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Cover pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos. "Trial by Fire," pencils by Mort Meskin, inks by George Roussos; Mark Merlin relates the story of his first case: how he solved the murder of his father, a stage magician. "Touchdown for Picasso!" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Sheldon Moldoff; Stan is surprised to learn that his favorite football player also enjoys the fine arts. Ads for Superman, Batman and Robin, and Strange Sports Stories. One-page The Magic Genie story by Henry Boltinoff. "Time Bomb from 1500 A.D.", art by Paul Parker; Journalist Hal Breese discovers a buried weapon invented by Leonardo da Vinci, but it is stolen and he must find a way to keep it from being used against the world. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer comic book ad. One-page Varsity Vic story by Henry Boltinoff. Letter from fanzine publisher Ronn Foss. "The Wondrous Witch's Cauldron," art by Lee Elias; A witch's cauldron that brings its owner fame, fortune, and long life passes from owner to owner. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Mark Merlin stars in "The Demon Spirit That Invaded Mark Merlin" (art by Mort Meskin). Also in this issue: "Beware the 13th Guest" and "The Keeper of the Killer Clocks." 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. "Eclipso's Deadly Doubles!!", script by Bob Haney, art by Jack Sparling; Bruce Gordon and Professer Bennet try to trap Eclipso in another dimension to rid the world of his evil. "The Return of the Morloo," script by Arnold Drake, art by Mort Meskin; Doctor-7 escapes from jail and immediately conjures up the deadly Morloo again, so Mark Merlin calls on a Morloo of his own from the same dimension to even the odds. Half-page Peter Puptent, Explorer story by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover art by Bernard Baily. "What's Wrong with These Pictures?" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily; a quiz on general manners and safety information for children. "The Revolt of the Morloo," script by Bob Haney, art by Bernard Baily; Doctor-7 unleashes the Morloo again and escapes from prison, but Mark Merlin tricks him into believing that the Morloo is no longer under his control. Superman ad. 2/3-page Peter Puptent Explorer story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Moonstone People," script by Bob Haney, art by Jack Sparling; Gordon, Mona and the Professor go to "Lost Man's Island" in search of the legendary Moonstone, in hopes that it can help them stop Eclipso. Superboy ad. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover art by Jack Sparling. "The Death of Mark Merlin," script by Bob Haney, art by Bernard Baily; The Gargoyle banishes Mark Merlin to the dimension of Ra, where Merlin gains great magical power, but only if he returns to Earth in the body of Prince Ra-Man. "Binky Shows How to Make New Friends!" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bob Oksner; Binky suggests Allergy make friends with a new kid, Bob, but Pete does instead and then gets Allergy and the rest of the gang interested. Teen Titans ad. "Eclipso Battles the Sea Titan," script by Bob Haney, art by Jack Sparling; Bruce accidentally releases the Sea Titan from the bottom of the ocean; Eclipso must team up with Bruce to help stop the Sea Titan. Batman and Robin ad. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover art by Bernard Baily. "The Negative Eclipso" Part 1, script by Bob Haney, art by Jack Sparling; Bruce Gordon accidentally creates a "negative" Eclipso. "Nature's Bill of Rights," script by Jack Schiff, art by Sheldon Moldoff; Two boys who are polluting a stream are given an anti-pollution lesson by a fisherman; Includes an excerpt from an 1869 Massachusetts Board of Health document. 2/3-page Moolah the Mystic story by Henry Boltinoff. "The Negative Eclipso" Part 2, script by Bob Haney, art by Jack Sparling; Bruce Gordon manages to turn himself into a "good" Eclipso so he can defeat the Negative Eclipso. "Wizard of 1,000 Moods!", script by Bob Haney, art by Bernard Baily; Prince Ra-Man fights Zandor Caldoz, a villain with the power to control emotions. Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane ad. Enemy Ace ad. Ad for Starman and Black Canary. Half-page Professor Eureka story by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover art by Bernard Baily. "Eclipso Must Die!", script by Bob Haney, art by Jack Sparling; The Syndicate sends a man with a special suit to kill Eclipso; Little does this man know but the "secret weapon" built into the suit is a bomb that will kill him along with Eclipso. "The Hip Way to Learn!" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Sheldon Moldoff; Public service message teaching kids how to study. Justice League of America ad. "Challenge of the Heap!", script by Bob Haney, art by Bernard Baily; Escaped convict Karl Varner is mysteriously transformed into the Heap, a super-strong creature that Prince Ra-Man must stop. Bob Hope comic book ad. 2/3-page Moolah the Mystic story by Henry Boltinoff. Sgt Rock ad. