Digital Comic Museum - Weird Mysteries 001 (Pastime Pub)


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Pastime Publications, 1959
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Ottawagrant mentions a link on background info for this book. You can go there using the KIRBY MUSEUM LINK above.

Some nice b&w artwork in this one.

18-November-2015 6:53 pm	\|
Username:	ottawagrant
Comment:	Excellent article on this book & the artists in it: http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/4319 I don't know if there is an issue #2, but I hope so! With the comics code in place it's amazing this book was published at all.
11-June-2019 9:59 pm	\|
Username:	rob
Comment:	Taken from the crinkled raw scan so needs re-scanning ideally. I prefer the papery look but the edit isn't particularly harsh. Exactly the same applies to Eerie Tales. Shame they failed after ONE issue when there were hundreds of samey issues those b/w Mad imitations. Eye-catching covers so I can only assume that even five years on from the peak of the hysteria distributors and/or sellers wouldn't touch them (even though their kiddies could go to the cinema to watch horror films unlike in the U.K).
1-December-2019 11:39 am	\|
Username:	ghmcleod
Comment:	Thank You

Issue: #1
Published: March 1959, Price: 0.35 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Joe Simon
Color: Color Cover; Black And White Interior Dimensions: Magazine Size Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format:
Notes: The host who introduces most of the stories in this magazine is a character named Morgue'n, who also appeared in Eerie Tales (Hastings Associates, 1959 series) #1 (November 1959), where he calls himself "your Morgue Keeper." The contents of Eerie Tales #1 may be from the planned, but never released, second issue of Weird Mysteries. Harry Mendryk postulates that Joe Simon may have edited this title: http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/4319 The art credits for unsigned stories were reviewed for Alter Ego by Michael T. Gilbert, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr., and Dr. Michael J. Vassallo and corrected or added here with permission.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Credits:	Pencils: George Tuska (painted) \| Inks: George Tuska (painted) \| Colours: George Tuska (painted) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Morgue'n

Illustration (1 page)	Morgue'n, Your Monster of Ceremoanies!
Credits:	Script: Carl Wessler \| Pencils: Carl Burgos \| Inks: Carl Burgos \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Morgue'n

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword (1 page)	Contents
Credits:	Pencils: ? (illustration) \| Inks: ? (illustration) \| Letters: typeset

Cartoon (1 page)
Credits:	Pencils: George Tuska; ? (illustrations) \| Inks: George Tuska; ? (illustrations) \| Letters: typeset
Characters:	Morgue'n

Comic Story (4 pages)	Change My Face
Credits:	Script: Carl Wessler \| Pencils: George Tuska \| Inks: George Tuska \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense War
Characters:	Morgue'n

Comic Story (4 pages)	From Fear to Eternity!
Credits:	Script: Carl Wessler \| Pencils: Angelo Torres \| Inks: Angelo Torres \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Morgue'n

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Ragman
Credits:	Script: Carl Wessler \| Pencils: George Tuska \| Inks: George Tuska \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Morgue'n

Text Story (6 pages)	The Corpse Talks Back!
Credits:	Script: Carl Wessler \| Pencils: Carl Burgos ? (illustrations) \| Inks: Carl Burgos ? (illustrations) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense

Comic Story (3 pages)	Twin Bads
Credits:	Script: Carl Wessler \| Pencils: Paul Reinman (signed) \| Inks: Paul Reinman (signed) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Crime
Characters:	Morgue'n

Comic Story (4 pages)	Easy Dies It
Credits:	Script: Carl Wessler \| Pencils: Carl Burgos \| Inks: Carl Burgos \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Morgue'n

Comic Story (3 pages)	Flip Fairy Tale
Credits:	Script: Carl Wessler \| Pencils: Paul Reinman \| Inks: Paul Reinman \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Morgue'n

Text Story (5 pages)	Over the Wall
Credits:	Script: Carl Wessler \| Pencils: Carl Burgos ? (illustrations) \| Inks: Carl Burgos ? (illustrations) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense Science Fiction

Comic Story (2 pages)	The Puzzle
Credits:	Script: Carl Wessler \| Pencils: Paul Reinman \| Inks: Paul Reinman \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Morgue'n

Comic Story (3 pages)	Must I Die Again?
Credits:	Script: Carl Wessler \| Pencils: Paul Reinman \| Inks: Paul Reinman \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Morgue'n

Comic Story (3 pages)	A Good Daughter
Credits:	Script: Carl Wessler \| Pencils: Joe Orlando \| Inks: Joe Orlando \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Morgue'n

Cartoon (2 pages)	Sick Greeting Cards
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (4 pages)	Strange Thirst
Credits:	Pencils: Paul Reinman \| Inks: Paul Reinman \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Morgue'n

Comic Story (3 pages)	A Shriek in the Night
Credits:	Script: Carl Wessler \| Pencils: Carl Burgos \| Inks: Carl Burgos \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Morgue'n

Cartoon (1 page)
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Humor Horror-suspense

Comic Story (4 pages)	Capital Punishment
Credits:	Script: Carl Wessler \| Pencils: George Tuska \| Inks: George Tuska \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Morgue'n

Text Article (1 page)	Still Sick Man?
Credits:	Script: Carl Wessler
Genre:	Humor

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