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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published 1974
Frequency Published 8 times a year
Cover Price 0.75 USD
Pages 68
Editing Al Hewetson

Cover Details

Pencils Vicente Segrelles (painting)
Inks Vicente Segrelles (painting)
Reprinted from Nightmare (Skywald, 1970 series) #3 [cover vignette]; from Nightmare (Skywald, 1970 series) #7 [cover vignette]; from Nightmare (Skywald, 1970 series) #11 [cover vignette]; from Nightmare (Skywald, 1970 series) #13 [cover vignette]

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The tales of horror you read in Nightmare Scream Psycho are unlike the tales of horror you are likely to read in any other horror magazine on the newstands today!"

Letters typeset
Notes 2/3 page illustration of a castle and a mob of peasants. Advertisement for the Skywald magazines.

1 page credits "Macabre Collector's Issue Nightmare Yearbook"

Pencils ? (photograph)
Inks ? (photograph)
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9 page Dracula story "The God of the Dead"

Characters Dracula; Evangeline; Magdeline
Synopsis Dracula creates an army of the children of a village and then sends them to kill their parents.
Genre horror
Script Al Hewetson
Pencils Jose Martin Sauri [as Bob Martin]
Inks Jose Martin Sauri [as Bob Martin]
Reprinted in Vampyres (Malibu, 1991 series) #[nn]

1 page Human Gargoyles promo (ad from the publisher) "The Saga of the Human Gargoyles"

Characters Gargoyle
Pencils Maelo Cintron
Inks Maelo Cintron
Letters typeset
Notes Advertisement for the Skywald magazines Psycho and Nightmare.

1 page text article "Dracula Is Alive (?) And Evil In This 1974 Nightmare Yearbook"

Genre horror
Script Al Hewetson [as Archaic Al]
Pencils ? (illustration)
Inks ? (illustration)
Letters typeset
Notes Sequence added by Richard Arndt, 2005-09-20 (Per Sandell ed.)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Berenice"

Pencils Ricardo Villamonte
Inks Ricardo Villamonte
Letters ?; typeset
Notes Advertisement for the Skywald magazine Scream

9 page story "A Rottin' Deal"

Characters Felix Townsend; Peter (Felix' nephew)
Synopsis Peter kills his uncle on a treasure hunt in the desert, but his uncle's rotting corpse haunts him.
Genre horror
Script Bruce Jones
Pencils Bruce Jones
Inks Bruce Jones
Notes Reprint: Info by Richard Arndt, 2005-09-20 (Per Sandell ed.)
Reprinted from Nightmare (Skywald, 1970 series) #3

7 page story "Let the Dreamer Beware"

Characters Alex Nimbo; Florence Nimbo; Dileeth
Synopsis Alex Nimbo murders his wife to get out of his hellish marriage and to get to the land of his dreams.
Genre horror
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Ralph Reese
Inks Ralph Reese
Reprinted from Psycho (Skywald, 1971 series) #5

2 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Archaic Back Issues Vault of Horror-Mood Masterworks"

Pencils ? (illustration)
Inks ? (illustration)
Letters typeset
Notes Advertisement for library boxes for storing Skywald magazines (1 page) and cover gallery and back-issue list for Nightmare, Scream and Psycho.

2 page story "Escape"

Characters Baron Renphrew; Kane
Synopsis The imprisoned Baron Renphrew has a plan for his escape.
Genre horror
Script Dennis Fujitake
Pencils Dennis Fujitake (signed)
Inks Dennis Fujitake (signed)
Reprinted from Psycho (Skywald, 1971 series) #4 (September 1971)

6 page story "Whence Stalked the Werewolf"

Characters Dr. Allan Bund; Dr. Tracy; werewolf
Synopsis Psychiatrist Bund finds more than he bargained for when he makes a patient relive an earlier life.
Genre horror
Script Len Brown
Pencils Carlos Garzon (signed)
Inks Carlos Garzon (signed)
Reprinted from Nightmare (Skywald, 1970 series) #5 (August 1971)

9 page story "Power of the Pen"

Characters Jeff Denning; Crowley (Denning's editor); George Marsh; Bonnie Marsh; Sandy Preston
Synopsis Novelist Jeff Denning discovers that his typewriter gives life to his stories.
Genre horror
Script Doug Moench
Pencils Doug Wildey
Inks Doug Wildey
Notes Lead characters appearances are based on Archie Goodwin (Denning's editor) and Stan Lee (Jeff Denning). (Richard Arndt)
Reprinted from Psycho (Skywald, 1971 series) #5 (November 1971)

16 page story "Hag of the Blood Basket!"

Characters Madam du Sade; Vogt; Drakkos
Synopsis Madam du Sade is sent to the guillotine and then to hell.
Genre horror
Script Al Hewetson
Pencils Tom Sutton
Inks Tom Sutton
Notes NOTE 1: Characters: The lead character greatly resembles EC’s Old Witch! NOTE 2: Pencils/inks: In the original printing (Nightmare #4) Tom Sutton used the pseudonym Sean Todd. In this reprint there is no mentioning of Sean Todd, just Tom Sutton.
Reprinted from Nightmare (Skywald, 1970 series) #4 (June 1971)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Psycho #20 ad"

Genre horror
Pencils Faba
Inks Faba
Notes Inside back cover. Sequence added by Richard Arndt, 2005-09-21 (Per Sandell ed.)
Reprinted from Psycho (Skywald, 1971 series) #20 (Black and white cover reprint)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Scream #7 Ad"

Genre horror
Pencils Jesus Suso Rego
Inks Jesus Suso Rego
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover. Sequence added by Richard Arndt, 2005-09-21 (Per Sandell ed.)