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Issue: Weird Horrors #1
Publication Date: June 1952
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Issues: #1 of 9 Issues
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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
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Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: issue contains art by Tuska and Finesque.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
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Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Vengeance on Shipwreck Shoals

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: horror
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The main picture is by Ricca when looking at the face of the lady.
Main picture depicts a scene from a story in the next issue called "Ghost Brain".
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The Banshee's Wail

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Colin Donovan (letter carrier); Tom Donovan
Synopsis: A man tries to inherit his families castle in Ireland, but is scared away by the spirit of a deceased woman (the Banshee) who wants her son to inherit the property.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: inside front and back covers.
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The Vampire Fog

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror
Character(s): Captain Jamison
Synopsis: In 1855, the "Vulcanus" was sailing on it's usual run from America to England. The ship gets engulfed in a mysterious fog that drains the sailors of their blood.
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Pages: 7
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Horror Grips Drumbouie Hollow

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Dr. Eric Storm; Peter Storm; Dr. Drumbouie
Synopsis: Peter Storm tries to stop an evil butler and his allies who are using a sick old man's home for a counterfeiting ring.
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From Content Item: FlagYankee Comics #2 published November 1941
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: Story almost entirely rewritten. The Echo is renamed Peter Storm in this reprint.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Most probably Astarita with his big nosed rodent faced villains, but he can be confused with Sultan.
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Dungeon of the Doomed

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Hermano (monk); Senorita Gonzales
Synopsis: The mad monk of San Christobal belonged to no established brotherhood, but he seized mastery over superstitious minds and wielded his power for evil. That is until he was stopped by the heroic anthropologist John Hammond.
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Pages: 7
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Vengeance Shrieks on Shipwreck Shoals

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Phil Brennan; Captain Moule
Synopsis: Phil Brennan stops an evil former sailor who uses giant chains to sink ships and who turns beautiful captive women into wax figures.
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From Content Item: FlagDynamic Comics #10 published July 1944
was The Watery Graveyard of Doomed Ships [Story on Interior Page(s)]Story almost totally rewritten. The Echo is renamed Phil Brennan.
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Pages: 6
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The Werewolves Howl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Josephine LeBlanc
Synopsis: Heroic nurse Josephine LeBlanc stops a werewolf who turns captured children into wolves.
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From Content Item: FlagRed Seal Comics #17 published July 1946
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]Story almost entirely rewritten. Lady Satan redrawn and renamed Josephine LeBlanc for this story.
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Pages: 5

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