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Issue Details

Issue #22
Published March 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Leon Harvey
Notes Indicia states "published bi-monthly by Witches Tales, Inc., 1860 Broadway, NY"

Cover Details - "...Is Death The End?"

Genre Horror
Pencils Lee Elias (signed)
Inks Lee Elias (signed)
Notes Indicia states "published bi-monthly by Witches Tales, Inc., 1860 Broadway, NY"

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "The Inner Circle"

Synopsis Announcement on the re-structuring of the horror comics from Harvey at the time (Black Cat Mystery, Witches Tales, Tomb of Terror and Chamber of Chills), defining what each would focus on and that they would come out every 2 weeks. Also contains reprints of panels from the inside stories.
Letters Typeset

5 page story "The Ugly Duckling"

Synopsis Jed Barnes had an accident that left his face so disfigured that he would have to wear bandages the rest of his life. When he saved Ruth from committing suicide, she married him, but eventually she wanted to see what was behind the bandages...
Genre Horror
Pencils Manny Stallman
Inks John Giunta
Notes No art credits in comic.

1 page text story "A Model Girl"

Characters Sam Harkness
Genre Horror
Letters Typeset
Notes Page also includes a statement of ownership showing Leon Harvey as the editor, Alfred Harvey as the managing editor and Robert B. Harvey as the business manager. All three are also listed as the owners of Witches Tales, Inc. Dated September 30, 1953.

Half page Chilly Chamber Music: Songs from the Spook Box filler "They saw three little fishes..."

Genre Horror; Humor
Pencils Howard Nostrand
Inks Howard Nostrand
Notes Howard Nostrand credit based on artwork from similar strip on sale at Heritage Auctions in December 2002.

Half page Chilly Chamber Music: Songs from the Spook Box filler "When day is done and shadows fall..."

Genre Horror; Humor
Pencils Howard Nostrand
Inks Howard Nostrand
Notes Howard Nostrand credit based on artwork from similar strip on sale at Heritage Auctions in December 2002.

5 page story "Reincarnation"

Synopsis A two-bit thief discovers a scientist that has invented a machine that performs re-incarnation, but he discovers that being someone else isn't all it's cracked up to be...
Genre horror
Pencils Jack Sparling
Inks Jack Sparling
Notes No art credits in comic.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Read These Different Mystery Magazines"

Synopsis Ad for Black Cat Mystery, Witches Tales, Tomb of Terror and Chamber of Chills at top of page and for Teen-Age Brides, First Love, Love Problems, Hi-School Romance and First Romance at the bottom of the page. Both ads include pictures from comic covers.

5 page story "Lottery"

Synopsis Explorers to the middle of the earth find a civilization that is far advanced from ours. However, the lottery that they hold isn't something that you would want to win...
Genre horror
Pencils John Giunta
Inks Manny Stallman
Notes No art credits in comic.
Reprinted in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v5#5 [Jun 1973] [redrawn as "Lottery of Horror"]

Half page Chilly Chamber Music: Songs from the Spook Box filler "Red sails in the sunset..."

Genre Horror; Humor
Pencils Howard Nostrand
Inks Howard Nostrand
Notes Howard Nostrand credit based on artwork from similar strip on sale at Heritage Auctions in December 2002.

Half page Chilly Chamber Music: Songs from the Spook Box filler "Hey Joe!"

Genre Horror; Humor
Pencils Howard Nostrand
Inks Howard Nostrand
Notes Howard Nostrand credit based on artwork from similar strip on sale at Heritage Auctions in December 2002.

1 page text story "The Satchel"

Genre Horror
Letters Typeset
Notes Bottom of page has an ad for Tomb of Terror.

5 page story "The Skeptic!"

Synopsis American soldiers come across an abandoned house somewhere in Europe during World War II.
Genre Horror; War
Pencils Joe Certa
Inks Joe Certa
Notes No art credits in comic.