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Issue: The Witching Hour #17
Publication Date: October 1971
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Issues: #17 of 85 Issues (92 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/12/1971
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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This Little Witch Went to College

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mordred
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #3/1973 published March 1973
as Hekse-nummer! [Illustration on Cover, Front]mirrored
In Content Item: FlagHorror #8 published March 1973
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Witching Hour #1 published May 2011
as Witching Hour #17 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1083
Disclose Notes: Fred Snyder suspects other people helped Cardy with the inking if the cover, possibly Bernie Wrightson, Dick Giordano and/or Neal Adams.
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cynthia; Mildred; Mordred
First Line: Well, what do you birds think?
Synopsis: The three witches look at an apartment in the city.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Witching Hour #1 published May 2011
as [untitled] [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1057
Disclose Notes: Art identification by John Wells.
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This Little Witch Went to College

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Cynthia (host); Claire; Frederick Stokes; Gina; Mary Welles
First Line: You've bewitched me, Claire!
Synopsis: A coven sends Claire to stop Frederick Stokes from investigating a death that will lead him straight to the witches.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShock Classics #1 published January 1972
as De heks liep collége [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #1/1972 published August 1972
as Heksen ved universitetet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHorror #1 published August 1972
as Hexensabbat auf der Universität [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Witching Hour #1 published May 2011
as This Little Witch Went to College [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Job Number: B-939
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Fingers of Fear!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Albert Tisdale; Jackson; Emerson; Powers; Duvall
First Line: His five fingures llived!
Synopsis: Albert Tisdale kills the other members of his expedition, but then their faces begin to appear on his fingers and try to take their revenge.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagShock Classics #1 published January 1972
as Mens-vingers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagSensation Comics #109 published May 1952
was Fingers of Fear! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: B-1084
Disclose Notes: Art id by Jerry Bails. Bob Bailey says inks are by Sy Barry.

Keith Chandler : I agree with Bob Bailey. I see no evidence whatsoever of Giella here.
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The Second Life of Simon Steele

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Simon Steele; Danny Clay; Tad Miller; Chet Baxter; Miss Whalen; Mike Farmer; Willy Lawson
First Line: He brought along the black magic of 150 years spent in another world...
Synopsis: The ghost of a lawyer who relied on sorcery returns after 150 years to take revenge on the descendant of the person who stopped him originally.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Secrets #46 published July 1961
was The Second Life of Simon Steele [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Job Number: B-1081
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The Corpse Who Carried Cash!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mildred (host); Otis
First Line: Poor, little pipsqueak Otis! [sic]
Synopsis: Otis embezzles money from the funeral home he works at and hides it temporarily in a coffin until he can retrieve it later.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHorror #24 published August 1974
as Die Leiche mit dem Bargeld [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagDoomsday Album #15 published April 1980
as The Corpse Who Carried Cash! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGigant #8/1985 published January 1985
as Liket med alle pengene [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Witching Hour #1 published May 2011
as The Corpse Who Carried Cash! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: B-968
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1079
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Robert Strauss; Juan Cole; Michael B. Sharpe; Marshall Pipkin; Paul D. Roberts; Dave Hogan; Elizabeth Radamsky.
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The Man in the Cellar

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mordred (host); Ephraim Dark
First Line: There's a full moon this night...
Synopsis: Ephraim Dark meets a kind stranger who offers him a meal but Ephraim can only think he's being spied on so the stranger can steal his money.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHorror #2 published September 1972
as Der Mann im Keller [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSkrekk Magasinet #2/1972 published September 1972
as Mannen i kjelleren [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagShowcase Presents: The Witching Hour #1 published May 2011
as The Man in the Cellar [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-975

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