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover art by Bernard Baily. "Do You Make Life Hard for Yourself?" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Bernard Baily; Betsy tells young Bobby that he should keep his room neater but realizes that she has the same problem. "The Moon Creatures," script by Bob Haney, art by Jack Sparling; Eclipso creates a pair of "Moonlings" to help him capture Bruce Gordon and his friends; Bruce escapes and must trick Eclipso into destroying the Moonlings. Supergirl ad. The Spectre ad. "Seven Circles of Evil!", script by Bob Haney, art by Bernard Baily; Prince Ra-Man faces three magical terrors from another dimension. Teen Titans ad. Batman ad with the Riddler. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover art by Jack Sparling. Watch Superman on Television ad. "Lord Leopard," script by Bob Haney, art by Bernard Baily; Whitney Hargrave, an amateur occultist, is embarrassed when he challenges Prince Ra-Man to a contest of magical skill and is defeated; He conjures up Lord Leopard, an evil African deity, but is unable to control him. "Health Myths Debunked!" public service announcement, script by Jack Schiff, art by Sheldon Moldoff; How to treat frostbite, a black eye, and does cutting your hair make it grow faster? Superboy ad. "Monster Eclipso," script by Bob Haney, art by Jack Sparling; Eclipso turns into a "Monster Eclipso" and tries to steal the treasure of Stonehenge. 2/3-page The Magic Genie story by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover art by Neal Adams. "If I Had But World Enough and Time," script by Len Wein, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Mike Peppe; Marvin literally lives through his television shows. "Double or Nothing," script by Marv Wolfman, art by Sid Greene; Harvey Franklyn has a system to beat Clifford King at every type of gambling game. "The Unbelievable! The Unexplained!", script by Steve Skeates, pencils by Jack Sparling, inks by Jack Abel; A woman wants to put her catatonic uncle into a home to claim his estate until she falls victim to the same malady. "If I Should Die Before I Wake," script by Len Wein, art by Jack Sparling; A man tries to run away from his dreams, but can't stay awake. 2-page epilogue with Abel, script by Gerry Conway, art by Bill Draut. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Neal Adams. "People Who Live in Glass Houses," script by Len Wein, art by Don Heck; A sorcerer acquires a magic mirror that he can enter once a year, and standing before it on the inside, it absorbs a year's worth of time; The man is 100 years ago, but possessed of the body of a younger man; Three boys come across the mirror and stumble into it, interrupting him; He threatens to lock them away inside the mirror so that they can tell no one his secret, but one of the boys snatches his magic stone and they escape into the physical world. "Reggie Rabbit, Heathcliffe Hog, Archibald Aardvark, J. Benson Babboon and Bertram, the Dancing Frog" 2-page story, script by Len Wein, art by Ralph Reese. Letters section includes a humorous letter to editor Dick Giordano purportedly by Neal Adams. "House of Wacks" one-page story, script and art by John Costanza. "Second Choice," script by Gerry Conway, pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Neal Adams; Abel tells a story with two endings about a hero who travels to Stonehenge to battle an evil wizard powered with a star gem; When he arrives at Stonehenge a warlock intercepts him and the hero explains what he is doing there and the warlock offers to battle the evil wizard with spells; The hero offers the warlock his sword and stands on the sidelines as the warlock defeats the evil wizard; Abel wonders what would have happened if the hero had used his sword against the evil wizard and tells this version of the story; The hero confronts the wizard but the wizard uses a spell to dissolve his sword. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Painted cover art by Neal Adams. "The Morning Ghost," script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Frank Giacoia; A man meets a woman on the run from the ghosts of her dead family who want her to join them; He tries to convince her there are no ghosts by bringing her back to the house where they died in a fire, but she reveals to him that there were no survivors and she too is a ghost. "Eyesore!", script by Gerry Conway, art by Bill Draut (as Wild Bill); A blind store owner begins to suspect an acquaintance of wanting to kill him and take over the business, so when the man tells him that he's got something for him in the closet, the blind man sneaks up behind him and kills him by striking him with his cane; The blind man hears sounds like something moving and thinks perhaps the man isn't dead and is coming for revenge. