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Issue: Adventures into Darkness #7 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1952
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Issues: #7 of 10 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: Standard ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Visual Editions, Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/21/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Archibald (editor-in-chief. uncredited)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1952 Periodicals, page 5.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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The Betraying Hands

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Katz
Inker(s): Jack Katz
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Mammoth Book of Best Horror Comics #[nn] published January 2008
as Adventures Into Darkness #7 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Pit of Horror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky
Inker(s): Mike Peppe
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: New York, the 1870s. In the gambling establishment of Mr. Burns people are killed and disposed of in a rat pit in the cellar. The dead return and force Burns to a tour of the pit himself.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-1323
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The Dancer from the Beyond

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: The dancer Lee Trantor is haunted by his former partner Annette and her desire to dance to the death.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSeduction of the Innocent #2 published November 1985
as The Dancer from the Beyond [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: B-1305
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The Clutching Weed

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Russ Hill
Penciller(s): Art Saaf (illustration)
Inker(s): Art Saaf (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Swimming in the ocean and struggling with sea weed, a man reminisces about his childhood nemesis and wonders if that boy's spirit may be responsible for the clutching weed.
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Pages: 2
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Bride of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Katz (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Katz (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Joseph; Delores Martiz; Mario
Synopsis: Joseph needs a fresh corpse for his experiments, which is provided when Delores Martiz dies on her wedding day. He brings her back from the dead, and then once more, but cannot win her for himself.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSeduction of the Innocent #2 published November 1985
as Bride of Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Mammoth Book of Best Horror Comics #[nn] published January 2008
as Bride Of Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Horror #12 published August 2014
as Bride of Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: B-1322
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The Ghost That Warned a King

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Charles Miller
Inker(s): Charles Miller
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, occult
Character(s): James IV of Scotland (1473-1513)
Synopsis: Although warned by a ghost, King James IV. of Scotland goes to war and dies.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1185
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Death Drum

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Saaf
Inker(s): Art Saaf
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Drummer Chip Conway comes into possession of a magic jungle drum which makes him play "like a god". Downside is, Chip has to kill for his newly won ability.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSeduction of the Innocent #5 published March 1986
as Death Drum [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: B-1347
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The Origin of "He Kicked the Bucket"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Katz ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Synopsis: Origin of the phrase explained. A suicidal man failed to hang himself and got so angered that he kicked a bucket standing next to his feet. Losing his balance, the man fell and hit his head fatally.
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Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1338

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