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Issue: Fantastic Fears #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1954
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Issues: #5 of 9 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFarrell
Brand: A Farrell PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Four Star Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ruth Roche
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Genres: horror
First Line: Quickly, brothers! This is a very restless one!
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Pages: 1
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My Coffin Must Wait

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Seth Bates; Martha Bates; Doc Wilcox; Mr. Townsend
Synopsis: Seth is informed that his wife Martha is dying. He vows to fulfill her last wish, driving her through a blizzard, defeating some bank robbers who want to hijack his car, and crashing through a police roadblock to reach town. Seth says he promised Martha she'd have her photograph taken one last time, and he gets Mr. Townsend to do it just before she dies.
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In Content Item: FlagMidnight #2 published July 1957
as The Promise [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled and revised for Code-approval
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Pages: 6
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Caught in the Graft

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Howard Nostrand ?
Inker(s): Howard Nostrand ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Sam Green; Maxie; Jim
Synopsis: Corrupt city official Sam is caught and sentenced to prison. Since he suffers from claustrophobia, Sam can't tolerate confinement. Working in the prison morgue, Sam learns the bodies are subsequently sent to the city morgue, a building constructed under his crooked supervision. Sam climbs into a coffin and escapes from prison, but when his henchman Maxie arrives at the city morgue to free him, he discovers there are thousands of "ice boxes" (morgue drawers) and he doesn't know which one Sam is in.
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In Content Item: FlagWitches Tales v1 #8 published September 1969
as Until Dead - Rot [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled with new splash panel
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Pages: 6
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Ghost Gift

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Genres: occult
Synopsis: Dan finds his war comrade Don in Africa, now in possession of a valuable jewel mine.
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Stretching Things

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Writer(s): Bruce Hamilton
Penciller(s): Steve Ditko
Inker(s): Steve Ditko
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Lawrence Dawson (first appearance, death); Dr. James Doyle; Dr. Harrell
Synopsis: Dawson suffers from brittle bone syndrome, but Dr. Doyle invents "muiclac" to cure him. He discovers this makes him "elastic" and murders Doyle to keep his secret. However, Dawson's face becomes permanently twisted and he goes to scientist Harrell, who has a formula to restore him to normal. Dawson kills Harrell before he learns the proper dosage. When the police arrive to arrest Dawson, he's just a puddle on the floor.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird v2 #8 published July 1968
as Stretching Things [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWitches Tales v2 #2 published April 1970
as Stretching Things [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTerror Tales v3 #4 published July 1971
as Stretching Things [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror Tales v5 #2 published April 1973
as Stretching Things [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror Tales v8 #2 published May 1977
as Stretching Things [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Rocket's Blast Comicollector #143 published June 1978
as Stretching Things [Story on Interior Page(s)]in black & white
In Content Item: FlagDoc Stearn...Mr. Monster #6 published June 1986
as Stretching Things [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSteve Ditko: Edge of Genius #[nn] published January 2008
as Stretching Things [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Steve Ditko Archives #1 published October 2009
as Stretching Things [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagLos Archivos de Steve Ditko #1 published December 2010
as Alargar las Cosas [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: This was Ditko's first sale to a publisher, although not his first published work.
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Escape from Hell!

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Penciller(s): Jack Abel ?
Inker(s): Jack Abel ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Richard Benton; Satan
Synopsis: Criminal Richard Benton dies and goes to Hell. He's sentenced by Satan to drag a boulder around for eternity. Benton struggles to climb a mountain to freedom, plagued by demons and hindered by the boulder, only to learn "there is no escape from Hell!"
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In Issue: FlagCrypt of Horror #2 published ?
In Content Item: FlagWeird v3 #2 published May 1969
as Escape from Hell [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales of Voodoo v3 #5 published September 1970
as Escape from Hell [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTerror Tales v4 #2 published March 1972
as Escape from Hell [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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Temple of the Beast

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Genres: occult
Character(s): Sam Graves; Anne Graves; Sivak [as Kavis]
Synopsis: In Siam, American tourists Sam and Anne buy "the hand of Sivak," a local god. The vendor later buys it back from Sam but the hand comes alive and strangles him. Anne recovers the hand and mails it to the USA. On the ship home, a mysterious man demands the hand from Sam and throws the American overboard when he learns the hand isn't there. Back home, Anne is greeted by fellow passenger Kavis, who reveals himself to be Sivak. Anne is strangled and Sivak can now go home with his hand.
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In Issue: FlagCrypt of Horror #2 published ?
In Content Item: FlagWeird v2 #4 published October 1967
as Temple of the Beast [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTerror Tales v1 #9 published July 1969
as Temple of the Beast [Story on Interior Page(s)]with changes
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Pages: 6

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