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Issue: Nightmare #5
Publication Date: August 1971
 
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Publisher: FlagSkywald
Indicia Publisher: Skywald Publishing Corporation
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
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Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: colour cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: magazine size
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Creature of the Deep!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
horror
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Man Who Became... Frankenstein's Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
horror
A drawing of Boris Karloff as the Frankenstein monster and Hjalmar Poelzig (from "The Black Cat").
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Miscellaneous
1
Frontispiece
Slime World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
horror
A man and his wife are sightseeing through the famous Paris sewers, when they come upon an underground society of cannibalistic mutants.
Reprinting
FlagThe 1974 Psycho Yearbook #[nn] published January 1974
as Slime World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagReese's Pieces #1 published October 1985
as Slime World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
Whence Stalked the Werewolf

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
horror
A doctor hypnotizes a man so he can delve into his previous life. It turns out long ago in the 19th century he was a werewolf who was killed by angry villagers. Through hypnosis he becomes a werewolf again in the modern day.
Reprinting
FlagThe 1974 Nightmare Yearbook #1 published January 1974
as Whence Stalked the Werewolf [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagVampirella #16 published January 1977
as Tehlikeli oyun! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Nightmare’s Nightmail

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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? (illustrations)
? (illustrations)
typeset
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Miscellaneous
2
Letters page includes a short bio & photo of Boris Vallejo and panels from earlier issues.
The Doom Star!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
horror
In the 12th century, the people in Europe have gone mad with fear due to an incoming "Doom Star". It turns out it was a spacecraft that contained humanoid animals who warn a knight that humanity must not continue on its self destructive path or else!
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Miscellaneous
10
Sutton uses the pseudonym Sean Todd in the credits.
Boris Karloff

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
horror
Great Men of the Horror Films
Boris Karloff
Article on the horror films of Boris Karloff.
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Miscellaneous
4
Creature of the Deep

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
horror
Rampant pollution has killed most of the sea life and has caused others to become gigantic monsters who attack civilization. Most of the monsters are defeated by radiation, but the radiation has gotten into the drinking water and is causing mutant babies to be born.
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Miscellaneous
12
Cover story.
Nazi Death Rattle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
horror
During World War 2, Nazis are being killed by vampires from Romania.
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Miscellaneous
9
Within the Torture Chamber

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
horror
During the Spanish Inquisition a nobleman kills a judge, but the judge returns from the grave to get revenge.
Reprinting
FlagPsycho #[22] published November 1974
as Within the Torture Chamber [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Back cover promos

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover ads for Hell-Rider #1; The Crime Machine #2 and the never published Science Fiction Odyssey #1.

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