CATALOG RECORD

Psycho #14

Skywald · Series began 1971 · September 1973

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Dates

Cover date: September 1973
Pages: 68

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Ken Kelly, Maelo Cintron, Suso, Francisco Cueto, Ricardo Villamonte, Jay Lynch, Felipe de la Rosa, Antonio Borrell, Don Heck, José Rubio, Maro Navainks: Ken Kelly, Maelo Cintron, Suso, Francisco Cueto, Ricardo Villamonte, Felipe de la Rosa, Jay Lynch, Antonio Borrell, Mike Esposito, José Rubio, Maro Navacolors: Ken Kellyscript: Al Hewetson, Augustine Funnell, Ed Fedory, Marv Wolfmanletters: Irv Watanabe

Stories

The Dead · 1 pages
Siamese twins get surgically separated. One of the twins dies during the surgery. The surviving twin visits the grave of his brother, but his dead rotting corpse climbs out of the grave for revenge. It's then revealed the surviving twin had died during surgery too.
The Classic Creeps · 13 pages
An insane man watches classic horror films. He then dresses up as the monsters after each film and commits murders. The police finally catch up to him and shoot him dead. They then realize he was Mr. Monster Dress-Up, the host of a children's show. He had gone insane after his show got cancelled.
The Monstrosity · 5 pages
A blob with glowing eyes hides in an alleyway and consumes passerbys. One night it attempts to consume a policeman who shoots it dead. Little did the policeman know that the dead creature had a brood of babies in a nearby nest ready to feed.
Vault of Horror & Who Slew Auntie Roo? · Double Scream Screen Review · 4 pages
Reviews of the 1971 British film "Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?" (called "Who Slew Auntie Roo?" in the U.S.), and the 1973 British film "The Vault of Horror".
The Artist's Other Hand · 7 pages
An artist is trying to sell a horror story about a three armed painter to his editor, who not only rejects it, but beats him up because he'd rather have more Heap stories.
The Horror That's Not as It Seems · 1 pages
Writeup on scalping.
A Man Who Dare Not Sleep! · 5 pages
A vampire preys on the crew of a ship killing everyone but the captain. The captain was able to protect himself with crosses, but as he fell asleep, he dropped them leaving himself at the mercy of the vampire. Suddenly the clouds break and the Southern Cross constellation becomes visible in the sky. This destroys the vampire.
Cassandra...Sorceress of the Seventh Wind · 10 pages
Cassandra the Sorceress seeks to rescue the Mynstrel from the clutches of a vengeful Atlantean wizard called Morlock.
The Hippy-Criters Are Comin' · 5 pages
In Arkansas a group of locals attack a hippy couple, only to be eaten by their living car.
I Battle the Vicious Vampire Bats of Transylvania and Lived to Tell It · 8 pages
Dracula is alive and well and living in 1973 London. He sends his son to Transylvania to destroy an imposter (a regular vampire) pretending to be him.

Reprinted in

Psycho (1976), Vampyres (1991)