Dates
- Cover date
- October-November 1952
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Phantom Hitch-Hiker · 5 pages
John Morley has been stealing money from the fortune of his ward, Gail. As she is about to find out, he lets her car crash down a bridge. Thinking he's in the clear, Morley gets haunted by the hitch-hiking phantom of Gail who causes him to drive off the bridge.
- The Hands of Death! · 7 pages
Violinist Erik Dulan can’t use his hands anymore and would give anything to be able to play again. He meets with Dr. Necros who lets him chose a new pair of hands from a group of zombies he commands. Dulan has a terrible price to pay: the new hands have a will of their own and commit criminal acts.
- The Thing from the Grave · 1 pages
An archeology professor digs up an old American Indian grave and is killed by a vengeful spirit who turns him to dust.
- Death on Skis! · 3 pages
American tourist Johnson is on skiing holiday in the Bavarian Alps. A guide warns him to not take the Northern slope. The ghost of a suicidal father who lost his son to a careless ski racer is out there for revenge. Johnson does not heed the warning and has to race a skiing skeleton for his life.
- The Haunted Melody · 4 pages
Frederic Parker is a promising young pianist haunted by the “raindrop” prelude of his namesake Frederic Chopin. Every time he plays it, the ghost of Chopin’s muse Nona appears. Parker falls in love with Nona and while chasing her fleeting form, falls out of a window to his death.
- The Haunted Cave · 1 pages
One night a man explores an alleged haunted cave. While in the dark cave he gets attacked and drowned by a huge black octopus living in a small pool of water.
- Princess of the Subway · 6 pages
On a subway train, Dave Bartlet gets into a fight with a mysterious woman and her company. They make the train halt and let fish people in who attack the passengers. Bartlet overpowers the woman and brings the subway back to safety. No one believes him until he removes the woman's sunglasses exposing her fish eyes.
Reprinted in
Black Magic Comics (1952), Voodoo (1961), Psycho (1971), The Joe Kubert Archives (2012), Haunted Horror (2012)