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Issue: Ghosts #48
Publication Date: July 1976
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Issues: #48 of 112 Issues (173 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: The Line of DC Super-StarsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/01/1976
Volume: 6
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893051208
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comics Reader #129.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver and Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #40 only)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Surprise in the Attic

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): boy; girl; Victorian female ghost with detached head.
First Line: I wonder what surprises we'll find in this old attic?
Synopsis: Two kids explore an old attic containing a Victorian female ghost with a detached head.
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Pages: 1
Job Number: B-2796
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Cover banner indicates that this issue is #2 in the "DC Comics Salutes the Bicentennial" promotion.

Cover does not illustrate an interior story.
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Superman Saves the Earth

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman; aliens; grocer
First Line: Zooming through space, Superman heads for an alien planet...
Synopsis: Aliens want to destroy the Earth as it is a backward planet of no use, until Superman introduces them to Hostess Cup Cakes.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Hostess Cup Cakes (ITT Continental Baking Company) featuring Superman. Color ad on inside front cover.
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Showdown with a Specter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Villem Kruger (father); Truida Kruger (mother); Jan Kruger (young son); vengeful spirit
First Line: It was to have been a week of relaxation for Villem Kruger and his family... but it began with a night of nameless horror!
Synopsis: Villem Kruger visits the site of his grandfather's caved-in diamond mine, where the vengeful spirit of a trapped laborer awaits.
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Pages: 6
Job Number: B-2633
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Justice for All Includes Children, 5

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, superhero
Character(s): Superman; five bored adolescents
First Line: Sure is hot!
Synopsis: Superman advises five bored adolescents not to crash a party to which they were not invited.
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Pages: 1
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The Phantom Head

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Michelangelo; Cesare Borgia; Pope Sixtus; King Louis XVI of France
First Line: It was no more than an eerie incident in the life of a genius, and yet, during a few desperate days, the reputation of a young painter was menaced by the tragic torment of... The Phantom Head
Synopsis: In 1505, Michelangelo's efforts at painting a portrait of Cesare Borgia are disrupted by a ghastly glowing floating head.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: B-2467
Disclose Notes: The title is worked into the story's first line.
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The Girl Who Inherited a Ghost

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Becky Lawson; Gaston Foulard; Claudine Foulard (mother); Henry Thorson-Jones (British ghost hunter)
First Line: It was a dream come true for Becky Lawson when she married into one of the wealthiest families in Paris!
Synopsis: American Becky Lawson marries French heir Gaston Foulard over the strongest objections of Gaston's aged mother, Claudine, who threatens to disinherit Gaston. Becky withholds Claudine's heart medicine and watches her die, ensuring that Gaston will receive the full inheritance which Becky covets. Shortly thereafter, strange things begin to occur in the Foulard mansion.
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Pages: 6
Job Number: B-2665
Disclose Notes: Much of the story's dialogue is in French, with English translation in captions.
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The Jigsaw Ghosts

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: What is more horrifying than to come face to face with a ghost?
Synopsis: Stories of "disembodied parts of phantoms".
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Pages: 1
Job Number: B-2804

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