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Issue: Purple Claw Mysteries #1
Publication Date: January 1994
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAC
Brand: Horror House Publications
Indicia Publisher: AC Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $3.85 CAD
$2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 11 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
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Binding: saddle-stitched
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: horror
Character(s): Countess Arachni
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Another Saturday Night...and No Date ?!?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
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Feature(s): Cinema Secrets
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for a Gorgana mask from Cinema Secrets.
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Purple Claw Mysteries

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror
Character(s): Countess Arachni
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Contents page.
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The Woman in the Web!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror, superhero
Character(s): Countess Arachni (death); High Lama of Khun Lann; Rocketman; Jet Girl; Green Lama; Catman; Kitten; Avenger; Microman; Captain Flash; Miss Masque
Synopsis: Dr. Weir tells the other heroes how he came to obtain the Purple Claw. Since that is needed to contain the evil Black Shroud, they travel to Tibet to obtain the only other Purple Claw. Dr. Weir then tracks down Countess Arachni, who he fought in 1953 and thought he had killed, to New York, where her spider cult is. He finds that millions of baby spiders had consumed her body from the inside, and are going to infest the world. Dr. Weir uses the Purple Claw to burn all of the spiders up, but unknown to him, a few escape through the air conditioning vents.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAC Annual #2 published December 1991
was Vault of Heroes [Story on Interior Page(s)]original title: "The Vault of Heroes", pages 3-10
Reprint Notes: Pages 8-15 of this story are reprinted (with several minor text changes) from pages 3-10 of "The Vault of Heroes". The pages were re-lettered. Pages 1-7 and 16-19 are new.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 19
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Official Cinema Secrets Monster Masks!!

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Feature(s): Cinema Secrets
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Pages: 0.84
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Gorgana and Frightenstein masks from Cinema Secrets.
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The Purple Claw

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Genres: horror
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Pages: 0.16
Disclose Notes: Short text piece on the history of Dr. Weir stories.
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The Web of Horror!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror
Character(s): Dr. Italo Schiasi (death); Enzo (death); Baron Latro (death); Countess Arachni (first appearance)
Synopsis: Dr. Weir travels to the Valley of Horror by request of his friend Dr. Schiasi. But Dr. Schiasi is already dead at the hands of a giant spider. Dr. Weir is also caught in a web but escapes using the Purple Claw. The Countess Arachni stops Baron Latro from stabbing Dr. Weir because she finds him attractive, but steals the Purple Claw. Dr. Weir is caught in a web at her castle and passes out. The Countess rescues him by killing Baron Latro in his spider form. She throws the Purple Claw into the moat and spins a web around him, but he falls out a window and recovers the Purple Claw, defeating her.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Purple Claw #2 published March 1953
was The Web of Horror [Story on Interior Page(s)]in black and white; original in color
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: The place of origin of the Purple Claw is changed from the Congo to Tibet, in accordance with the AC version as told in the previous story.
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Femforce Back Issues!

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for various AC comics, includes 5 small cover reprints.
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Horror House Press Mail Order Mayhem!

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Genres: horror
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for various horror comics, including covers to Deep Dimension Horror #1, Horrors of the Haunter #1, Wall of Flesh #1, Gorgana's Ghoul Gallery #1 and Nightveil's Cauldron of Horror #3.
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Sad That Halloween Comes But Once a Year?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Cinema Secrets
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for a Frightenstein mask from Cinema Secrets.
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Demon Dreams of Doctor Drew

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Doctor Drew
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From Content Item: FlagDemon Dreams of Doctor Drew #1 published January 1994
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]preview
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover is printed upside down. Promo using a reprint of the cover to Demon Dreams of Doctor Drew #1.

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