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Issue: Weird Thrillers #3
Publication Date: January 1952
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Issues: #3 of 5 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagZiff-Davis
Brand: Ziff-Davis Comic GroupView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Approved Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/11/1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia date is January, February and March 1952. Cover date is Spring. Possible arrival date based on front cover stamp of indexer's copy.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Princess of the Sea

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Allen Anderson (painting)
Inker(s): Allen Anderson (painting)
Colorist(s): Allen Anderson (painting)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, mystery
Character(s): Princess Tania; Killer-Goro
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover art credit authenticated by article in ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE No. 18 Winter 2007.
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Letter in Black

Story  on  Inside Front Cover (IFC)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Silverman
Penciller(s): Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
Inker(s): Everett Raymond Kinstler (signed)
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Monsigneur Joseph De Lanyi; Charles (butler)
Synopsis: On the eve of the start of World War II, the Monsigneur finds a letter, that then vanishes, from Franz Ferdinand, that foretells the archduke's own assassination that ingnites the global conflict.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: In black and white on inside front cover.
Writer credit from Ed Silverman interview in Alter Ego magazine #120 (TwoMorrows, September 2013).
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Princess of the Sea!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan Barry
Inker(s): Frank Giacoia
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): John Garth (pearl diver); Princess Tania (mermaid); the King (Tania's father); Malar (killer shark); Killer-Goro (ancient monster); boat Captain
Synopsis: A diver discovers a mermaid, falls in love, and saves her people from a monster denizen of the deep.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagNightmare #13 published August 1954
as Princess of the Sea [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Romance #1 published February 1988
as Princess of the Sea [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Cover story.

Inker credit per Alter Ego #130 (January 2015).
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The Soul of Benjamin Sprague

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): Bob Powell (signed); Howard Nostrand (signed); Martin Epp (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, mystery
Character(s): Benjamin Sprague; George (chauffeur); Benjamin Sprague (future version); Mother Johnson; Officer Roarke
Synopsis: takeoff on Christmas Scrooge story
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagNightmare #13 published August 1954
as The Soul of Benjamin Sprague [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Part of Howard Nostrand's name is visible on a poster on page 1, panel. Martin Epp's name is on the same poster. Bob Powell's name is signed in the last panel to the left of The End. Pencils are definitely his.
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The Mind Reader

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, mystery
Synopsis: a mind reader tells a man his fortune
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In Content Item: FlagNightmare #13 published August 1954
as The Mind Reader [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Death x 2 = 0!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Tuska
Inker(s): George Tuska
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Bull Manton; Whitey; Chuck; Joe; second Bull Manton
Synopsis: A gangster meets his double
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In Content Item: FlagNightmare #13 published August 1954
as Death x 2 = 0 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Shadow on the Screen!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): Bob Powell; Howard Nostrand; Martin Epp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, mystery
Character(s): Henry Parker; Emma Parker; mystery woman
Synopsis: man sees ghost of a woman on TV screens
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In Content Item: FlagNightmare #13 published August 1954
as The Shadow on the Screen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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"World's Greatest Detective! Ellery Queen Comics!"

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Norman Saunders (painted)
Inker(s): Norman Saunders (painted)
Colorist(s): Norman Saunders (painted)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Ellery Queen
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: full page house ad for Ellery Queen (Ziff-Davis, 1952 Series) #1 (Spring 1952 issue), advertised as "Now On Sale!"
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Space-Age Glass!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Celardo ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: facts about glass in the space-age
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagNightmare #13 published August 1954
as Space Age Glass [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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