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What Happened in the Basement?

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Bill Everett

Inker(s): Bill Everett

Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

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Pages: 1

Notes: Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.

The Things in the Window

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Werner Roth

Inker(s): Werner Roth

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Cal (second name unknown); an unnamed woman; an unnamed real estate agent; some other dimensional beings

Synopsis: Cal rents a isolated house whose former tenant, a young woman, mysteriously disappeared. He discovers that one of the house's windows lets no light into the property. Climbing through it, he enters a strange other dimension, where he finds the former tenant, and helps her escape back to their own dimension, evading some mist-like creatures. Once back in their own world, Cal smashes the window, destroying the gateway.

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Pages: 4

Job Number: K-829

The Forbidden Land

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Carl Wessler

Penciller(s): Paul Reinman

Inker(s): Paul Reinman

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Character(s): J. M. Evans (a pilot at World View magazine); Clyde Hover (a photographer at World View magazine); Roger Wayne (a writer at World View magazine); A tribe of Peruvian Indians (including King Tohotal); Bill Hopkins (an editor at World View magazine)

Synopsis: World View magazine sends a team to watch an ancient ritual performed by a tribe of Peruvian Indians. The men observe the sacred rites, despite the Indians attempts to stop them. However, when they return to the magazine's offices they find that all was not what it seemed.

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Pages: 4

Job Number: K-840

Notes: Wessler script from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.

Let the Creature Beware!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Carl Wessler

Penciller(s): Bob Powell

Inker(s): Bob Powell

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Judd Kerr; the inhabitants of the town of Keysville (including the Curvolot Family); the inhabitants of the town of Abbyville (including Hermit Eb)

Synopsis: Conman Judd Kerr gets more than he bargained for when he tries to part the inhabitants of Abbyville by claiming that an alien is living in their midst.

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Pages: 4

Job Number: K-702

Notes: Wessler script from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.

The Dreadful Dream

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Manny Stallman

Inker(s): Manny Stallman

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Character(s): Frank Beech; Madge Beech; Charley (a commuter on the same train that Frank Beech uses to get to work - seen only in a dream)

Synopsis: Frank Beech wakes from a dream in which he is involved in a train wreck. En route to work the next morning, his dream comes true - and then he wakes up. It was a dream within a dream. He decides not to tempt fate by going into work that day.

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Amazing Stories of Suspense #198 published January 1982
as The Dreadful Dream [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 3

Job Number: K826

Secrets from Space

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

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Journey into Mystery #27 published October 1955
was The Expert [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "The Expert"

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Pages: 2

Job Number: G-808

The Man with Yellow Eyes

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Dick Ayers

Inker(s): Dick Ayers

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Character(s): Lee Forest (a soldier nick-named "Yellow Eyes"); the unnamed narrator of the story (a fellow soldier); other members of their platoon (including Charley); a jungle guide

Synopsis: Sgt. Lee Forest, nick-named 'Yellow Eyes' by the other members of his platoon, is a giant of a man, with an almost cat-like way of moving. Serving in Africa during World War II, his life is saved by another member of the platoon. Both men go their separate ways after the war, though both remain in Africa. When his savior is attacked by a lion, Forest emerges from the jungle and calls it off. His debt repayed, 'Yellow Eyes' returns to his true home - the depths of the jungle.

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Pages: 4

Job Number: K-177

What Happened in the Basement?

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Mac Pakula

Inker(s): Mac Pakula

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Character(s): John Winters (a would-be inventor); his wife Madge and two unnamed sons; citizens of the year 2496 AD

Synopsis: When a freak accident transports John Winters 550 years into the future, he is arrested as an alien spy. Given ten minutes to prove his innocence, he is saved when one of his sons enters the basement and switches off Winters' "accidental time machine", thus bringing the inventor back to his own time.

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Astounding Stories #97 published January 1973
as What Happened in the Basement? [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 4

Job Number: K-848