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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published 1953 [no month given]
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor); Jerry Iger (Art Director)
Notes Indicia gives name as "The Monster".

Cover Details - "The Dark Abysmal"

Genre Horror
Pencils Maurice Whitman ? [signed MW]
Inks Maurice Whitman ? [signed MW]
Reprinted in Four Color Fear (Fantagraphics, 2010 series) #[nn]

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Big 6"

Reprinted from ? [covers of Jungle Comics #?, Planet Comics #?, Indians #?, The Monster #2, Wings #?, Ka'a'nga #?]

8 page story "The Dark Abysmal"

Synopsis Boy saves small Kentucky town from alien squid invader.
Genre Horror
Pencils John Belcastro [as Johnny Bell]
Inks John Belcastro [as Johnny Bell]

6 page story "Tiger Kiss"

Synopsis A man turns into a were-tiger in the jungle.
Genre Horror

1 page Stamp Page text article "Line of Tordesillas"

Synopsis Story about Brazillian Stamps. 2/3 of page is ads for stamps, other 1/3 is this article.
Genre Fact
Script Sidney M. Elias
Letters Typeset

5 page story "Where the Undead Roam"

Synopsis The undead roam the bayou.
Genre Horror
Pencils Bill Benulis [signed Benulis]
Inks Jack Abel [signed Abel]

4 page story "Kohnoori's Curse"

Synopsis Jewels in India have a curse that makes the owner turn into a monster.
Genre Horror

5 page story "The Deadman's Chest"

Synopsis A man kills his grandfather for an inheritance, but the grandfather's ghost takes his revenge.
Genre Horror