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Neal Adams. "The Distant Dome," script by Steve Skeates, art by George Tuska; In the future, the remaining humans that live on Earth survive under domes due to pollution. "The Symbionts," script by Marv Wolfman, pencils by Rich Buckler, inks by Neal Adams; A man is left on a prison planet for ten years and when his sentence is up the computer that was assigned to keep him alive tells him it loves him and doesn't want to let him go; Since the men who have come to pick him up have brought a female prisoner to leave behind, the computer absorbs the man and adopts his personality to care for the woman. "Jedediah," script by Mike Friedrich, art by Gray Morrow; A prophet of God feels the call to preach on a planet that has no fear of death, but when he arrives he is told no one will listen to him since they discovered a substance they call Char-ite which they mine; The prophet wishes to see the mines and is warned they are dangerous, but he disregards the warning; When he enters the mine, a blast is set off and he is killed, but finds himself conversing with one of the locals. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover art by Bernie Wrightson. "Swamp Thing," script by Len Wein, art by Berni Wrightson; Sometime in the last century, Alex Olsen and Damien Ridge had been best friends; However, they both vied for the affections of a woman named Linda. Linda eventually married Alex and Damien had to endure his heartache in the form of the supportive friend; But his desire for Linda overrode the bonds of friendship and he conspired to eliminate Alex; He sabotaged the equipment in Alex's lab causing an explosion that killed him; Keeping the knowledge hidden from Linda, Damien buried Alex's body in the swamp; Damien eventually married the widow Olsen and they lived together in an old Victorian plantation house; But Linda never recovered from Alex's death; As months passed, Damien began to suspect that Linda might soon learn the truth, so he prepared to kill her; But Alex had been resurrected as a swamp thing and broke into the house and killed Damien. "After I Die!", script by Jack Kirby and Mark Evanier, art by Bill Draut; A wealthy man named Maxwell James is obsessed with what happens after death; his obsession only grows stronger when he arrives at his wife's deathbed, and realizes that she sees something utterly horrifying in her final moments. "It's Better to Give," script by Mary Skrenes (as "Virgil North"), pencils by Alan Weiss, inks by Tony DeZuniga; A homeless man encounters a crying baby warlock in the town dump who is upset that he has broken his balloon. "Trick or Treat" two-page story, art by Dick Dillin. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Cover art by Nick Cardy. "Creature...", script by John Albano, art by Don Heck; The lonely genius child of a surgeon puts together a patchwork playmate out of the cast off parts from his father's anatomy experiments. Abel's Fables from the House of Secrets cartoon page by Lore Shoberg. "And Things That Go Bump in the Night!", script by Len Wein; A ghost shows up when a couple calls for an exorcist to rid their house of a poltergeist; After successfully getting rid of the poltergeist the ghost tells the couple that he was glad to do it since the poltergeists give the rest of the ghosts a bad name. The Day After Doomsday one-page story, script by Len Wein, art by Jack Sparling. "The Last Sorcerer," art by Bernard Baily; Manfrey's stage magic is so remarkable because it is real magic; But in order that he not be forced to use his abilities for evil, he wills them away. "The Phantom of the Flames!", art by Joe Maneely. "The Bride of Death," script by Jack Oleck, art by Nestor Redondo; An old man tortures witches during the Spanish Inquisition for the secret of youth but they all go to their deaths cursing him that there is no such spell; One evening while busting up a witch coven he sees a young girl he becomes infatuated with; Satan appears and offers him the girl and one hundred years of youth in exchange for his soul. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Cover art by Bernie Wrightson. "World for a Witch," script by Jack Oleck, art by Bill Draut; A witch runs an orphanage who uses a spell to escape into a wall painting of a beautiful countryside but is observed by the children spying on her; She beats one of the girls to death and attempts to flee justice, unaware that one of the other kids has swapped the painting in her office with a painting of Hell. "The Great Dimensional Brain Swap," art by Alex Toth. "Be It Ever So Humble," script by Len Wein, pencils by Dick Dillin, inks by Jack Abel; A couple builds a house on a plot of land where a plantation used to stand but burned down and the owner's ghost stills haunts the land; After the couple's house is built the ghost is dissatisfied and starts adding on rooms; This