Chilling Tales of Horror (1969 Stanley) comic books

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Cover by Bernard Baily. Stories and art by Sal Trapani, S. Finocchiaro, Jon Blummer, Vince Fodera, Petrizza, Avery West, Roy Marvin, and Les Zakarin. A lurid horror magazine from Stanley Morse Publications featuring tales of ghouls, vampires and the undead. A man murders his contemptuous wife, only to have her reincarnate as a vengeful housecat, in a story featuring a death-by-kitty panel. A cruel fisherman gets his comeuppance from sea creatures seeking fishy justice. Ghosts rise to reveal their living secrets in epitaphs, giving Edgar an unpleasant surprise about his late wife. Epitaph; The Shadow in the Mirror; After Death; I Killed Mary; The One That Got Away; Dream; The Bloodstone; Bum Ticker; Life Insurance. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Bernard Baily. Stories and art by Sal Trapani, Gerald Altman, Ellis Eringer, Hy Fleishman, Bruce Hamilton, Nick Frank, and Les Zakarin. A lurid horror magazine from Stanley Morse Publications featuring tales of ghouls, vampires and the undead. Explorers find a mad sculptor and learn how he makes his incredibly lifelike statues, to their misfortune. Lifelong rivals decide to settle things once and for all with a strange knife-duel inside a locked fortress in the Mexican desert. A former employee takes holiday-themed revenge on the businessmen who framed him. Vampire; Terror of the Deep; The Disguise!; Corpse in the Coffin; Medusas Head; Wall of Coahuila; The Book of Doom; Death Takes a Holiday; Contract in Blood. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover by Kitonah. Stories and art by Edvard Moritz, Jon Blummer, Al Camy, Charles Nicholas, and Harry Lazarus. A lurid horror magazine from Stanley Morse Publications featuring tales of ghouls, vampires and the undead. After a theft of a large amount of blood plasma, Mark and Martha can't imagine which supernatural creature might be responsible. Siamese twins and a trapeze artist make for a bizarre love triangle in a circus. A man is possessed by two competing spirits. Ghostly Revenge; The Midnight Howl; The Hungry Horde; Rotting Flesh Of The Dead; The Living Head; Twin Of Terror; Curse of the Vampires. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Stories and art by Edvard Moritz, Jon Blummer, Al Camy, Charles Nicholas, and Harry Lazarus. A lurid horror magazine from Stanley Morse Publications featuring tales of ghouls, vampires and the undead. A mysterious suicide is only the start of a tale of horror. A monstrous boar-man stalks the high mountain passes. A car designer creates a pliable metal, but it is somehow alive. The Specter's Revenge; The Tomb of the Unseen; Numbered for Death; Mountain of Doom; Payment in Full; A Live Corpse for the Zombie; The Spirit in the Steel. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W.

NOTE: According to the Grand Comics Database, issues Vol. 1 #5 do not believe exist.

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Stories and art by Dick Beck, George Klein, Charles Sultan, King Ward, Lou Cameron, Pete Riss and Ogden Whitney. A lurid horror magazine from Stanley Morse Publications featuring tales of ghouls, vampires and the undead. An executed killer is raised from the dead to become a werewolf, but first he must survive three nights on his own. A TV set bought from a strange little shop plays horrifying programs from the spirit world, even when it's not plugged in. A ventriloquist steals an ancient Egyptian puppet and unwisely uses it for his new dummy, not suspecting it is sentient. The Devil on Your TV Dial; King of the Vampires; Howl of the Hunter; Captain Crossbones; Death Is a Star Sapphire; The Demon Master. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W.

NOTE: According to the Grand Comics Database, issues Vol. 1 #5 do not believe exist.

Cover price $0.50.

Stories and art by Robert S. Pious, Pete Riss, George Wilhelms, Charlie Sultan and Lin Streeter. Mistakenly listed as Volume 2, number 2 in indicia. A lurid horror magazine from Stanley Morse Publications featuring tales of ghouls, vampires and the undead. A scientist creates artificial blood and is later found murdered in a locked room. Reporters try to stop a medium from invoking the spirit of an executed killer. Ned and Jean must reverse a dead scientist's machine that sent all of humanity into the Abyss. Vampire's Prey; The Swami's Secret; Belt of Evil; The Man Who Tried to Live Forever; The Day The World Died; The Spirit of Frankenstein. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Stories and art by Art Gates, Al Camy, King Ward, Jon Blummer, Paul Reinman, Hy Eisman and Frank Belknap Long. A lurid horror magazine from Stanley Morse Publications featuring tales of ghouls, vampires and the undead. The preserved head of an Indian necromancer is accidentally freed from its prison, and goes flying off in search of a new body. A man encounters a murderous fiend with an animalistic face, and soon finds that his own face has taken the same shape. A ship in a bottle is haunted by a dead sea captain, in a story from acclaimed fantasy author Frank Belknap Long. The Hands of Darkness; Five Found Death; The Face of the Fiend; True Zombies of History; The Flying Head; Phantom of the Seas; The Reluctant Witch. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Stories and art by Frank Siminski, Art Gates, Al Camy, Ed Good, Paul Cooper and Al Feldstein. Mistakenly listed as Volume 2, number 4 in indicia. A lurid horror magazine from Stanley Morse Publications featuring tales of ghouls, vampires and the undead. Explorers seeking the Fountain of Youth in the Everglades instead find a hive of radioactive monstrosities. An American couple visiting Egypt encounters an ancient curse and learns the true reason for the smile of the Sphinx. The spirit of a mad scientist returns to his old house to resume his work, in a story by comics legend Al Feldstein. The Phantom Fountain; The Vampire's Bane; Priestess of the Sphinx; Deity of Death; Specters of the Dam; The Creekmore Curse. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Carin. Stories and art by Pete Riss, William Weltman, Jack Abel, Robert Brice, Harry Lazarus, Sam Cooper and Edvard Moritz. A lurid horror magazine from Stanley Morse Publications featuring tales of ghouls, vampires and the undead. Archaeologist Bruce and his fiancee Gail discover that the legends of the demon-god Belial are all too real, and it likes the looks of Gail. A gypsy woman is turned into a hellish cat that must live on human blood. The spirits of King Louis V of France and Queen Emma are rumored to haunt their old castles. The Soul Collectors; Haunted Hamlet; Bat by Night; Vampire Cat; True Ghosts of History; Bride of the Beast; Assault from the Unknown. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

Stories and art by George Wilhelms, Frank Simienski, Richard Case, Jon Blummer, Harry Lazarus, Sam Cooper and Edvard Moritz. A lurid horror magazine from Stanley Morse Publications featuring tales of ghouls, vampires and the undead. Honeymooners passing through Salem, Massachusetts are stalked by the creatures summoned by a witch's ghost. A man gets lost in Brooklyn and winds up catching a cursed subway train run by the dead. Kids playing ghost accidentally awaken the real things. The Winged Creature; A Hex on My Brother!; Ghost Tiger; Death at the Carnival!; The Mark of the Monster; The Spectral Sister; The Witch's Curse. Final issue of the series. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.