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Issue: Amazing Ghost Stories #16
Publication Date: February 1955
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Issues: #16 of 3 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagSt. John
Brand: St. JohnView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: St. John Publishing Company
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Marion McDermott
Disclose Notes: Indicia states "Formerly Nightmare." Editor credit from Ownership statement in this issue.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding:  
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagPS Artbooks Softee: Amazing Ghost Stories - Monster #[nn] published July 2020
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Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets2
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Statement of Ownership
 
 
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Man and a woman in a mine being attacked by a ghost miner

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Terrific value!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 40 plastic airplanes.
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The Widow's Lover

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Vincent; Edouard Moulin; Garand; Destin; Dr. Rendu; Durand
First Line: Moulin, the executioner...
Synopsis: A former executioner beheads those he feels need beheading, and is allowed to be his own executioner.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird Thrillers #4 published January 1952
was The Widow's Lover [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Tentacles of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Dr. Mark Savant; Ventro; Mona; Mago Sartorus; Gaarlo
First Line: It is the year 2230...
Synopsis: Dr. Mark Savant heads to Genero where the inhabitants are practicing human sacrifice. There he finds a horrible monster called an Octeel.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird Thrillers #4 published January 1952
was The Tentacles of Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Polio Precautions

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.66
Disclose Notes: Last third of page is ownership.
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Statement of the Ownership

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Archer St. John (publisher)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.34
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1954.
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Dr. Osborne's Secret Weapon

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): General Bollinger; Dr. Osborne
First Line: General Bollinger heaved his huge bulk...
Synopsis: A future scientist discovers a way to defeat the invading Sirians by disabling atomic energy.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird Thrillers #4 published January 1952
was Dr. Osborne's Secret Weapon [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Bloody Sword

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Robert MacCloran; Tandy Morgan; Duncan; Bruce MacCloran; Andrew MacCloran
First Line: On the Scottish moors...
Synopsis: Robert MacCloran returns to his ancestral home to claim his birthright, but his evil uncle has other plans.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird Thrillers #4 published January 1952
was The Bloody Sword [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Ink lines in the hair of the main characters are the reason for the Giunta inking credit. Layouts and figures are definitely Dan Barry.

Inker addition of Sy Barry by Craig Delich, identified by Alberto Becattini in Alter Ego #130 (January 2015)
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The Portrait of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Gregory Harborough; Anton De Salvo
First Line: That painting...why...why...this is incredible!
Synopsis: Gregory Harborough finds a painting of himself labelled "Portrait of Death" and is determined to find the artist.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird Thrillers #4 published January 1952
was The Portrait of Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Finger of Fate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Dewarzung; Dr. Gladys Cross
First Line: The rishi, or holy men...
Synopsis: Dr. Gladys Cross saves the finger of a holyman from being chopped off and gets a reward in return.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird Thrillers #4 published January 1952
was The Finger of Fate [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Jerry Bails' Who's Who mentions that all of Kinstler's work at St. John Publications was reprints.
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Graveyard in the Antarctic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): G. Murray Levick; Captain Robert Scott
First Line: When he was with Captain Robert Scott...
Synopsis: G. Murray Levick, surgeon with Captain Robert Scott, finds a thousands of dead and dying seals in the Antarctic.
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From Content Item: FlagWeird Thrillers #4 published January 1952
was Graveyard in the Antarctic [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Littleton Stamp Co.
First Line: Look at the prized stamp I found!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Men - women - boys - girls prizes given make money too!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Cracker Jack
First Line: Be in the bucks!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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