Horror Tales v2#2

Eerie Publications

United States

Published
March 1970
Page count
52
Cover price
0.50 USD
Colour
Black & white
Size
Magazine size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/301184

Credits

Editing
Carl Burgos, Editor
 
Irving Fass, Art Director
 
Ezra Jackson, Art Editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Untitled Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense

Credits

Art
Bill Alexander, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer
Show/hide 1. Ghoul Without Pockets Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Lawrence Woromay, line art [as Larry Woromay]
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
Beware (Trojan, 1953 series) #9 (May 1954)
No Pockets On the Dead  (reworked)
Also printed
United States
Witches' Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v3#3 (June 1971)
Ghoul Without Pockets
 
United States
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v6#7 (December 1972)
Ghoul Without Pockets
 
United States
Horror Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v6#5 (October 1974)
Ghoul Without Pockets
 
Australia
Ghosts and Ghouls (Gredown, 1977? series) #3 ([1978?])
Ghoul without Pockets

Synopsis

When a thief breaks into the house of family of ghouls, they enlist him in their plot to rob the dead.

Notes

Original title: "No Pockets on the Dead."

Show/hide 2. Witches' Nightmare Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Antonio Reynoso, line art
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
Weird Mysteries (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #4 (April 1953)
The Witches' Tale  (reworked)
Also printed
United States
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v5#3 (June 1971)
Witches' Nightmare
 
United States
Terror Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v4#7 (December 1972)
Witches' Nightmare
 
United States
Witches' Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v6#5 (September 1974)
Witches' Nightmare
Printed in
Temple of the Dead (Gredown, 1983 series) #[nn] ([1983])

Synopsis

A cuckold plotting revenge on his wife and her lover stumbles upon a witches' Sabbath, where he overhears them saying that whatever evil he does, no mortal hand can harm him.

Notes

Original title: "The Witches' Tale."

Show/hide 3. Satan's Cat Comic story, 4 pages
Show/hide 4. Carnival of Terror Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art (Iger Shop)
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Original
Fantastic Fears (Farrell, 1953 series) #8 [2] (July 1953)

Synopsis

A carnival hula dancer and her lover decide to kill the show's snake charmer to get their hands on his money - but things don't go quite the way they planned.

Show/hide 5. Dearest, Deadest Dummy Comic story, 8 pages
Show/hide 6. Screams in the Swamp Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art (Iger Shop)
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
Haunted Thrills (Farrell, 1952 series) #10 (July 1953)
Screams in the Swamp
Also printed
United States
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v3#1 [v2#5] (January 1968)
Screams in the Swamp
 
United States
Tales of Voodoo (Eerie, 1968 series) v4#3 (May 1971)
Screams in the Swamp

Synopsis

A newlywed couple moves into a new home where the man dreams about a ghostly woman who claims to be his lover come back from the dead - or was it a dream?

Show/hide 7. Cult of the Cruel Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art (Iger Shop)
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

First print
United States
Voodoo (Farrell, 1952 series) #17 (October 1954)
Cult of the Cruel
Also printed
United States
Tomb of Terror (Harvey, 1952 series) #2 (July 1952)
Cult of Evil
 
United States
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v2#2 (April 1967)
Cult of the Cruel
 
United States
Tales of Voodoo (Eerie, 1968 series) v4#3 (May 1971)
Cult of Evil  (retitled)
 
United States
Tales from the Tomb (Eerie, 1969 series) v4#5 (November 1972)
Cult of Evil  (retitled)
 
Australia
Call of the Monsters (Gredown/Boraig, 1981?) ([1981?])
 
Australia
Call of the Monsters (Gredown/Boraig, 1981?) ([1981?])
Cult of the Cruel

Synopsis

A businessman traveling in India learns the secrets of the thugee then returns home to begin his career as a murderer.

Show/hide 8. The Slimy Gargoyle Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Walter Casadei, line art
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Based on
United States
Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #21 (October 1953)
The Chase  (reworked)
 
United States
Horror Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v2#2 (March 1970)
The Slimy Gargoyle
 
Australia
Wicked Witchs' Tales (Gredown, 1978 series) #1 (1978)
The Slimy Gargoyle
Also printed
United States
Weird Worlds (Eerie, 1970 series) v2#3 (June 1971)
The Slimy Gargoyle
 
United States
Tales of Voodoo (Eerie, 1968 series) v6#1 (January 1973)
The Slimy Gargoyle
Printed in
Wicked Witchs' Tales [sic] (Gredown, 1978 series) #1 ([1978])

Synopsis

When a couple have their tea leaves read in a Chinese restaurant, the proprietor tells them to beware the dark man and the teeth of the dragon.

Notes

Original title: "The Chase."


Status

AusReprints ID

  • 44356

Entry created

  • 25/05/2010

Cover added

  • 02/04/2010

Index completed

  • 26/12/2021

Last updated

  • 26/12/2021