Issue: #3
Published: October 1953, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format:
Notes: It appears likely that the contents of this issue were produced for Ziff-Davis, and acquired from them by St. John along with the Nightmare title.
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Synopsis: |
A woman is menaced by a giant cobra. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: ? (painting) | Inks: ? (painting) | Colours: ? (painting) |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Werewolf of Washington Square |
| Synopsis: |
After a trip to Europe, Eric Lupin gets infected with lycanthropy and becomes a werewolf terrorizing New York's Washington Square. |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Cup of Moonglow |
| Synopsis: |
A murderer gets lost in the African wilderness after escaping from a nearby prison. He is soon found by a beautiful mysterious woman who nurses him back to health. He later finds out that when she drinks water from a cup at the night of a full moon she turns into a giant snake! |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (2 pages) |
The Wonderful Wizard - Daniel Dunglas Home |
| Synopsis: |
A writeup of Daniel Dunglas Home (1833 –1886), a physical medium. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Quivering Brain |
| Synopsis: |
Dr. Hill discovers a brain taken from a cadaver is still somehow alive. The brain attempts to take over Hill's body. |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Characters: |
Dr. Rex Hill Dr.Jane Evans Jack |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
The Witches' Sabbath |
| Synopsis: |
One page story about witches and sorcerers worshiping the dark lord himself Satan (Sathanas). |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Text Article (2 pages) |
Charles Fort, the Supreme Doubter |
| Synopsis: |
A writeup on Charles Hoy Fort (1874–1932), an American writer and researcher who specialized in anomalous phenomena. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Crafton's Curse |
| Synopsis: |
After Mr. Crafton is run over by "Bull" Dawson, he puts a curse on his car. This results in the car driving on its own with Dawson at the wheel, which results in him being arrested twice and finally killed in the following 25 years. |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
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