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Issue: Monster #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1953
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Issues: #2 of 2 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand: Fiction House MagazinesView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Flying Stories, Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/24/1953
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor); Jerry Iger (Art Director)
Disclose Notes: Indicia gives name as "The Monster".
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1953 Periodicals, page 274.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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The Dark Abysmal

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Maurice Whitman [as MW] (signed)
Inker(s): Maurice Whitman [as MW] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMonster #2 published January 1953
as The Dark Abysmal [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagFour Color Fear: Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s #[nn] [unnamed variant] published September 2010
as Monster #2 Cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Big 6

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from ? [covers of Jungle Comics #?, Planet Comics #?, Indians #?, The Monster #2, Wings #?, Ka'a'nga #?]
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Dark Abysmal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Belcastro [as Johnny Bell] (signed)
Inker(s): John Belcastro [as Johnny Bell] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Hap; Daniel; Ben Jackson
Synopsis: Boy saves small Kentucky town from alien squid invader. The creature goes on a rampage when confronted with human greed. It can be rescued from assaulting military forces by the boy and returns to its homeworld.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Tiger Kiss

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): A. Albert ?
Inker(s): A. Albert ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A man turns into a were-tiger in the jungle. Explorer John Gifford is afflicted with a were-tiger condition ever since he investigated about an Indian tiger cult. His wife Julie can only keep him locked into a cage. His powers cannot be tamed, though; and Gifford breaks out to attack a rival for his wife’s love.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Line of Tordesillas

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sidney M. Elias
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Stamp Page
Synopsis: Story about Brazillian Stamps. 2/3 of page is ads for stamps, other 1/3 is this article.
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Pages: 1
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Where the Undead Roam

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Benulis [as Benulis] (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Abel [as Abel] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: The undead roam the bayou. An insurance detective discovers a plot to turn a young woman into a zombie. He steps in and can prevent the evil ritual.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Kohnoori's Curse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Discount
Inker(s): Bill Discount
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Jewels in India have a curse that makes the owner turn into a monster. Treasure hunter breaks into the tomb of Kohnoori, seeking legendary riches. Though having been warned he is blinded by greed and pays a terrible price for discovering the jewels.
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Pages: 4
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The Deadman's Chest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Peddy
Inker(s): Bernard Sachs
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A man kills his grandfather for an inheritance, but the grandfather's ghost takes his revenge.
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Pages: 5

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