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Issue Details

Issue #48
Published February 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Leon Harvey

Cover Details

Pencils Lee Elias
Inks Lee Elias

5 page story "The Lonely"

Characters Hilton (death); Johnny
Synopsis While out fishing during a storm Johnny throws Hilton overboard and he drowns. He did this because he had been stealing money from the firm. Unfortunately the storm gets worse and Johnny has to jump overboard with a lifejacket on. Hilton has an easy time getting to shore because he just drifts but Johnny has to fight the waves all the way. Eventually they both get to shore on a very small island. Johnny is exhausted and falls asleep. While he is sleeping Hilton washes up on the shore by him. When Johnny wakes up he hates the sight of Hilton and tries to throw him into the sea but he keeps washing back up. He then burys him but he can't handle the thought of Hilton being on his beach so he digs him up, ties a rock around his neck and throws him into the ocean. Unfortunately, no one comes by to rescue Johnny and he gets very lonely.
Genre horror
Script Howard Nostrand?
Pencils Howard Nostrand
Inks Howard Nostrand
Reprinted in FemForce Frightbook (AC, 1992 series) #1 (Fall 1992) [in black and white]; in Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v4#4 [redrawn as "The Strange Friend"]; in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v6#5 [in the redrawn version]; in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v10#nn [v10#1] [in the redrawn version]

5 page story "Les Miserables"

Genre Horror
Pencils Manny Stallman

5 page story "Pest Control"

Genre horror
Pencils Jack Sparling
Inks Jack Sparling
Reprinted in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v7#4 [redrawn as "Jaws of Terror"]

5 page story "River of Blood"

Characters Henri Fabret; Marie
Synopsis A prison guard comes to get Henri Fabret and leads him to the guillotine. Henri is very excited because he loves to see blood. He loved it as a child, he loved the war because he got to see blood and he loved to watch boxing because of the blood. He had a girl he liked but when she cut her finger he got so excited that he killed her. Now, he is needed at the guillotine.
Genre Horror
Script Bob Powell
Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Howard Nostrand
Reprinted in FemForce Frightbook (AC, 1992 series) #1 (Fall 1992) [in black and white]