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Issue: Horrific #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1952
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Issues: #1 of 13 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagComic Media
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Artful Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Allen Hardy
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (Iger Shop ?)
Inker(s): ? (Iger Shop ?)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Hangman's Holiday

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Sadistic George Worth works as the state's hangman and dreams of hanging a woman, once in his life. When Mona Trent is put on death row, Worth sees to it that he can hang her personally. He tampers with the prison clock to prevent the woman's reprieve from the governor. Afterwards, Trent's brother shows up to avenge his sister.
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Fantasy #14 published October 1954
as Demon's Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Refugee from a Locked Coffin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, horror
Synopsis: Frank Drexel shoots his associate Roger Simon dead with a gun because Simon was to expose Drexel's embezzlement of company money. However, Drexel keeps encountering Simon's living corpse who forces him into making a confession.
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In Content Item: FlagFantastic Comics #10 published November 1954
as Crack-Up [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Ghost's Last Laugh

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ellen Ludwell
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Iron Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Mr. Matterman from New York inherits Mader castle on the Rhine in Germany. He travels there and plans on opening a torture museum. While he's at it, he kills caretaker Hans to start his collection. The castle's tortured souls awake in the dungeon and attack Matterman.
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In Content Item: FlagFantastic Fears #9 published September 1954
as Secret Coffin [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Dancer of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (Iger Shop ?)
Inker(s): ? (Iger Shop ?)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: The dancer Vanya disposes of her lover Paul by pushing him out of a window. But Paul's ghost returns and makes her life miserable. Engaging in a final dance, Paul throws Vanya out of a window and cripples her.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Thrills #17 published September 1954
as Devil's Ballet [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
Reprint Notes: in Dark Shadows (Farrell, 1957 series) 1 (October 1957) as "The Permanent Partners." Re-titled, partially re-drawn, and re-scripted to change the plot and give the story a happy ending (Comics Code approved).
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Pages: 8

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