Dates
- Cover date
- November 1953
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers
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Creators
Stories
- Edge of Darkness · 7 pages
A witch's evil plan to ruin a marriage is thwarted by the ever watchful father of the bride, who happens to be the local witch hunter.
- The Screaming Skulls · 1 pages
An evildoer is haunted by the floating heads of his victims.
- Weird Facts · 0.5 pages
Account of cruel rites of sunken civilizations.
- The Beast Within · 7 pages
The ugly Don Maynard is the laughing stock on campus. He dons the skin of a grizzly bear, turns into a wild beast and takes cruel revenge on all who made fun of him.
- The Helmsman · 3 pages
A sailor spreads lies about his brave captain, steals the man's girl, even beats her to death eventually. Finally he is punished by the captain's ghost and dragged under water.
- The Murder Room · 2 pages
Policewoman Janet is the beautiful bait for a lady killer lurking at the Fairview Hotel.
- Grip on Life · 4 pages
A corrupt district attorney is brought to poetic justice by his wife who returned from the dead after a car accident. When she finds out that he doesn't love her anymore, she goes back to the grave - taking him with her.
- The Thing in the Well · 1 pages
A traveling salesman encounters a horrible, ghost-like creature living in an abandoned well.
- The Thing from the Dark · 6 pages
On an expedition in Peru, Larry Graham is caught in a cave-in caused by his rival. He survives underground, but turns into a monster mole yearning for human blood. Larry goes on a killing spree, finally getting his claws on the man responsible for his situation.
Reprinted in
Seduction of the Innocent! (1985), Crypt of Horror (2005), Haunted Horror (2012), Thrill Book! (2004), Alex Toth: Edge of Genius (2007), Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 (2011), Genius, Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth (2011)