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Issue: City of the Living Dead #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1952
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAvon
Brand: An Avon Publication
Indicia Publisher: Avon Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sol Cohen
Disclose Notes: Entire contents but not the cover appear in IW Super reprint Fantastic Tales #1 circa 1958
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: One-Shot
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, horror
Feature(s): Anne Martin
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The Witches Come at Midnight!

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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: adventure, horror
Feature(s): Anne Martin
Character(s): Anne Martin; Professor Bob Martin; Ramon; Red; Grogan; Torque; Quetzal, Aztec God of Justice
First Line: An unknown terror hung over the eerie, deserted Mexican village of Quetana.
Synopsis: When Professor Bob Martin and his wife Anne travel to the Yucatan in Mexico, they are warned by a guide named Ramon to stay out of the ruins of the Aztec city, Quetana. In legend, Quetana is said to be inhabited by a group of escaped prisoners, lead by Torque, who took shelter in the city and discovered its treasure hoard of gold. They shortly die of yellow fever. Afterward, they are cursed by Quetzal, the Aztec God of Justice, to be permanent residents of the City of the Living Dead. Professor Martin dismisses the story and the pair go to the city anyway, causing terrifying events to unfold.
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Disclose Notes: Interior front cover with indicia.
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City of the Living Dead!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Anne Martin
First Line: Look! People who have never died!
Synopsis: Yucatan, Mexico. A group of explorers discovers mystic Quetana, fabled “City of the Living Dead”. Centuries ago, murderous pirates were banned there by Quetzal, Aztec god of justice, destined to live in agony forever. The explorers are attacked by the zombies, but Quetzal appears and saves those pure of heart among them.
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In Content Item: FlagFantastic Tales #1 published January 1958
as City of the Living Dead! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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How 'Mini-Gym' Turns Plant "Drip" Into Success Dynamo

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First Line: Sure, Tom, you've got the brains and more for that supervisors job...
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Calling All Video Rangers

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Character(s): Captain Video
First Line: Now you can receive and transmit messages on the exact replica of the amazing scillograph communicator used by Captain Video and his Video Rangers...
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The Glistening Death

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Letterer(s): typeset (Leroy lettering)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Feature(s): The Glistening Death
Character(s): Warren Arno; Robert Arno; Hugo; The Glistening Death
First Line: I'm going to kill you, Uncle!
Synopsis: A man hides out at his uncle's swampland mansion and discovers he is a slave to a glistening meat eating alien creature that takes the form of a beautiful woman.
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In Content Item: FlagFantastic Tales #1 published January 1958
as The Glistening Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagPsycho #1 published January 1971
as The Glistening Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Terror of the Skeleton Men

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: horror
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In Content Item: FlagFantastic Tales #1 published January 1958
as Terror of the Skeleton Men [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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The Witches Come at Midnight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: horror
Character(s): Peter, the Rooster; Joel Rainey; Ezra Rainey; Mrs. Rainey; Satan
First Line: The farm of Ezra Rainey was bewitched!
Synopsis: Witches (along with their master Satan himself), converge every night at midnight at the old Rainey farm terrorizing the family. One night when young Joel is attacked by the monsters, his pet rooster "Peter" arrives and scares off the creatures who think he's Chanticleer, the fabled rooster.
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In Content Item: FlagFantastic Tales #1 published January 1958
as The Witches Come at Midnight! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Horror #11 published June 2014
as The Witches Come at Midnight! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Complete "Bar-B Ranch" Cowboy or Cowgirl Outfit

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First Line: All for only $2.98
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Boys, Get That Real R.R. Engineer's Thrill

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First Line: That comes only with Lionel Trains
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Death Has Many Tongues

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset (Leroy lettering)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
First Line: Many dangers, both seen and unseen, lurk in the dark silence of the Congo land!
Synopsis: Slave trader Captain Death is captured by the native tribe he uses to prey on. The witch doctor curses him with the heads of the slain growing out of his body. Death tries to cut them off, but the pain drives him insane. He chooses to drown himself in the ocean.
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In Content Item: FlagFantastic Tales #1 published January 1958
as Death Has Many Tongues [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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It's Easy To Win Someone When You Know How!

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First Line: Every romance has pitfalls.
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Disclose Notes: Mail coupon to Plaza Book Co. in New York.
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Write Thrilling Love Letters

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First Line: No longer need your letters be dry, awkward or ininteresting.
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I Will Train You At Home For Good Pay Jobs in Radio-Television

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Feature(s): J. E. Smith - Radio-Television
First Line: America's fast growing industry offers you...
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Disclose Notes: Interior back cover.
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Uncle Bernie's Fun Shop

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First Line: Buy now at our low low prices!
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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