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Issue: Web of Evil #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1952
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Issues: #1 of 21 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: A Quality Comic PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Comic Magazines
On Sale Date: 07/16/1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Alfred Grenet (Editor); Richard Arnold (Associate Editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1952 Periodicals, page 268.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Ghosts of Doom

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): Chuck Cuidera ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George F. Jowett
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Physical Training
Character(s): Roger D. Hirsch (photo); George F. Jowett (photo)
First Line: I gained 53 lbs. of shapely power-packed muscles!
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Pages: 1
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Ghosts of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Melissa Harraby; George; Sandy; Ernie; Nick; Pete; Ellsworth Harraby; Mr. Harraby (ancestor in flashback); Wicks
First Line: Across the moonlit swamps it came... the weird croon of the dead!
Synopsis: Zombies and a giant crocodile populate the eerie Everglades. Gangsters arrive from Miami with a kidnap victim, looking for a hideout. Soon the parties battle each other.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIntrigue #1 published January 1955
as Death Swamp [Story on Interior Page(s)]Shortened by 1 page and retitled, original story was called "Ghosts of Doom"
In Content Item: FlagTerror Tales v4 #1 published January 1972
as The Swamp Devils [Story on Interior Page(s)]reworked
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Phantom Freaks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Emil Lorenz; The Snake-Man; The Giraffe-Man; The Mule-Man
First Line: Perhaps one man in a million is in a position to control the destinies of those less fortunate than himself!
Synopsis: Emil Lorenz runs a carnival freak show and mistreats his animal-like creatures. When he burns them in a fire to collect insurance money and open up an amusement park, Lorenz is being haunted by his victims.
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Pages: 6
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Custodian of the Dead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Cole ?
Penciller(s): Jack Cole
Inker(s): Jack Cole
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Horace Vennery; Egbert Madison; Mrs. Ruperts
First Line: Horace Vennery, the town undertaker, had built up a neat little sideline -- robbing corpses!
Synopsis: Undertaker Horace Vennery is a graverobber at night, stealing valuable possessions off his dead clients. Crawling through coffins, he is caught in a cave-in and eaten by rats.
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In Content Item: FlagTales from the Tomb v4 #1 published February 1972
as The Ghoul [Story on Interior Page(s)]reworked
In Content Item: FlagTales Too Terrible to Tell #7 published January 1992
as Custodian of the Dead [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFour Color Fear: Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s #[nn] [unnamed variant] published September 2010
as Custodian of the Dead [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Laughter of Doom

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Rita Manson; Don Galter; Mrs. Galter
Synopsis: Rita gets the man she loves and a gold mine.
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Pages: 1
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Rehearsal for Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Simon Fenton; Jason Worthington; Johnny
First Line: Do your last speech over again, Fenton!
Synopsis: Understudy Fenton demands his chance on stage and murders leading man Worthington. However, Worthington’s ghost returns for a night-long rehearsal of Hamlet’s death scene. Fenton dies of exhaustion.
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In Content Item: FlagTerror Tales v3 #6 published November 1971
as Nightmare [Story on Interior Page(s)]reworked
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Pages: 7
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Illinois Merchandise Mart
First Line: You can draw on your very first try-
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: 50 combat action plastic toys
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Why haven't TV owners been told these facts?
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: How to fix any part of any car
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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