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Letterer(s): Art Fuentes; typeset

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Penciller(s): Jack Sparling

Inker(s): Jack Sparling

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Notes: Enlarged detail from story "Too Much Steam!", Tales of Horror (Toby, 1952 series) #9, page 2. On endpapers.

Devil Tales

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): Art Fuentes; typeset

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Let us speak of the devil, shall we?

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Steve "Mr. Karswell" Banes

Penciller(s): Drazen Kocjan; ? (photo)

Inker(s): Drazen Kocjan; ? (photo)

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Pages: 1.75

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Penciller(s): L. B. Cole

Inker(s): L. B. Cole

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Feature(s): Rulah

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Pages: 1

Murderer's Mask

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Penciller(s): Joe Kubert (signed)

Inker(s): Joe Kubert (signed)

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Genres: horror

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Pages: 0.25

The Eternal Fires!

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Dick Beck

Inker(s): Art Gates

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Genres: horror

Character(s): Frankie Boll; Satan; Mrs. Boll; Rocco

Synopsis: Gang leader Frankie Boll realizes that he is dying of a rare disease. Terrified of burning in Hell after he dies, he makes a pact with Satan to spare him suffering in Hell in exchange for killing as many gang members as possible to supply Satan with more souls. Afterwards Satan puts Frankie in a death like coma and will obtain his soul after Frankie is buried. Frankie can live in Hell but will not suffer any torment. Problem is after he dies, Frankie is cremated by his wife and is never buried thus canceling the contract. Frankie now has no choice but to burn in Hell for all eternity!

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Pages: 7

Welcome to My School

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Genres: horror

Synopsis: Professor Lenox and his associates open a charm school for women, to make them more cultured and refined members of society. Turns out he's really Satan himself and has been replacing these women with his own agents in hopes of taking over the World.

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The Son of Satan

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): George Olesen

Inker(s): George Olesen

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Genres: horror

Synopsis: Satan replaces the newly born son of a simple countryfolk couple with an evil imp of his making. By showing this creature parental love, Satan will be able to ascend to earth and rule. But things go not according to plan.

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Pages: 7

Appointment in Hades

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Gene Colan

Inker(s): Gene Colan

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Letterer(s): typeset (Leroy lettering)

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Genres: horror

Synopsis: Soldier Heath drowns while deserting his unit's fight on a beachhead. He returns to life, but is marked by the devil. The ghosts of his comrades catch up with him and drag him to hell, where he belongs.

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Pages: 7

Ghoul's Gold

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Dick Ayers (signed)

Inker(s): Dick Ayers (signed)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: horror

Synopsis: Grave robber Belardi is looking for the book of the devil, buried in an unmarked grave 400 years ago. Whoever finds it will have control over Satan. A fellow grave robber helps Belardi find the book. The devil appears but manages to trick Belardi, of course.

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Pages: 7

Conjurer for the Foul Fiend

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Ken Rice

Inker(s): Ken Rice

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Letterer(s): typeset (Leroy lettering)

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Genres: horror

Synopsis: Aging stage magician Willis Duncazy makes a pact with the devil. Magical powers, youth and a beautiful assistant are his for one year. Then he has to join the "underworld fraternity of magicians", of course.

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Pages: 7

Demon Inferno

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Charles Nicholas

Inker(s): Dick Beck ?

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Genres: horror

Synopsis: Raymond Stevens discovers the abode of inner-earth demons Hate, Violence and Betrayal. They brand him with the devil’s sign and send him back home. Stevens is now ruled by his demons and starts killing people in a satanic rage.

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Pages: 9

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True Tales of Unexplained Mystery # 35

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Sy Grudko

Inker(s): Sy Grudko

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Genres: horror

Feature(s): True Tales of Unexplained Mystery

Synopsis: "Circus life has always been the source of strange and haunting tales. The weirdest of these stories is still told among circus people..." Sideshow freak Bruno gets a new tattoo, depicting a devil's figure. It is a cursed tattoo that strangles Bruno to death.

