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Issue Details

Issue #16
Published February 1955
Frequency bimonthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Marion McDermott
Notes Indicia states "Formerly Nightmare" and "published bimonthly". Editor credit from Ownership statement in this issue.

Cover Details - "Man and a woman in a mine being attacked by a ghost miner"

Genre Horror
Pencils Matt Baker
Inks Matt Baker?

6 page story "The Widow's Lover"

Synopsis A former executioner beheads his old boss and is allowed to be his own executioner.
Genre Horror
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert
Reprinted from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) # 4

6 page story "The Tentacles of Death"

Characters Dr. Mark Savant; Ventro
Synopsis Dr. Mark Savant heads to Genero where the inhabitants are practicing human sacrifice. There he finds a horrible monster called an Octeel.
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska
Reprinted from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) # 4

Half page public service announcement "Polio Precautions"

Letters Typeset
Notes Last third of page is ownership.

2 page text story "Dr. Osborne's Secret Weapon"

Synopsis A future scientist discovers a way to defeat the invading Sirians by disabling atomic energy.
Genre Science Fiction
Letters Typeset
Reprinted from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) # 4

7 page story "The Bloody Sword"

Synopsis Robert MacCloran returns to his ancestral home to claim his birthright, but his evil uncle has other plans.
Genre Horror
Pencils Sy Barry?
Reprinted from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) # 4

7 page story "The Portrait of Death"

Synopsis Gregory Harborough finds a painting of himself labelled "Portrait of Death" and is determined to find the artist.
Genre Horror
Pencils George Roussos (signed)
Inks George Roussos (signed)
Reprinted from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) # 4

1 page story "The Finger of Fate"

Synopsis Dr. Gladys Cross saves the finger of a holyman from being chopped off and gets a reward in return.
Genre Fact
Pencils Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
Inks Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
Notes Jerry Bails' Who's Who mentions that all of Kinstler's work at St. John Publications was reprints.
Reprinted from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) # 4

1 page story "Graveyard in the Antarctic"

Characters G. Murray Levick; Captain Robert Scott
Synopsis G. Murray Levick, surgeon with Captain Robert Scott, finds a thousands of dead and dying seals in the Antarctic.
Genre Fact
Pencils Marvin Stein (signed) [as M. Stein]
Inks Marvin Stein (signed) [as M. Stein]
Reprinted from Weird Thrillers (Ziff-Davis, 1951 series) # 4