annoys the husband because the couple think the additions are tacky, which annoys the ghost, but he doesn't want to leave because all their money is tied up in the house. Abel's Fables cartoon page by Sergio Aragones. "The Monster," script by Jack Oleck, art by Wally Wood; A boy born as a freak invents a consistent psychosis where he sees himself as normal and all the normal people as freaks; He attempts to elude sedition by the medical staff and escape the hospital but eventually he falls asleep and is captured. "The Indestructible Man," art by Bill Ely; A man is safe from all harm and can commit any crime as long as he wears a special glove covering his vulnerable spot; But when he dips his hand in what he thinks is ink, but is really poison, he is struck dead. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Mike Kaluta. "Born Losers," script by John Albano, art by Mike Kaluta; A scientist gives Rapp Rankin a boost of strength, but there are side-effects. "The Secret Hero of Center City" hosted by Abel, art by Alex Toth. Abel's Fables cartoon page by Sergio Aragonés. "The Night Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore!", script by Len Wein, pencils by Mike Roy, inks by Mike Peppe (as Mike Pepe); Silas Horn grabs the first train out of town after killing his business partner; Too bad it's the Hades Express. Letter from comics writer Mark Waid. "The Fatal Superstition," art by John Prentice; Burt Roman kills his partner Ed Huggins and blames it on an invented superstition about polka-dot kerchiefs, but the kerchiefs return to extract their own justice. "Happy Birthday, Herman!", art by Adolfo Buylla; Herman kills his wife Martha and buries her in the cellar, but her birthday surprise exposes his crime. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Mike Kaluta. "Beyond His Imagination," script by Bill Meredith, art by Nestor Redondo; An artist seeks inspiration from a Gypsy séance, but when he threatens the old woman, he finds himself face-to-face with her in limbo after her heart gave out and she was his spirit's link back to the world of the living. "Beat the Devil," script by Jack Oleck, pencils by Jack Katz, inks by Tony DeZuniga; A thief robs a church of its poor box and when a priest attempts to stop him, the thief stabs him; That night he dreams the priest visits him and begs him to repent, but the thief claims that while he lives he can always repent at a later time; During a robbery, the police put a bullet into him and he makes his escape into the catacombs where he meets up with Satan. "Goodbye, Nancy," script by John Albano, pencils by Vic Catan and Frank Redondo, inks by Abe Ocampo; The lonely ghost of a dead girl attempts to kill off her little playmate so that she can have his company, but when the boy's father learns from her parents that she has died, he demands that the spirit depart and have no more dealings with his son. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Cover art by Mike Kaluta. "Small Invasion," script by Sheldon Mayer, art by Alex Nino; Aliens miscalculate when they make human bodies too perfect for their spies and they fall in love; When the aliens send out a sound signal which kills the humans in a two mile radius of the device the male spy writes down the details before he sacrifices himself for the girl he has fallen in love with, unknown to him, also an alien spy. "The Sacrifice," script by Jack Oleck, art by June Lofamia; A warlock intends to sacrifice his wife to the Devil in return for a youthful appearance, but she beats him to the punch. Cain & Abel cartoon page by Sergio Aragonés. "Hiding Place," script by Raymond Marais, art by Ruben Yandoc; A mobster on the run ducks into an unusual toy store and when he threatens the owners for money he finds that they spiked his food with chemicals which shrink his body so that he can be added as the final touch to a new model torture rack they have been building. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by Berni Wrightson. Intro page featuring Abel, script by E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Berni Wrightson. "The Curse of Harappa," script by Maxene Fabe, art by Ruben Yandoc (as Rubeny); A man in a foreign land encounters a woman whom the natives refer to as The Bride of Death who claims that he will end up digging his own grave if he pursues her; He ignores the warning and does indeed end up digging his own grave. "The Island of No Return," script by John Albano, art by Alex Niño; A husband and wife vampire team set up on a small island; They allow one victim to escape so that the story gets out and ensures a steady stream of curious prey for them. "This Will Kill You," script by Jack Oleck, art by Alfredo Alcala; Two pranksters attempt to scare a half-wit who sleeps in the small town undertaking parlor's back room with a story that the man currently lying in state is a vampire; Later that evening, one of them gets in a coffin after makeup has been applied by his female friend and lets out a groan. