Voodoo (1952 Ajax/Farrell) comic books

Stories and art by Matt Baker and Robert Webb. Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. Jungle hero Olane tracks a man who collects human skulls, in a story with art by good-girl legend Matt Baker. A couple seeks help at a haunted house after their car breaks down. Paranormal investigator Dr. Trimm realizes that Ellen's uncle Caleb is not a ghost, or even dead at all. The Shelf of Skulls; Lucky Wings: The Golden Ghouls; Jungle Magic; The Werewolf; Voodoo Fact or Fancy?; The Haunted One. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Matt Baker and Manning Lee Stokes. Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A honeymoon in Haiti is interrupted when the bride becomes a zombie. Jungle hero Kolah (a renamed Rulah the Jungle Girl) encounters the terrifying ape women of Antilla. Jungle hero El'nee battles a living caveman, in a story with art by Matt Baker. Zombie Bride; The Antilla Terror; Witch Doctors; Death-Trap; Idol of Death; Horror in the Hills. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A murderous treasure hunter with a fortune in blood diamonds is pursued by a severed hand. Deadly mandrake roots attack the human residents of a tea plantation. A pilot and a female detective track an embezzler into the jungle. The Game Called Dying; Plantation of Fear; Jewels of Death; Congo Terror; There's Peril in Perfection! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Matt Baker and others. Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A heroic jungle girl visits an island to find the magical Drum of Life, in a story with art by Matt Baker. Archaeologists ill-advisedly revive the feathered serpent-god Quetzalcoatl. A British soldier returns to the Irish lands where his ancestor ordered a massacre, and learns the horrifying secret of the bog people. Drums of Doom; The Crawling Horror; Jewels of Death; Thief of Souls; Beasts of the Bog. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. Three men spend the night in a haunted lighthouse. A wife's hatred of her husband's undertaking job drives her murderously insane. A woman poisons her lover's wife, resulting in madness and revenge from the beyond the grave. Corpses of the Jury; Death Light?; Man-Killer; Ghoul for a Day; The Spiteful Spirit. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. Explorers encounter a strange feathered serpent in an ancient Aztec temple. A ghoul and a woman executed for murder seem to be the perfect couple. A witch who learns how to see the future soon wishes she hadn't. The Weird Dead; Ghoul's Bride; Mrs. Garrity's Shadow; Killer Lady; She Wanted to Know... The Black Future. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A man discovers a man-eating flower on a desert island and uses it to commit murder. Sue finds an old painting in an antique store that looks eerily like her, and it begins to exert a strange hold over her. A plague of locusts turns out to have alien origins. Devil Flower; Voodoo Canvas; Dealing with the Devil; Deadly Timing!; Goodbye...World! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. The toy robot a man bought from that creepy street vendor turns out to be evil. A hunchbacked assistant plots to take the kingdom from a blind princess. A man spends the night in the haunted castle he's inherited. Dollars and Doom; Satan's Plaything; The Monster In the Mirror; Blood Revenge; The Ghostly Guillotine. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A murder plot is undone by overzealous and underfed guard dogs. A man purchases a cursed rug in a plot to kill his wife with demon power. A woman learns the hard way not to toy with the affections of a voodoo mage. Blood and Old Bones; Beast of Baghdad; Death's Shoes; Torture Travelogue. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A comic-book writer devises a fiendish revenge against the editor who fired him. After treasure hunters rob a jungle idol, the idol comes to life and pursues them. In colonial India, Colonel Rankin finds a way to get rid of his daughter's suitor for good, or so he thinks. Vanishing Cadavers; Mask of the Monster; Fangs of the Werewolf; Idol of Evil; Tusks of Terror. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A rivalry between sisters escalates to acid-throwing and gets worse from there. A murdered ganglord finds Hell to be full of opportunity for a guy like him. Room 1313 in the Rex Arms hotel drives guests to suicide. Horribly Beautiful; Ohhhh, Brother!; The Bedeviled Island; The King of Hades; Horror Comes to Room 1313. 36 pages, Full Color6 Cover price $0.10.

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Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A dying man makes an unholy pact involving his brain and a mad scientist. A look at the use of forensic science in 1950s police work. A man travels to his ancestral Scottish estate and encounters the deadly ghost named The Red Laird. Skulls of Doom; Fear Has a Name; Hangman's Noose; Blood and Barbed Wire; Castle of Fright. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. Two men are trapped in a version of The Most Dangerous Game on a remote island. A bank robber is able to achieve superhuman speeds. A beauty pageant judge builds the perfect woman in his robotics lab, or so he thinks. Bondage cover by an unknown artist. Torture Garden; Screaming Shoes; Hangman's Noose; Blood Moon; They Couldn't Die!; Gallows' Curse. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. Jerry learns the horrifying truth about Jessica's many husbands. In another classic story, a cheating wife and her lover have their heads shrunk while they're still alive. When undertakers go on strike, zombies rise to take over. Another strange cover by an unknown artist features a beauty contest with Death as the judge. Witch or Widow; Heads of Horror; Morgue Bait; Assignment Terror!; Corpses…Coast to Coast. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. An executioner who collects victims' heads meets an ironic fate. A couple discovers a mad scientist's army of giant rats. A frozen cavewoman revived by science goes on a murderous rampage when she gets a glimpse of the modern world. Doomed; Dead Man's Pajamas; Nightmare Island; Witch Magic; Hammer of Evil. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A family encounters the Wudgies, tiny elf-like creatures who only seem harmless. A man rescues an injured woman who is actually a vampire. A practical joke in a haunted house turns out to be neither practical nor a joke. Horror Unlimited; Fog Was My Shroud; Deadly Pickup; Footsteps to Murder; Night of Terror. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A voodoo mage offers to bring a doctor's wife back to life...for a price. A British soldier returns to the Irish lands where his ancestor ordered a massacre, and learns the horrifying secret of the bog people. A man visiting India becomes caught up in the Thuggee murder cult. Forever Dead; Creatures from the Deep; The Dreadful Vision; Ape's Laughter; Cult of the Cruel. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. An experiment revives a man framed and executed for murder, so he makes the most of his extra hour of life. Female reporter Margie investigates a murder at a fashion show. Visitors to Werewolf Castle are not what they seem. Sound of Mourning; Assignment: Danger; Let Me Die Today; The Deaf Night Watchman; Werewolf Castle. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A jungle queen battles strange foes, in a story with art by good-girl legend Matt Baker. A female reporter and a hotshot pilot struggle to survive in the Arctic after a crash landing. A jungle hero battles pirates who have escaped from a jungle prison. Destination Congo; Arctic Crash; Haunted Ink!; The Legend; The Thirsty Blade. Final issue under this title; the series continues as Vooda (1955) #20. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.