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CATALOG RECORD

Nightmare #3

St. John · Series began 1953 · October 1953

Dates

Cover date
October 1953
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Everett Kinstler, John Prentice, Charles Sterninks: Everett Kinstler, John Prentice, Charles Stern

Stories

  • The Werewolf of Washington Square · 6 pages

    After a trip to Europe, Eric Lupin gets infected with lycanthropy and becomes a werewolf terrorizing New York's Washington Square.

  • Cup of Moonglow · 7 pages

    A murderer gets lost in the African wilderness after escaping from a nearby prison. He is soon found by a beautiful mysterious woman who nurses him back to health. He later finds out that when she drinks water from a cup at the night of a full moon she turns into a giant snake!

  • The Wonderful Wizard - Daniel Dunglas Home · 2 pages

    A writeup of Daniel Dunglas Home (1833 –1886), a physical medium.

  • The Quivering Brain · 6 pages

    Dr. Hill discovers a brain taken from a cadaver is still somehow alive. The brain attempts to take over Hill's body.

  • The Witches' Sabbath · 1 pages

    One page story about witches and sorcerers worshiping the dark lord himself Satan (Sathanas).

  • Charles Fort, the Supreme Doubter · 2 pages

    A writeup on Charles Hoy Fort (1874–1932), an American writer and researcher who specialized in anomalous phenomena.

  • Crafton's Curse · 7 pages

    After Mr. Crafton is run over by "Bull" Dawson, he puts a curse on his car. This results in the car driving on its own with Dawson at the wheel, which results in him being arrested twice and finally killed in the following 25 years.

Reprinted in

Pre-Code Classics: Nightmare (2017), Web of Scares Special Collector's Edition (2009), The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (2010), Haunted Horror (2012)

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