Dates
- Cover date
- April 1953
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Anatomical Monster · 7 pages
In a curio shop medical student Joe Kirk is presented an anatomical chart of the human body. At night the detailed picture of the cut open man comes to life and goes on a killing spree. When Kirk tries to burn the magic chart, he has to face the blood-lusting monster.
- Crimson Death · 6 pages
Jack and Daisy decide to jazz up their stale dance performance by including voodoo rituals. The undead do not approve of this and haunt their lives with a rising feeling of paranoia. Jack and Daisy see death behind every corner – until they kill off each other in a mad frenzy.
- The Steps in the Cellar · 2 pages
An old hobo takes shelter in an old decrepit house during a storm. Inside he encounters a withered old hag who tells him the only way out is through the cellar door. Once he reaches the cellar door he's greeted by death.
- The Haunted Murderer · 6 pages
John Dunn has a poltergeist (depicted as a naked bald little man with pointy ears) which constantly torments him. Maybe this is supernatural punishment for Dunn because he robbed and murdered a man some weeks ago. The poltergeist eventually drives Dunn to hang himself.
- Robot Model L2 -- Failure! · 6 pages
Professor Darrow builds a robotic bodyguard (Eltoo or L2) to protect the life of General Blair against Martian invaders. The general’s right hand man, Major Garond plans to betray Earth to the Martains. When he steals plans and kills Professor Darrow, L2 destroys both itself and Garond but falling off a cliff with Garond in its grasp. Darrow suspects the robot malfunctioned not realizing it was sentinent and helped saved Earth by killing the traitor.
Reprinted in
'50s Terror (1988), Nightmare (1970), Psycho (1971), They Came from the 50’s (1990), The Comics That Ate My Brain! (1991)