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Issue: Tales of Horror #10 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1954
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Issues: #10 of 13 Issues
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Publisher: FlagToby
Brand: A Minoan MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Toby Press Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/08/1954
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1954 Periodicals, page 150.
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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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The Serpent Strikes

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Character(s): Leera Redding
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The Web of Horror

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Character(s): Dr. Italo Schiasi (death); Enzo (death); Baron Latro (death); Countess Arachni (first appearance)
Synopsis: Dr. Weir travels to the Valley of Horror to visit his friend Dr. Italo Schiasi. Unfortunately, Dr. Schiasi is already dead at the hands of a giant spider. Dr. Weir accuses Baron Latro of killing him out of jealousy. The Countess Arachni manages to steal the Purple Claw from him. When Weir travels to her castle he is caught in a web. The Countess rescues him by killing Baron Latro in his spider form and taking Dr. Weir to her castle. Because he knows too much the Countess also transforms into a giant spider. He recovers the Purple Claw to defeat the Countess.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Purple Claw #2 published March 1953
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Pages: 9
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The Killer in the Snow

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Character(s): Don Elkins (death); Preta Palley Elkins (death); Peter Palley (as the snowman); Agnes (death); Fred Grady (death)
Synopsis: A skiing party is confronted with a killer snowman - avenging his murder years ago. One by one the wrongdoers meet their icy fate. Dr. Jonathan Weir aka "The Purple Claw" can only save himself.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Purple Claw #2 published March 1953
was The Killer In the Snow [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The Serpent Strikes

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Character(s): Anne Windom; Ted Redding; Leera Redding (death)
Synopsis: Dr. Jonathan Weir battles Leera, a weresnake woman preying upon a befriended couple.
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was The Serpent Strikes [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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He Walks by Night

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Herman Blake; Ruth Blake (death); Dr. Morgan (death)
First Line: A horn honks dimly in the street below.
Synopsis: Herman Blake, professor of Hindu philosophy, sleepwalks at night on his 16th story ledge. His wife and Dr. Morgan scheme to collect a large insurance payment by making sure he falls to his death. But Professor Blake has learned some things from his studies.
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