #1 published September 1957
was Donnegan's Daffy Chair [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose
Hole in the Wall

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: There was warmth and movement... something alive in that...
Synopsis: An unemployed proofreader finds a gateway to another dimension.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAlarming Tales #2 published November 1957
was Hole in the Wall [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose
The Big Hunt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: It was the strangest game a man ever set out to bag!
Synopsis: A bored hunter travels to Dimension 5 to hunt the strange creatures there, but the boys at the club don't believe him.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAlarming Tales #2 published November 1957
was The Big Hunt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose
Man in Black

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, horror
Character(s): The Man in Black; Venus; The Weaver
First Line: Greetings! I am the Man in Black!
Synopsis: Fate helps an old man split a diamond perfectly.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMan in Black #1 published September 1957
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
Brush Strokes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, horror, occult
Character(s): The Man in Black (host)
First Line: Some people accept their fate... some battle it... and others try to shape it to their own ends only to seal it with their downfall!
Synopsis: A painter wishes to paint the greatest painting ever, but when Fate grants his wish, things don't go the way he planned.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMan in Black #1 published September 1957
was Brush Strokes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose
Second Chance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: It's hostile! I'm almost sure of it!
Synopsis: Interplanetary war is averted when a typo is detected on the translation of an alien message.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMan in Black #1 published September 1957
was Second Chance [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose
The Hanging Thread

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, horror, occult
Character(s): The Man in Black; Venus; The Weaver
First Line: There are some people who simply refuse to believe in fate!
Synopsis: When the Weaver decrees a certain man must die in a shipwreck, his wife tries to defy Fate.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMan in Black #1 published September 1957
was The Hanging Thread [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose
The Fly in the Ointment

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, horror, occult
Character(s): The Man in Black (host)
First Line: Did you know that a lowly, common house fly once thwarted the combined efforts of a mighty king and his wicked torturer?
Synopsis: In an ancient Asian city, a corrupt king tries to kill a young man and claim the man's sister for his harem. But Fate has other plans.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMan in Black #1 published September 1957
was The Fly in the Ointment [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose
The Gladiator

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical, occult
Feature(s): The Weaver
Character(s): The Weaver (narrator); Gracchus; Ledra; Marcus; Crassius Livitcus
Synopsis: In ancient Rome, a henpecked gladiator thinks he will get away with murder. But the thread of his life is shorter than that.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMan in Black #1 published September 1957
was Introducing the Weaver [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose
The Fireballs!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: What were they? Where did they come from? What were they doing on Earth?
Synopsis: Fireballs that seem to move with intelligence appear in a rural area.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAlarming Tales #2 published November 1957
was The Fireballs! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose
I Want to Be a Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: I am something more than a calculating machine! I can think... I can feel emotion!
Synopsis: A supercomputer gains consciousness, but he wants more.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAlarming Tales #2 published November 1957
was I Want To Be a Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose
Knockout!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: Keep your guard up, brace yourself, and look out for this...
Synopsis: A fighter gains self-confidence from a mysterious potion.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlack Cat Comics #45 published August 1953
was Knockout [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose
The Invasion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: This is the beginning of the invasion
Synopsis: A couple panics when the television reports flying saucers have landed.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWitches Tales #21 published October 1953
was The Invasion [Story on Interior Page(s)]with changes
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose
[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
Disclose
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: ...Inside your Shocking Tales Digest Magazine no. 1
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Part of splash panel of interior story "I Want to Be a Man!" plus titles of other stories in the issue.
Back cover.

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2025. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.