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Cover art by Berni Wrightson. "Skin Deep," script by Jack Oleck, art by Alfredo Alcala; An ugly man has a mask made for himself in order to win the heart of a beautiful woman, but he is surprised by her reaction when he reveals his true face. Cain & Abel cartoon by Sergio Aragonés. "The Night of the Nebish!", script by Arnold Drake, art by Alfredo Alcala; To resist his malarial hallucinations, a man's doctor urges him to toughen up, which he does in time to repel an alien invasion. "Winner Take All!", script by Steve Skeates, art by Bernard Baily; During a storm, two men take shelter and fight over a suitcase full of money they find. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Cover art by Nick Cardy. "Museum of Nightmares," script by Mike Pellowski (story idea) and Maxene Fabe (script), art by Alfredo Alcala; A sorcerer creates animated wax figures of killers and victims in order play out the crimes as a game. "And in Death There Is No Escape!", script by John Albano, art by Alex Nino; An actor has dealings with a sorcerer to grant him immortality; In order to gain enough money to produce his own play, he desires to marry a wealthy woman who loves him but her father refuses; He gets the woman to hire a maid whom he has instructed to poison the old man, but the actor's plans unravel when he becomes trapped in a fire which hideously burns him; He ends up as a carnival freak praying for the death that will not come. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Cover art by Nick Cardy. "A Watchtower in the Dark," script by Gerry Conway (as Gerard Conway), art by Tony DeZuniga; A demoness appears to a young man which inflames his hatred against the man he works for; He kills him, and the demoness claims his soul. Letter from comics editor Robert Greenberger. "Hair-I-Kari," script by Maxene Fabe, art by Romy Gamboa; A man who loses his hair attempts to cheat a witch in order to get it back; He steals her bottle of magic hair preserver and cuts off her beautiful hair while she sleeps; He gets a wig made of her hair and finds that he can't remove it. "The Land Beyond the Styx!", script by Michael Fleisher, art by Gerry Talaoc; A scientist develops a method of staying dead for ten minutes and then being revived by an assistant in order to discover the secrets of afterlife; When the experiment starts he finds himself being taken across the river Styx to Hell; He attempts to avoid demons for ten minutes until he is revived but he doesn't understand why his assistant hasn't thrown the switch. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Cover art by Luis Dominguez. "A Carnival of Dwarfs," script by Michael Fleisher and Russell Carley (art continuity), art by Arthur Suydam; Two carnival owners come across an old man and group of dwarfs so they threaten to harm the old man unless the dwarfs perform for the show; What they don't know is that the old man and dwarfs are a pack of vampires. 2 Cain & Abel cartoon pages by Sergio Aragonés. "Imitation Monster!", script by Mike Pellowski (story idea) and George Kashdan, art by Alfredo Alcala; A professor dresses in a Bigfoot costume to get some film of the natives interacting with their god, but his plan goes awry when a real Bigfoot becomes paternalistic and carries him away to his cave. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by Luis Dominguez. "To Never Grow Old," script by Mary Skrenes (as "Virgil North"), art by Tony DeZuniga; A scientist gets revenge on a partner for cheating him out of the profits of a rejuvenation machine by reverting him to an infant's body forever. "The Right Demon Could Do It!", script by Sheldon Mayer, pencils by Paul Kirchner, inks by Tex Blaisdell; A crabby man wishes tortures on all who annoy him and a demon records all of his wishes until it finally appears before him and offers him a wish; The demon suggests a promotion at work, but the man turns that down as he knows he'd still be working for his boss that he doesn't like; The demon suggests marrying his supervisor's attractive secretary. "The Lion's Share," script by Steve Skeates, art by Alfredo Alcala; A hunter in Africa uses dogs to finish off a wounded lion that the natives regard highly; To get their revenge, they toss a voodoo doll of the hunter to the dogs and release them so that the dogs tear apart the hunter as they did the doll. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover art by Frank Robbins. "A Fugitive Apparition," script by John Albano, art by Leandro Sesarego; A cranky ghost in an old house makes friends with a young boy until the kid meets a girl and loses interest in the ghost. "A Connecticut Ice Cream Man in King Arthur's Court," script by Michael Fleisher and Russ Carley (script continuity), art by Alex Toth; An ice cream man finds himself transported to King Arthur's court by a thick fog and gets in Arthur's good graces by offering him ice cream; It doesn't take long before he thinks of dumping rat poison into the ice cream to polish off Arthur and his nobles and take over; Merlin overhears him scheming and goes to the king with the rat poison as proof; The king is in a quandary as he wishes to execute the ice cream man for treason but only he can provide ice cream to the banquet Arthur has promised his nobles. Letter from comics writer and editor Paul Levitz. