Issue Details

Issue	#39
Published	January 1953
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Richard E. Hughes
Notes	Issue published and copyright by Best Syndicated Features, Inc.

Cover Details - "Tale of Terror"

Genre	horror
Pencils	Ken Bald
Inks	Ken Bald
Notes	Issue published and copyright by Best Syndicated Features, Inc.

1 page advertisement "50 Cowboys & Indians; 41 Circus Toys"

Pencils	?; ? (photo)
Inks	?; ? (photo)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Ad for Wild West toy and Circus toy from unamed company at 45 West 45th St, NY, NY, on inside front cover.

6 page story "Tale of Terror"

Characters	Satan; Scotty; Georgette; Lou; unamed editor; demons
Synopsis	Satan himself sells a story to a comic book editor and demons threaten the creative staff until the printing plates are destroyed, and the demons along with them.
Genre	horror
Pencils	Lin Streeter
Inks	Lin Streeter

1 page Lionel Trains advertisement "Boys, Get That Real R.R. Engineer's Thrill"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Ad for Lionel Trains.

1 page text story "Behind The Door!"

Characters	Joan
Synopsis	Joan keeps repeating a horrific experience of entering a house with a monster lurking within, unable to tell where a daydream ends and reality begins.
Genre	horror
Script	Rosie Ferrero
Letters	typeset
Notes	The author is a 14 years old fan of this comic book.

6 page story "Apollo's Fatal Gloves"

Characters	Glen Sanders; Apollo; Ginny; unamed janitor
Synopsis	Glen Sanders finds a pair of magic gloves but they are stolen by someone who uses them to murder, until Apollo creates a second pair so Glen can defeat the murderer.
Genre	horror
Pencils	Al Camy
Inks	George Wilhelms
Reprinted	in Shock (Stanley, 1969 series) V3#2

Half page Skeleton Hand promo (ad from the publisher) "It's New..."

Notes

House ad for Skeleton Hand comic.

Half page Smith Brothers Cough Drops advertisement "Hurry! Get Your Own Gold Lettered Personalized Wallet!"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Ad for Smith Brothers Cough Drops, featuring a Personalized Wallet for $0.35 plus the front of a cough drop box.

1 page Uncanny Mysteries story "The Ghostly Flag-Raising"

Synopsis	Relates that some Army personnel have seen an apparently ghostly recreation of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima on the anniversary of the actual event.
Genre	mystery
Pencils	Pete Riss?
Inks	Pete Riss?

7 page story "The Hungry Horde"

Characters	Mark; Martha; Mr. Mason; Master Vampire
Synopsis	After a theft of a large amount of blood plasma, Mark and Martha are called to investigate. They discover the Master Vampire using the plasma to create an army but destroy the army and the Master.
Genre	horror
Pencils	Jon Blummer
Inks	Jon Blummer
Reprinted	in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #6

1 page Let's Talk It Over! letters page "Let's Talk It Over!"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters from: Becky Stone; M. Barrows; B. Wagner; Jean Tennaro, with illustration and editorial.

5 page story "The Skeleton's Secret!"

Characters	Elwood Barker; Frank Moore; Len; Stella Moore (as skeleton)
Synopsis	To forestall a tough exam, Frank Moore steals a skeleton from a classroom, but the skeleton of the professor's wife has a plan of revenge against her murdering husband.
Genre	horror
Pencils	Charles Nicholas

3 page story "The Evil Eye"

Characters	Mike Benson; Hester
Synopsis	Mike escapes from prison and kills an old woman but she has placed a curse on him and he goes mad before he is recaptured.
Genre	horror
Pencils	King Ward
Inks	King Ward

1 page Seagee Co. advertisement "Giant Collection of 100 Games $1"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Ad for games, books, and other toys from Seagee Co. on inside back cover.

1 page Daisy Defender advertisement "Announcing The New Daisy Defender"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Ad for Daisy Defender air rifles on back cover.