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Notes: This reprint suggest Grudko as the artist.

The Devil Is a Dame!

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Genres: horror, superhero

Character(s): Brima Stone (villain, death); Lug Garrison (death); Mayor Jones; Chief Matthews

First Line: Why did you have to come snooping around for, flatfoot?

Synopsis: Brima Stone is a she-devil who uses an enchanted gun supplied by Satan as well as her demonic minions to commit crimes that overcomes the city. Luckily Doctor Jonathan Weir (aka The Purple Claw) arrives to stop her.

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Pages: 6

Conspiracy with Death

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Penciller(s): Mike Sekowsky ?

Inker(s): Mike Peppe ?

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: horror

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The Man Who Returned from Hades!

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Penciller(s): Ken Bald

Inker(s): Ken Bald

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Genres: horror

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Penciller(s): Ken Rice

Inker(s): Ken Rice

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Letterer(s): typeset (Leroy lettering)

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Genres: horror

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Pages: 1

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Penciller(s): Myron Fass

Inker(s): Myron Fass

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First Line: Where am I?

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Penciller(s): Don Heck (signed)

Inker(s): Don Heck (signed)

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Feature(s): Freddie Demon

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Pages: 1

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Penciller(s): Iger Shop; ?

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Genres: horror

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Penciller(s): Iger Shop; ?

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Genres: horror

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Penciller(s): Bernard Baily

Inker(s): Bernard Baily

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Genres: horror

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Penciller(s): Lee Elias (signed)

Inker(s): Lee Elias (signed)

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Genres: horror

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The Devil's Pact

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Lin Streeter

Inker(s): Lin Streeter

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Character(s): John Blade; Bob Blade; The Devil

Synopsis: Desperate for money John Blade makes a pact with the Devil. In exchange for money the Devil will get John's soul in five years. When the time comes for the Devil to collect, John and his son Bob hide from the Devil in a nearby church. Bob then dumps holy water on the Devil causing him to flee. The pact becomes broken and John is spared.

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Pages: 9

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Trick the Devil

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Vic Donahue

Inker(s): Vic Donahue

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Genres: horror

Synopsis: Aldo Von Carl, a peasant from the small village of Brunswold, makes a pact with the Devil. The Devil can have Aldo's soul if he will grant Aldo a wish. Aldo tricks the Devil by wishing for eternal life therefore he will never die and the Devil will not get his soul. Aldo is immortal now and nothing can kill him. However he is captured and executed via beheading. He survives but now is headless. Without hearing, seeing or tasting, Aldo is cursed to roam the land forever as a headless body.

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Out of Blackness They Come!

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Dick Beck

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Genres: horror

Synopsis: Two scientists enter the realm of blackness, where demons dwell and the devil resides. They can fight their way back to our reality - scaring the devil off with a flashlight.

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Pages: 7

Decapitation

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Kenneth Landau

Inker(s): Kenneth Landau

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Genres: horror

Synopsis: Sick of his lazy sloth of a wife who spends all her time listening to radio quiz shows, Homer Bobble murders her with a fireplace poker. While trying to bury her at night during an electrical storm, he is hit by lightning. After he awakens he finishes burying her and resumes his life content and free. One day he decides to enter a radio quiz show and wins quite easily. The prize for his victory? His dead wife's head!! It turns out the lightning bolt killed Homer and he was in Hell all this time!

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The Devil's Puzzle

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Pages: 0.5

Job Number: B-1836

Notes: A crossword puzzle hosted by the devil himself.

The Devil in Massachusetts

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Kenneth Landau

Inker(s): Kenneth Landau

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Genres: horror

Synopsis: An odd thunderstorm spares the house of a woman writing a book about witchcraft.

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Pages: 0.5

Job Number: B-1419

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The King of Hades

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Penciller(s): Iger Shop; Robert Hayward Webb

Inker(s): Iger Shop; ?