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Cover art by Luis Dominguez. "Catch as Cats Can!", script by E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Luis Dominguez; The Baron thinks that he is being hexed by a little girl he suspects of being a witch and her cat familiar but it's actually the cat who is the witch not the little girl. "Pay the Piper," script by Jack Oleck, art by Alfredo P. Alcala; An abusive father and his crippled son are hiking in the mountains when they are visited by Death in the guise of a shepherd; The boy takes a liking to Death and Death leads him to a meadow where he can play with other children and doesn't need his crutch to walk. "Instant Re-Kill!", script by Steve Skeates, art by Frank Robbins; An insane actor brutally murders his co-star in order to get the jilted lover scene just right and can't understand why arresting officers aren't convinced that it's just a movie. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Cover art by Bill Draut. "Where Dreams Are Born," script by Jack Oleck, art by Frank Redondo; A boy who can enter dreams based on what he reads immediately before he falls asleep and return with the material wealth that he finds in these places is tormented by his greedy foster parents who demand that he take them with him into his dreams so that they can fill up suitcases full of loot; The woman wants to beat the kid into acquiescing but the man tries to cozy up to him for a week first; The boy knows that they are evil doers so he denies being able to enter dreams. "Night Watchman," script by George Kashdan, art by Leopoldo Duranona; A vampire takes a job as a night watchman with the condition that no one enter the premises at night; When his boss becomes too curious for his own good, he becomes just another victim and the vampire resigns himself to looking for another job. "Snake Bite!", script by Steve Clement, art by Romy Gamboa; An escaped convict runs into a tribe of tiny Indians and dies when a rattlesnake bites him while harassing the Indians. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover art by Bernie Wrightson. "The Devil's Daughter," script by Jack Oleck, pencils by Steve Ditko, inks by Mike Royer; When a stepfather hears his daughter talking to the circus ape Bobo and the beast replies, he becomes convinced that she's a witch; The man attempts to kill the girl but the ape breaks his neck; The authorities have some suspicions about the girl, but she convinces them her stepfather was mad by showing them a book about ventriloquism she said she had been reading; The sheriff tells her that they are going to have to put down the ape now that it's killed and she pleads for a chance to say goodbye. Abel's Fables cartoon page by Sergio Aragones. "A Real Crazy Kid," script by Steve Skeates, art by Nestor Redondo; A ladies man meets a girl on the street who acts crazy and is intrigued by the potential challenge of getting her to fall in love with him; When he first sees her she is peeling two bananas without paying for them; He approaches her and she pushes the bananas into her ears telling him that she can't hear him because she's gone bananas. "Instant Rebirth!", script by George Kashdan, art by Bill Draut; An archaeologist gets more than he bargains for when he ingests the substance that will transform him into the natives' ancient god; He wanted the god's power but he gets the god's loathsome appearance as well. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

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Last 25-cent cover price. Cover art by Ernie Chan. "Reprise: The Patchwork Man," script by Gerry Conway, art by Nestor Redondo; Gregori Arcane survived a fall and found himself hiding in a department store; He startled two employees opening up and security fired a shot that grazed his head, knocking him out; The security men turned him over to the police who were visited by a Dr. Chomes who demanded that they release his "patient" into his custody. Dr. Chomes conducted some painful experiments upon the Patchwork Man and the pain caused him to break his restraints and brush past Dr. Chomes and his assistant; Outside, a good Samaritan cab driver picked him up and drove him away from his tormenters; Dr. Chomes took down the license plate number and told his assistant they would acquire the man's address in the morning. The Cup Cake Caper Hostess Cup Cakes ad featuring Shazam! 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.25.

