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CATALOG RECORD

Ghost Comics #9

Fiction House · Series began 1951 · Winter 1953

Dates

Cover date
Winter 1953
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Maurice Whitman, John Belcastro, Bill Benulis, Bill Discount, Jack Abel, A. Albertinks: Maurice Whitman, John Belcastro, Jack Abel, Bill Discount, A. Albert

Stories

  • The Devil Seeds · 8 pages

    Egyptologists use a farmer’s field to plant ancient seeds from a tomb in the desert. The farmer does not approve of what’s growing there. It comes down to a duel between man and flesh-eating plant.

  • The Thing That Walked At Night · 6 pages

    Fred and Alice adoopt a child only to learn that the child has a terrible secret. When the girl develops werewolf tendencies, they try everything to protect her. But in the end Fred decides that Joan has to die.

  • The Throwback · 5 pages

    Deformed man gets a job posing as a Neanderthal man in a cave. Original Neanderthal cave drawings on the wall come alive and claim him as one of their own.

  • Monster Fang! · 4 pages

    Climbing a mountain, a group of climbers meet ghosts of their criminal past and die one by one.

  • The Monster of the Sea · 5 pages

    Young boy Tommy comes into possession of a magic compass. An old captain and his monster friend, a Loch-Ness snake, grant him three wishes. He chooses wisely – transforming his drunken father into a caring daddy.

Reprinted in

The Mammoth Book of Best Horror Comics (2008)

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