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Issue: Weird Thrillers #5
Publication Date: October 1952
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Issues: #5 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: 07/21/1952
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Payment in Full

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Chris; Doris; the spirit of Albert Landers; Richard Wilson
First Line: On a desolate highway...
Synopsis: A couple's car breaks down near an old mansion in New Orleans. A ghost in the house asks them to avenge his death by turning over proof of his murder to the Police, but the man gets an idea to make money off the deal.
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Ghost Stories #15 published December 1954
as Payment in Full! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
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The Stalking Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Derek Layne; Aunt Clara; Barber (lawyer); Johnson
First Line: Honest. Aunt Clara!
Synopsis: An underemployed actor kills his rich aunt, but finds out she only left him $400. Her cat stalks him until he is killed in a freak accident.
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Ghost Stories #15 published December 1954
as The Stalking Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Possible Brodsky art per Nick Caputo, July 2015.
This story is a swipe of Bram Stoker's "The Squaw".
Writer credit suggested from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
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Cagliostro - Swindler or Superman?

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): Count Alexander Cagliostro; Serafina
First Line: A hundred and seventy years ago...
Synopsis: History of the Egyptian Freemasonry of High Science.
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Ghost Stories #15 published December 1954
as Cagliostro -- Swindler or Superman? [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Giggles and Ghosts

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: 3 single-panel cartoons
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Wings of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Warren Ames; Gloria Kane; Joe Arnold (bookie)
First Line: What is more harmless than a bird?
Synopsis: A hunter kills a rare snow eagle that the locals consider the king of birds. The birds in the forest swarm the killer and get revenge for their fallen king.
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Ghost Stories #15 published December 1954
as Wings of Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Horror #7 published October 2013
as Wings of Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.
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Graveyard Guffaws

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Don't lie to me!
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Ghost Stories #15 published December 1954
as Graveyard Guffaws [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: 3 one-panel gags, including "Thank goodness! It's you, not my wife!"
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Spirit Spasms

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: He's the black sheep of my family!
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Ghost Stories #15 published December 1954
as Spirit Spasms [Cartoon on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: 3 single-panel cartoons
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All the King's Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Jim Wolfe; King Henri Christophe I; Dan McGraw
First Line: A killer wanted in the States...
Synopsis: Jim Wolfe learns that in Haiti, soldiers will obey even after they are dead.
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In Content Item: FlagAmazing Ghost Stories #15 published December 1954
as All the King's Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Duffy lettering per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Ben Oda.
Writer credit from textual analysis by Lou Mougin.

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