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Issue: The Witching Hour #18
Publication Date: December 1971
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Issues: #18 of 85 Issues (92 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/12/1971
Volume: 3
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date 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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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When Satan Comes A-Creeping

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mordred (inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Witching Hour #1 published May 2011
as Witching Hour #18 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1136
Disclose Notes: Cover art credits from The Art of Nick Cardy (John Coates, Vanguard Productions, 2001).
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mordred; Mildred; Cynthia
First Line: I wish we'd have stayed in our old house...
Synopsis: Mildred wishes they had never moved out of the old house and into an apartment.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Witching Hour #1 published May 2011
as [untitled] [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1114
Disclose Notes: Credits per Nick Caputo, January 2020.
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The Worm That Turned to Terror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cynthia (host); Barney; Henrietta; Keith
Synopsis: Everyone always picks on Barney, including his horrible wife, but one day his imaginary twin brother shows him how to get even.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Witching Hour #1 published May 2011
as The Worm That Turned to Terror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-902
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"The Diggers!" (or, "Dig, They Must!")

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, war
Character(s): Mordred (host); Achilles Moreau; Monique
Synopsis: Achilles Moreau is haunted by the men he left to die in a trench during World War I.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Mystery Album #11 published January 1980
as The Diggers! (or, Dig, They Must!) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Witching Hour #1 published May 2011
as The Diggers! (or Dig, They Must!) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: #8
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The Face behind the Mask

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Zoe Ann Kerns; Freddie White; Jay Hamilton
Synopsis: Jay Hamilton woos an actress who spends each night with her face covered in bandages. She claims to be 300 years old and to have a magic potion that keeps her young for a short period of time. Since she has run out of the potion, Jay and his father accompany her to meet the sorcerer who sells her the elixir, but Zoe Ann admits it's all a scam and the men turn the "sorcerer" over to the police.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #13 published May 1957
was The Face Behind the Mask [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: B-1135
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I Was a Prisoner of the Supernatural

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Jasper Murdock; Mr. Robley; Gilda Greene; Mephistopheles; Tom Shields
Synopsis: Jasper Murdock, an actor playing the role of Mephistopheles, agrees to a deal with the Devil, but refuses to fulfill the contract and is rewarded.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTales of the Unexpected #13 published May 1957
was I Was a Prisoner of the Supernatural [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: B-1134
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1132
Disclose Notes: Letter submitted by Joan Early (a self-proclaimed witch).
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Hypnotic Eye

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Rudy; Feigen
Synopsis: A duel is fought but one participant tries to use hypnotic powers to win.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Witching Hour #1 published May 2011
as Hypnotic Eye [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-998
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When Satan Comes A-Creeping!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mildred (host); Lord Harold; Bedelia; Satan (cat)
Synopsis: Lord Harold forces a witch to do his bidding.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Tales #40 published August 1980
as When Satan Comes A-Creeping! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Witching Hour #1 published May 2011
as When Satan Comes A-Creeping! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-956

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