Dates
- Cover date
- June 1957
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Strange Dateline · 5 pages
Newlyweds Richard and Sylvia meet a strange man on the beach, who writes "July 10 1958" in the sand and runs away. Sylvia is killed in a traffic accident the next day, July 10, 1958, while Richard is thrown free. Richard finds the strange man on the beach, where he has written Oct 9 1994. Richard swims out to sea but is rescued by a fishing boat. When he revives, a doctor tells him that he's a lucky man.
- Strange Spirits · 1 pages
Heavily illustrated article about witch doctors.
- Tropical Madness [beginning] · 1 pages
Dr. James Parker tells the story of how a collector paid him $10,000 for medical school by capturing a rare quetzal bird in Costa Rica.
- How to Be a Gracious Ghost! · 5 pages
An unnamed ghost and Charlie, wearing a Death-like robe, seek advice about haunting an old mansion from Emily Ghost, a Morticia-like character. A werewolf shows up during the lessons. Two newlyweds arrive, escaping from a storm. The monsters scare them only because the eloping newlyweds think that their parents have found them.
- His Long, Strange Journey! · 7 pages
Cowardly Wilbur Cummings is knocked unconscious when he falls down a flight of stairs. His consciousness is rejected from Heaven because he hasn't done anything good, then rejected from Hell because he hasn't done anything bad. Death sends him back to life for another chance.
- Tropical Madness [conclusion] · 1 pages
Dr. James Parker was attacked by a flock of quetzals, then blacked out for three days. A quetzal stayed with him and willingly went back to America. Parker's hair turned solid white. The quetzal died two days after Parker sold him to the collector.
- The Ghost Detective! · 6 pages
Zero, the Ghost Detective, and Nancy take a fishing trip on the ship of Captain Gore, Nancy's uncle. Zero discovers Captain Gore quarreling with a ghost on deck at night. Nancy reveals that Captain Gore was accused of killing the ship's former captain. The ghost pulls Captain Gore overboard. The ship's crew decide that Zero and Nancy are jinxes. Captain Gore tries to drag the ship onto some rocks. Zero stops him with a disintegrator, and the crew thanks him.
Reprinted in
Strange Mysteries (1958), Crypt of Horror (2005), The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (2010), Haunted Horror (2012)