Issue | #22 |
Published | March 1954 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Leon Harvey |
Notes | Indicia states "published bi-monthly by Witches Tales, Inc., 1860 Broadway, NY" |
Genre | Horror |
Pencils | Lee Elias (signed) |
Inks | Lee Elias (signed) |
Notes | Indicia states "published bi-monthly by Witches Tales, Inc., 1860 Broadway, NY" |
Synopsis | Announcement on the re-structuring of the horror comics from Harvey at the time (Black Cat Mystery, Witches Tales, Tomb of Terror and Chamber of Chills), defining what each would focus on and that they would come out every 2 weeks. Also contains reprints of panels from the inside stories. |
Letters | Typeset |
Synopsis | Jed Barnes had an accident that left his face so disfigured that he would have to wear bandages the rest of his life. When he saved Ruth from committing suicide, she married him, but eventually she wanted to see what was behind the bandages... |
Genre | Horror |
Pencils | Manny Stallman |
Inks | John Giunta |
Notes | No art credits in comic. |
Characters | Sam Harkness |
Genre | Horror |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Page also includes a statement of ownership showing Leon Harvey as the editor, Alfred Harvey as the managing editor and Robert B. Harvey as the business manager. All three are also listed as the owners of Witches Tales, Inc. Dated September 30, 1953. |
Genre | Horror; Humor |
Pencils | Howard Nostrand |
Inks | Howard Nostrand |
Notes | Howard Nostrand credit based on artwork from similar strip on sale at Heritage Auctions in December 2002. |
Genre | Horror; Humor |
Pencils | Howard Nostrand |
Inks | Howard Nostrand |
Notes | Howard Nostrand credit based on artwork from similar strip on sale at Heritage Auctions in December 2002. |
Synopsis | A two-bit thief discovers a scientist that has invented a machine that performs re-incarnation, but he discovers that being someone else isn't all it's cracked up to be... |
Genre | horror |
Pencils | Jack Sparling |
Inks | Jack Sparling |
Notes | No art credits in comic. |
Synopsis | Ad for Black Cat Mystery, Witches Tales, Tomb of Terror and Chamber of Chills at top of page and for Teen-Age Brides, First Love, Love Problems, Hi-School Romance and First Romance at the bottom of the page. Both ads include pictures from comic covers. |
Synopsis | Explorers to the middle of the earth find a civilization that is far advanced from ours. However, the lottery that they hold isn't something that you would want to win... |
Genre | horror |
Pencils | John Giunta |
Inks | Manny Stallman |
Notes | No art credits in comic. |
Reprinted | in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v5#5 [Jun 1973] [redrawn as "Lottery of Horror"] |
Genre | Horror; Humor |
Pencils | Howard Nostrand |
Inks | Howard Nostrand |
Notes | Howard Nostrand credit based on artwork from similar strip on sale at Heritage Auctions in December 2002. |
Genre | Horror; Humor |
Pencils | Howard Nostrand |
Inks | Howard Nostrand |
Notes | Howard Nostrand credit based on artwork from similar strip on sale at Heritage Auctions in December 2002. |
Genre | Horror |
Letters | Typeset |
Notes | Bottom of page has an ad for Tomb of Terror. |
Synopsis | American soldiers come across an abandoned house somewhere in Europe during World War II. |
Genre | Horror; War |
Pencils | Joe Certa |
Inks | Joe Certa |
Notes | No art credits in comic. |