| Additional Information |
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| Publication | June 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Credits | Pencils: Al Avison | Inks: Al Avison | Letters: Joe Rosen |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Eight Hands of Ranu (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | After his wife is killed by a trio of thieves, a relic collector offers them money to steal the multi-armed statue of Ranu from a tribe in Africa knowing full well they will be killed. The oblivious men go to the village and are murdered by the statue as it comes to life. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Maushope-The Dying Smoker (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A writeup on a powerful American Indian named Maushope and his battle with a giant eagle. |
| Featuring | Strange Legends |
| Credits | Pencils: Bob Powell | Inks: Howard Nostrand; Martin Epp;? |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | The character's name is spelled Maushop in the actual Native American myths. |
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| Comic Story | The Captain's Return (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | The ghost of a murdered Sea captain returns to get revenge on the crewman who killed him. |
| Credits | Pencils: Tom Hickey | Inks: Tom Hickey |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Text Story | The Black Death (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A writeup on the Bubonic Plague that ravaged Europe in the 14th century as well as the Great Plague of London from the 17th century. |
| Featuring | The Annals of Horror |
| Credits | Pencils: Rudy Palais | Inks: Rudy Palais |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Historical; Horror-suspense |
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| Text Story | The Rotting Death |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Text Story | Birth of a Monster |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Ice Horror (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | A scientist and his assistants find a huge "Missing Link" in Antarctica and bring it back to America. After the scientist thaws out and revives the monster in his lab, it kills him. Before it can kill his assistants, it dissolves into slime due to the rarified air of our modern day climate. |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Avison | Inks: Al Avison |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Cover story |
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| Comic Story | Demons of the Night (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A madman uses the black arts to bring characters from nursery rhymes to life to help him spread terror throughout the city. He chooses the Butcher, the Baker, and the Candlestick Maker from the "Rub-a-dub-dub" rhyme. After they find out he plans on returning them to nothingness after he has no need for them, they kill him. |
| Credits | Pencils: Manny Stallman | Inks: John Giunta |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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