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Issue: The Witching Hour #1
Publication Date: February 1969
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Issues: #1 of 85 Issues (92 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/19/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On sale date taken from DC house ad and from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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It's 12 O'Clock..The Witching Hour!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mordred the Witch
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Witching Hour #1 published May 2011
as Witching Hour #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Let the Judge Be..You!!!

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Egor; Cynthia the stepsister; Mordred; Mildred
Synopsis: In a mix of horror and humor, the old witches (Mildred & Mordred) mix up a "brew of stories" while verbally clashing with "hip" young witch, Cynthia. Bumbling Egor looks on.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Witching Hour #1 published May 2011
as Introduction [Let the Judge Be.. You!!!] [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4.67
Disclose Notes: This is the introduction to the book and the series.
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Save the Last Dance for Me!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Thurgood "Tin Toes" Trapley (millionaire magnate); Clot O'Neil; Dicky; Mildred the Witch (Cameo)
Synopsis: Trapley is rich and selfish and has a machine that has locked onto earth 100 years into the future (although Clot says "1000", which doesn't agree with the year 2068 later). He wants all the benefits of traveling there for himself, and what he finds...well, you'll have to read the story.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Witching Hour #38 published January 1974
as Save the Last Dance for Me! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Mystery Tales #35 published January 1978
as Save the Last Dance for Me [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Witching Hour #1 published May 2011
as Save the Last Dance for Me! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4.5
Disclose Notes: Opening and closing panels featuring the host by Toth. Info per Nick Caputo, January 2020.
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Fandom Picks the Winners

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Wonderful World of Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: #10 in a series. Three fans have their questions answered, plus there is nearly half the column devoted to Collector's Item comic books.
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Eternal Hour!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Terwit; the kind man; Gustav; Frederick; mocking kids; townspeople; Mordred the Witch (Cameo)
Synopsis: Terwit is dwarfish and is teased and ridiculed by the town's boys. Most adults do nothing to stop it. Terwit recluses himself in a clock tower and the clock from then on is stopped at midnight. Years later, many of those boys, now men, go to the tower to drive Terwit out and their screams cry out...Why?
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Witching Hour #1 published May 2011
as Eternal Hour! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7.67
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The Perfect Surf or How to Make Waves Without Really Trying!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Stanley (a surfing maniac); Carol; an old hag; a couple other surfers; Cynthia the Witch (Cameo)
Synopsis: Stanley is totally nuts about surfing. He really never even notices the total babe at his side. He is obsessed with finding the "perfect wave". He is afforded an opportunity to find that wave in the dead of night. What do you think happens?
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Witching Hour #1 published May 2011
as The Perfect Surf [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4.67
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Epilogue of Let the Judge Be..You!!!

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mordred; Mildred; Cynthia; Egor
Synopsis: The trash-talking witches end the story continuum, whilst Egor stomps off into the swamp.
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In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Witching Hour #1 published May 2011
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Pages: 2
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Silk Gauze

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Genres: informational
Character(s): Mr Thompson; Eva Thompson
Synopsis: How silk gauze was used to deceive seance patrons.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Unexpected #126 published August 1971
as Silk Gauze [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Witching Hour #1 published May 2011
as Silk Gauze [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1

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