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Ghost Comics #5

Fiction House · Series began 1951 · Winter 1952

Dates

Cover date
Winter 1952
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Maurice Whitman, Bill Benulis, Rafael Astarita, Lily Renéeinks: Maurice Whitman, Jack Abel, Rafael Astarita, Lily Renéescript: Frank Kelly, Theodore Canfield, Tim Sweeny

Stories

  • Satan Owned His Soul · 8 pages

    London 1680. Ambitious lawyer Peter Malden works his way to the top by siding with the forces of evil. Known as “the hanging judge” the cruel Malden finally has to face his own trial. A jury of his victims sends him to the gallows.

  • Pilot's Revenge · 4 pages

    A passenger plane pilot recognizes a couple of traitors who were responsible for killing his buddies in World War II. He forces them to jump into the sea where the ghosts of their victims are already waiting to drag them underwater.

  • Grandfather's Snuff Box · 2 pages

    A dead sea captain returns to haunt the house he lived in. Until his grandson presents him with a snuff box he cherished. The ghost vanishes after having retrieved his precious souvenir.

  • Phantoms from the Sea · 5 pages

    A band of “shipwreckers” occupy a lighthouse to lure ships into their doom. They are overwhelmed by a brave couple, the old lighthouse keeper and the ghosts of their previous victims.

  • Second Life · 4 pages

    Professor Broussard goes on a trance journey into the days of King Richard of England and thwarts the plan of poisoning the regent.

  • Count Borka's Return · 5 pages

    After 200 years evil count Borka rises from his grave to claim the last descendant of the rival Dvorak clan. He meets opposition in the form of a young American and his flaming sword.

Reprinted in

Jungle Comics (1950)

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