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Issue: Fantastic Fears #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1954
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Issues: #8 of 9 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFarrell
Brand: Ajax; A Farrell Publication
Indicia Publisher: Four Star Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 1954
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Be My Ghost!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Although there is a story in this issue titled "Be My Ghost," it has nothing to do with a ghost (or the cover art) and seems to have been retitled simply to match the story title listed on the cover.
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Terror under Glass

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): David Cravens; Dr. Tate
Synopsis: David sees a psychiatrist about his recurring nightmare of being suffocated in an hourglass. Under hypnosis, he reveals that he was a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, and collaborated with his captors. As a result, many of his fellow Americans died, including some in a building constructed in hourglass-shape. Dr. Tate tells David he can't treat him. David is later sent to Minnesota by his boss to inspect a new type of grain elevator. Once inside, he's trapped and suffocated by grain. Both the elevator owner and Dr. Tate had brothers who died in the POW camp because of David.
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In Content Item: FlagMidnight #3 published September 1957
as The Haunted Hero [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled and revised for Code-approval
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Fear in the Jungle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Kaza
Character(s): Kaza; Matilda Marshall; Tom Rubio; Dorothy Gray; Commissioner
Synopsis: Wealthy Matilda turns down Tom's proposal, saying she wants to marry jungle man Kaza. Matilda and her companion Dorothy travel to Africa and use her influence to force the commissioner to ask Kaza to guide her on safari. Tom follows and tries to ambush Kaza. Kaza defeats him but when he learns that Tom wants to marry Matilda for her money, he allows Tom to pretend to thrash him in combat. Matilda decides to wed Tom and Kaza is left with the much younger and more attractive Dorothy.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Four more exciting magazines join the Ajax family
Synopsis: House ad with cover reproductions for: Linda, Bride's Secrets, Black Cobra, and Police Thrills.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Covers shown for Linda 2, Bride's Secrets 3, Black Cobra 1 (although this is different than the published cover, since it shows Black Cobra with a cowl), and an apparently nonexistent title Police Thrills (the cover art does not seem to match any of the other Farrell horror titles either).
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Be My Ghost

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Pierre Duval; Gigi Duval; Jules
Synopsis: When Pierre learns his wife Gigi is pregnant, he takes a job as the official executioner to earn money for his family. He doesn't tell Gigi what he's doing, and decides to quit because the strain is too much for him. However, Gigi had learned the truth and began an affair with another man, then murdered him. She asks Pierre to be her executioner and he agrees. When he gets home, he is shocked to see his young son has built a toy guillotine.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird v1 #11 published April 1966
as Be My Ghost [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror Tales v1 #9 published November 1969
as Pull Up a Coffin [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The title is not relevant to the story. The text in the splash panel indicates the original title may have been "The Knife of Conscience."
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Ghost Bullet

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Green Horror

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Genres: horror
Character(s): George Thornton; Martha Thornton; Brent
Synopsis: Over her husband's objections, Martha plants a cactus in the yard of their home. George broods over the plant and one night decides to chop it down, but the cactus seizes the axe and kills George instead. The police think a prowler did it. Some time later, Martha agrees to marry Brent, but cactus uproots itself and strangles him. Then the plant enters the house and hugs Martha, crushing her to death.
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In Content Item: FlagWitches Tales v1 #7 published July 1969
as Green Horror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror Tales v2 #6 published November 1970
as Green Horror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales from the Tomb v4 #3 published July 1972
as Green Horror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagExtinct #1 published January 1991
as Green Horror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFour Color Fear: Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s #[nn] [unnamed variant] published September 2010
as Green Horror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: On page one of the story, George and Martha's last name is spelled "Thorton" but all subsequent references spell it "Thornton."

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