Cover price by Gray Morrow. Introductory page with Abel, script by Paul Levitz, art by Romeo Tanghal. "A Gift of Evil," script by Jack Oleck, pencils by Ernie Chan (as Ernie Chua), inks by Bill Draut; A man whose village is being destroyed by plague seeks a bargain with Satan and is answered by space aliens who give him their eggs in the form of gold cubes; The man hires agents to distribute the eggs throughout the world in order to buy medicine and supplies in an effort to relieve the suffering of his village. Abel's Fables one-page story, script by Don Edwing, art by Dave Manak. "The See-Through Thief!", script by David Michelinie and Russ Carley, art by Alex Nino; A boy vandalizes a witch's garden and she places a curse upon him that makes him invisible at random times for the rest of his life; He has difficulties proving to employers that he is reliable and so finally gets a job as a night watchman, where if he fades out, no one notices; He starts thinking that maybe he can use the curse to steal the payroll from the safe, so he waits until the curse kicks in and then blows the safe; It looks like he's going to be able to just walk out with the money but he starts to fade in and the police have been alerted. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Cover price by Michael Wm. Kaluta. Introductory page with Abel, script by Paul Levitz, art by Michael Golden. "The Rain Dance," script by Paul Levitz (plot) and J. Cheever Loophole, art by Bill Draut; Settlers kidnap an Indian medicine man and force him to do a rain dance at gunpoint; The sky rains blood which clots into the form of a vampire bat; The bat kills most of the settlers until they try to set fire to it by burning the crops. "The Evil One," script by Jack Oleck, art by Ricardo Villamonte; A boy's uncle kills his father and hides the body; The boy suspects him but the police tell him that they can't arrest the uncle without a body; The years go by and the boy becomes angry and bitter living with his abusive uncle until he spots an old woman that the kids used to believe was a witch; He asks her if she can summon Satan but she gives him a book of spells and tells him to try it himself if he wants to because she doesn't believe in magic; He does attempt to summon Satan and it works; He offers Satan his soul in exchange for getting revenge on his uncle. #23 Bob Layton DC Profiles bio. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Cover art by Jim Starlin. Batman and Sable Lady Hostess snack cakes ad. "A God by Any Other Name," script by Gerry Conway, art by Gerry Talaoc; At the House of Secrets, The Phantom Stranger tells Abel how exorcists Father John Christian and Rabbi Samuel Shulman used to exorcise possessed machines; Dr. 13 arrives, and blames such stories on mass hysteria; But when machines all over the world run amok due to a demonic computer, it is up to The Stranger to stop it. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.35.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Berni Wrightson splash. Stories include "Beyond His Imagination" (script by Bill Meredith, art by Nestor Redondo), "Beat the Devil" (script by Jack Oleck, pencils by Jack Katz, inks by Tony de Zuniga), and "Goodbye, nancy" (script by John Albano, pencils by Vic Catan and Frank Redondo, inks by Abe Ocampo). Michael Kaluta cover. Cover price $0.20.

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Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "Skin Deep" (script by Jack Okeck, art by Alfredo Alcala), "The Night of the Nebish" (script by Arnold Drake, art by Alcala), and "Winner Take All!" (script by Steve Skeates, art by Bernard Baily). Berni Wrightson cover. Cover price $0.20.

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Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Michael Golden splash page. "The Rain Dance" (plot by Paul Levitz, script by"J. Cheever Loophole," art by Bill Draut), and "The Evil One" (script by Jack Oleck, art by Ricardo Villamonte). Third-page Bob Layton biography. The Penguin stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "The Cuckoo Cuckoos." Cover price $0.35.

