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Issue: Witchcraft #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1952
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Issues: #3 of 6 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagAvon
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Avon Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/20/1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: 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
Format Notes:  
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The Red Spider

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Contents Page

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside Front Cover
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The Red Spider

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Damon Rankin; Ellie Rankin
First Line: Got it Ellie! A Red Widow spider!
Synopsis: Damon Rankin, an entomologist, collects insects. While on vacation on a small Caribbean island, he comes across a fabled red spider. By killing it, he sets free evil powers.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Tomb v2 #1 published January 1970
as Web of Terror [Story on Interior Page(s)]reworked
In Content Item: Flag'50s Terror #6 published April 1989
as The Red Spider [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Comics That Ate My Brain! #[nn] published January 1991
as The Red Spider! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Thirteenth Clown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Jacob Rok; Alan Frane; Marco; Linda Frane
First Line: Jacob Rok thought tht his trickery would never be discovered!
Synopsis: Jacob Rok forged his brother’s testament to take over his circus business. When star performer Marco the clown confronts Rok, he’s being strangled and buried in the woods. But the ghost of Marco keeps performing as the “Phantom Clown”, bringing Rok to justice and supporting new owner Linda.
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In Content Item: FlagHorror Tales v3 #2 published March 1971
as Sawdust Banshee [Story on Interior Page(s)]reworked
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Ghostly Warning!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (2 spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Lord Lyttelson
First Line: The House of Lords...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Better Off Dead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Georgie Price; Anne Wilson; Jake Mellon
First Line: You're not going to win this fight!
Synopsis: Boxing champ Georgie Price gets the jitters when dead girl friend Anne starts to haunt him. She distracts him during a prize fight. Georgie dies of brain concussion and Anne leads him away to the afterworld.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird v7 #3 published April 1973
as Deadman's Ring [Story on Interior Page(s)]reworked
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Unknown pencils per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Vince Alascia on inks, but while his name is the only signature it is clear that a space was left for a pencil credit.
Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. thinks the pencils for this story might be coming from Leonard Starr.
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The Will

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Donald Parsons; Robert Burroughs
First Line: Donald Parsons stared at the attorney...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Ghost's Revenge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): James Kendall; Anne; Allen
First Line: I...I can't stand it any longer!
Synopsis: James Kendall is a professional ‘ghost-breaker,’ relieving troubled persons of their fear of spooks. He is also the man who embezzled his ward’s fortune. So Kendall throws young Anne off a cliff to her death and is haunted thereafter by her ghost.
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In Content Item: Flag'50s Terror #6 published April 1989
as The Ghosts' Revenge [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: McCann can be spotted by his old faces with very long noses and small chins, also by much black inking that gives a very gloomy mood. Also his lack of movement is to be noted.

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