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Issue Details

Issue #v5#2
Published April 1971
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 52
Editing Carl Burgos; Ezra Jackson (art)

Cover Details

Genre horror
Pencils Johnny Bruck (painting)
Inks Johnny Bruck (painting)
Colors Johnny Bruck (painting)
Reprinted from Perry Rhodan (Moewig-Verlag, 1961 series) #156 [modified reprint from the German science fiction pulp series]

7 page story "The Devil Statues"

Synopsis "The terror of statues that stalk their prey and beat their victims to a bloody pulp. Take your stone-cold hands offa' me, buster! Help!"
Genre horror
Pencils Oscar Fraga (signed)
Inks Oscar Fraga (signed)
Reprinted in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v5#6

7 page story "The Wax Witch"

Synopsis "The incredible horror of a witch locked in wax. Keep that dummy away from me, it's melting! Ye-ech, look what's inside!"
Genre horror
Pencils Mariana Cerchiara (signed)
Inks Mariana Cerchiara (signed)
Notes Same basic script as original with new art.
Reprinted from Web of Mystery (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #17 (January 1953) [redrawn version of "From the Graves of the Unholy"]; in Weird Vampire Tales (Modern Day Periodical Publications, 1979 series) #v4#3 [in this redrawn version]

6 page story "Reincarnation"

Synopsis "Those who dare to tampre with the occult must pay the price-death! This is a real spine-snapper!"
Genre horror
Pencils Oscar Fraga (signed)
Inks Oscar Fraga (signed)

3 page text story "Xebico"

Synopsis "A gruesome cannibal tale of the unknown. A fiction masterpiece for those who like to read."
Genre horror
Script H. F. Arnold
Letters typeset
Reprinted from Weird Tales (September 1926) [original title: "The Night Wire" (with new illustrations)]

1 page Weird Facts filler

Genre occult; fact

7 page story "The King of Hades"

Synopsis "A gang leader with big ideas was going places until he found himself in hell. Hey, folks, you gong to a masquerade or somethin'? Get rid of the horns and tail, or else! Huh? It's real?!"
Genre occult
Reprinted from Voodoo (Ajax; Farrell, 1952 series) #11 (October 1953)

5 page story "Weird Vengeance"

Synopsis "A bloody sequence of dead bodies all connected with national holidays. You're invited to "All Ghouls Day." Bring a coffin."
Genre horror
Notes Same basic script as original with new art.
Reprinted from Weird Mysteries (Key Publications, 1952 Series) #1 (October 1952). Original title "Death Takes a Holiday."

5 page story "The Bloody Stream"

Synopsis "Unbelievable, you say? But I've seen the bloody stream and the angry fish. A shocker!"
Genre horror
Pencils Tony Mortellaro?
Inks Tony Mortellaro?
Reprinted from Weird Mysteries (Key Publications, 1952 Series) #8 (January 1954).

6 page story "The Hanging Ghoul"

Synopsis "She was all evil. She even had a plan to marry a ghoul in an effort to escape death. But did she escape?"
Genre horror