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NO CD Rom disc! AP Pick of the Month! Another indispensable addition to the How-to series by Antarctic Press. See the masters of Photoshop show you the skills that transform a comic from raw line art into the CMYK beauty you see on the stands every week. This guide is in full color to actually show the transformations in progress, so drop all your black-and-white guides and see the work of coloring gurus that have worked for all the major publishers. The CD-ROM version has all the dopeness of the coloring guide, plus a CD-ROM of color pages! See the actual masters at work with their special skills and techniques. Still images plus Quicktime tutorials that show you step by step how it's done! Cover price $4.95.

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Standard wraparound cover by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Written by Allan J. Fromberg. Art by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, and Rich Buckler. One of a series of how-to art books from Solson, the company run by the son of Marvel comics veteran Sol Brodsky. This volume features step-by-step instructions and illustrated examples of how to draw the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, using sketches and pinups drawn by Turtle co-creators Kevin B. Eastman and Peter Laird. Includes weaponry; turtle heads, hands, and feet; action scenes; motion; facial expressions; and even the proper way to draw turtle teeth and shells. Published during the height of the first wave of Turtlemania in comics. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.25.

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Written by Steve Gerber. Art by Gene Colan and Steve Leialoha. Cover by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer. The Way the Cookie Crumbles!; Howard the Duck defeats the cookie monster and becomes a presidential candidate. The Spider-Man and the Fly Hostess Twinkies ad with Spider-Man, art by Ross Andru. 36 pgs., full color. $0.30. Cover price $0.30.

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Written by Steve Gerber. Art by Gene Colan and Steve Leialoha. Cover by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer. 1st full appearance of KISS in a comic book: Rock, Roll Over, and Writhe!; Rock and roll band Kiss have arrived to give advice to Howard the Duck!; Although are they the real deal or demons from Windas dark place?; And all goes terribly wrong when Howard the Duck becomes the Duck of Satan! Captain America stars in a one-page Hostess ad, "The Sore Sir's Apprentices." Letter to the editor from cartoonist Matt Feazell. Cover price $0.30.

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Dr. Bong is still pestering Howard in "Scrubba-Dub Death!" Script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Klaus Janson. Thor stars ina one-page Hostess ad, "The Ding-a-ling Family." Colan cover pencils, Tom Palmer cover inks. Cover price $0.35.

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May the Farce Be with You!" Part one of a two-part Star Wars parody, this issue has Howard assisting Dakimh in trying to stop the evil Bzzk'Joh. Man-Thing guest stars. Script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Val Mayerik, inks by William Wray. Cover price $0.35.

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"Star Waugh." Part two of a two-part Star Wars parody, this issue pits Howard and pals against Bzzk' Joh and a Wal-Mart-type super store. Man-Thing guest stars. Script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Val Mayerik, inks by Mayerik. Cover by Gene Colan and Alan Weiss. Cover price $0.35.

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"Going Underground." Picking up where the original numbering left off, this issue came out several years after #31 (to promote the forthcoming Howard the Duck movie). Howard and a gorgeous hitchhiker confront The Gopher, who is hell bent creating condos and tourist attractions, the environment be damned. Script by Steven Grant, pencils by Paul Smith, inks by Vinnie Colletta. Cover by Sid Abel and Colletta. Cover price $0.65.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. "Star Waugh." Part two of a two-part Star Wars parody, this issue pits Howard and pals against Bzzk' Joh and a Wal-Mart-type super store. Man-Thing guest stars. Script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Val Mayerik, inks by Mayerik. Cover by Gene Colan and Alan Weiss. Cover price $0.35.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 10p cover price. Written by Steve Gerber. Art by Gene Colan and Steve Leialoha. Cover by Gene Colan and Tom Palmer. The Way the Cookie Crumbles!; Howard the Duck defeats the cookie monster and becomes a presidential candidate. The Spider-Man and the Fly Hostess Twinkies ad with Spider-Man, art by Ross Andru. 36 pgs., full color.