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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published 1986
Cover Price 1.70 USD
Pages 36
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Cover Details - "The 39 Screams"

Genre Horror
Pencils Bob Kathman
Inks Bob Kathman

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Greetings!"

Synopsis Publisher Kevin Urick welcomes the reader to the second issue of this title and gives a brief synopsis of each story.
Script Kevin Urick
Letters typeset

10 page Trudy Sandstone story "Oh, To Be Desired For Just One day"

Characters Arnold Pelham
Synopsis Trudy Sandstone is a lonely teenager who attends a dance with hopes of meeting the man of her dreams. And then she meets Arnie....
Genre Horror
Script Ed Colby
Pencils Stephen Blickenstaff
Inks Stephen Blickenstaff

10 page Dr. Hubert Brinlan story "The Man Who Experimented on Animals"

Characters Major Denton
Synopsis Dr. Hubert Brinlan defends the need for scientific inquiry and experimentation...almost to the end.
Genre Horror
Script Ed Colby
Pencils Bob Kathman
Inks Bob Kathman

6 page story "The Ghoul"

Synopsis We visit a lovely, bucolic valley with one slight problem...a ghoul is on the loose, preying on the people.
Genre Horror
Script Ed Colby
Pencils Kevin Walsh
Inks Kevin Walsh

1 page advertisement "Bona Fide Records"

Pencils Stephen Blickenstaff
Inks Stephen Blickenstaff
Letters typeset
Notes Full page advertisement for the free catalog for Bona Fide Records. Shows two creepy individuals (one with his left eye and lips sewn together) asking the reader if it is know that artist Blickenstaff is the drummer for the group "The Skeptics."

1 page illustration "The 39 Screams Pin-up Page Number 1"

Genre Horror
Pencils Stephen Blickenstaff
Inks Stephen Blickenstaff
Letters typeset
Notes Ghoul pin-up.

1 page letters page "Letters"

Pencils Blickenstaff (?)
Inks Blickenstaff (?)
Letters typeset
Notes Letters column with fan letters from Bruce L. Moore, Roethke Gato and Rick Peabody. All letters answered by publisher Kevin Ulrick. Contains a small skull drawing.

1 page illustration "The 39 Screams Pin-up Page Number 2"

Genre Horror
Pencils Stephen Blickenstaff
Inks Stephen Blickenstaff
Letters typeset
Notes Ghoul pin-up.

1 page illustration "The 39 Screams Pin-up Page Number 3"

Genre Horror
Pencils Bob Kathman
Inks Bob Kathman
Letters typeset
Notes Ghoul pin-up.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Subscribe Now!"

Pencils Bob Kathman
Inks Bob Kathman
Letters typeset
Notes Subscription form for The 39 Screams comic book. Shows a black and white version of issue #1.

1 page advertisement "Taylor Controls, Inc."

Notes Advertisement for refractory specialities for die casters. Taylor Controls, Inc. located in South Haven, Michigan.

1 page (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "*No title given*"

Genre Horror
Pencils Stephen Blickenstaff
Inks Stephen Blickenstaff
Colors page color
Notes Pin-up of a screaming woman's face.