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Genres: horror

Synopsis: Gangster Johnnie Grotz is killed by his rivals and goes to Hell to be tormented by Satan. However he steals Satan's trident thus giving him control over him and all of his minions. Returning to the surface, Johnnie gets revenge on his enemies. After returning to Hell, Johnnie humiliates Satan by getting him to shine his shoes. When Johnnie mistakenly drops the trident, a vengeful Satan reclaims it and plans to make Johnnie suffer!

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Pages: 7

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General Moulton and the Devil

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Ross Andru

Inker(s): Ross Andru

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Letterer(s): Herb Field

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Genres: horror

Synopsis: Moulton bargains with Satan to make him a rich man. When he gets too greedy, the devil withdraws the fortune but insists on the general's soul.

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Pages: 3

Job Number: B-1130

Talisman of the Evil Brood

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Sy Grudko

Inker(s): Sy Grudko ?

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: horror

Character(s): Madame Khal; Ronald Colby

Synopsis: Newspaper columnist Ronald Colby likes to ruin the lives of people. When he accuses the mystic Madame Khal of being a fraud, she presents him with a special gift. A ring which makes his demons visible. Colby is haunted and hunted to his death in the pits of Hades.

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Pages: 7

A Hand of Fate Mystery #17

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Sy Grudko

Inker(s): Sy Grudko

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Letterer(s): typeset (Leroy lettering)

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Genres: horror, non-fiction

Feature(s): A Hand of Fate Mystery

Synopsis: "In 1907, Peter Bauer, a resident of a small bavarian village..." A puppet maker assembles a devil puppet supposed to be cursed. The puppet comes alive and strangles the man.

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Satan's Spectacles

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Penciller(s): Sam Citron ?

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Genres: horror

Synopsis: The devil sets a trap for optometrist Harry Lenz. In disguise he lets him have magic glasses which reveal the thoughts of others. At a moment’s notice, Lenz goes for a life of crime and high finance. Years later Satan comes to collects his dues. Surprisingly not Lenz’ soul, but just his eyesight.

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The Bloody Jinx

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Tony Mortellaro

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Genres: horror

Synopsis: Herman Haas is the last of his family line from Germany. His family was infamous for creating the "jinx of the blue candle". A blue wax candle that, when breathed upon by the victim, will cause the victim to die after the flame flickers out. Herman had destroyed the candle making book and wants to never continue this family practice. When Satan (Lucifer H. Diablo) himself visits Herman, he forces him to make a blue candle from memory. Herman tries to escape but is killed. However Satan had breathed on the candle and when the flame flickers out is destroyed.

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The Devil's Ally

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Penciller(s): Iger Shop; ?

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Genres: horror

Synopsis: Mr. Kenton meets Mr.Thompson, an elderly rich occultist who has a interest in the black arts and all manner of supernatural beings. Mr.Thompson is near death and wants Kenton to wait on him and keep his wife, the young and exotic Jet, occupied. Jet convinces Kenton to kill Thompson so they get his money. Kenton does just that, killing Thompson with a small devil figurine. After Thompson dies, the figurine bites Kenton. Kenton finds himself being possessed and transformed into Satan and Jet soon realizes that Thompson was the "Devil's Ally".

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Pages: 8

Too Much Steam!

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Jack Sparling

Inker(s): Jack Sparling

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Genres: horror

Synopsis: A killer relaxes after a hit in a steam room. When the steam gets hotter by the minute, the man realizes where he's really gone to.

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Release from Satan's Scourge

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Lou Cameron

Inker(s): Rocco Mastroserio

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Genres: horror

Synopsis: American film set location scout Gil Jenkins visits an english castle. He discovers a "Book of Demons" and accidentally releases them. By conjuring the Black Duke, who wrote the book, the minions of Satan are again caught and confined in the book.

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Pages: 7

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Illustration on Interior Page(s)

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Penciller(s): Sy Grudko

Inker(s): Sy Grudko

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Pages: 2

Notes: Enlarged detail from story "Talisman of the Evil Brood", The Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #23, page 7. On endpapers.

Beware puny mortals ...

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Notes: Back cover.