Horror Tales v6#5

Eerie Publications
United States
- Published
- October 1974
- Page count
- 52
- Cover price
- 0.75 USD
- Colour
- Black & white
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/301261
Credits
- Editing
- Carl Burgos
Ezra Jackson (art editor)
Issue contents


Featuring
- Genre
- Horror
Synopsis
"Those who tamper with things beyond their knowledge beware of the eight arms of Ranu-they are deadly." (from TOC)
Notes
Same basic script as original with new art.

Featuring
- Genre
- Horror
Reprint history
- Based on
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Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #5 (September 1951) — Curse of the Caterpillar (reworked)
- First print
-
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v6#7 (December 1972) — The Skin Crawlers
- Also printed
-
Shudder Tales (Gredown, 1976 series) #3 ([1977?]) — The Skin Crawlers
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Horror Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v9#2 (May 1978) — The Skin Crawlers
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Planet of Vampires (Gredown, 1975 series) #7 ([July 1978?]) — The Skin Crawlers
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Weird Vampire Tales (Eerie, 1979 series) v3#2 (July 1979) — The Skin Crawlers
-
Terrors of Dracula (Eerie, 1979 series) v3#1 (May 1981) — The Skin Crawlers
Synopsis
"A ghastly skinripping tale of terrifying creatures that lured men to a fleshless death." (from TOC)
Notes
Pre-code reprint with new title and art.

Featuring
- Genre
- Horror
Credits
- Art
- A. Reynoso
Reprint history
- Based on
-
Chamber of Chills (Harvey, 1951 series) #16 (March 1953) — The Creeping Death
-
Witches' Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v4#5 (September 1972) — The Slimy Thing
- Printed in
-
Devil's Doom (Gredown, 1978 series) #2 ([1978?]) — The Slimy Thing
- Also printed
-
Weird Vampire Tales (Eerie, 1979 series) v3#2 (July 1979) — The Slimy Thing
-
Face of Doom (Gredown/Boraig, 1983?) ([April 1983?])
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Face of Doom (Gredown/Boraig, 1983?) ([April 1983?]) — The Slimy Thing
Synopsis
"From the murky sea bottom came this fantastic reincarnated monster that guarded the inner city of ancient Ur." (from TOC)
Notes
Same basic script as original with new art.

Featuring
- Genre
- Horror
Reprint history
- Based on
-
Web of Mystery (Ace, 1951 series) #12 (August 1952) — The Silver Bell of Doom
-
Witches' Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v3#3 (June 1971) — The Silver Demon
-
Tales of Horror (Gredown, 1975 series) v1#8 ([November 1977?]) — The Silver Demon
- Printed in
-
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v6#7 (December 1972) — The Silver Demon
- Also printed
-
The Evil Eye (Gredown, 1981?) ([1981?]) — The Silver Demon
Synopsis
"A spine-shattering shory of a convicted withc and the gruesome horror of beings who crawled back from the dead." (from TOC)
Notes
Same basic script as original with new art.

Featuring
- Genre
- Horror
Credits
- Art
- Oscar Fraga
Reprint history
- Based on
-
Weird Mysteries (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #2 (December 1952) — Ordeal By Wax (reworked)
- First print
-
Terror Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v2#2 (March 1970) — The Vampire Monster Trap
- Also printed
-
Witches' Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v3#3 (June 1971) — The Vampire Monster Trap
-
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v6#7 (December 1972) — The Vampire Monster Trap
-
Planet of Vampires (Gredown, 1975 series) v1#5 ([September 1977?]) — The Vampire Monster Trap
-
Planet of Vampires (Gredown, 1975 series) #7 ([July 1978?]) — The Vampire Monster Trap
-
Weird Vampire Tales (Eerie, 1979 series) v3#2 (July 1979) — The Vampire Monster Trap
-
Vampire Scare (Gredown, 1982?) ([August 1982?]) — The Vampire Monster Trap
Synopsis
"He sought refuge in the strange costume shop only to be caught in a bloody monster trap." (from TOC)
Notes
Pre-code reprint with new title and art.

Featuring
- Genre
- Horror
Reprint history
- Based on
-
Beware (Trojan, 1953 series) #9 (May 1954) — No Pockets On the Dead (reworked)
- First print
-
Horror Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v2#2 (March 1970) — Ghoul Without Pockets
- Also printed
-
Witches' Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v3#3 (June 1971) — Ghoul Without Pockets
-
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v6#7 (December 1972) — Ghoul Without Pockets
-
Ghosts and Ghouls (Gredown, 1977? series) #3 ([1978?]) — Ghoul without Pockets
Synopsis
"A pickpocket who began his career robbing the living is forced by ghouls to rob the dead." (from TOC)
Notes
Pre-code reprint with new title and art.

Featuring
- Genre
- Horror
Credits
- Art
- Oscar Fraga?
Reprint history
- Based on
-
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v6#4 (June 1972) — Restrained
- Also printed
-
Terror Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v9#4 (October 1978) — Restrained
- Printed in
-
Flight into Peril (Gredown, 1978?) ([1978?]) — Restrained
- Also printed
-
Buried Alive! (Gredown/Boraig, 1982?) ([1982?]) — Restrained
Synopsis
"The tension ripping situation between two sisters that ends in a shock of terror." (from TOC)
Notes
Pre-code reprint with new title and art.

Featuring
- Genre
- Horror
Reprint history
- Based on
-
Web of Mystery (Ace, 1951 series) #13 (September 1952) — Mastodon Menace
-
Tales from the Tomb (Eerie, 1969 series) v3#3 (June 1971) — Weird Safari
-
Crypt of Creatures (Gredown, 1976 series) #5 ([June 1978?]) — Weird Safari
- Printed in
-
Horror Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v4#7 (December 1972) — Weird Safari
Synopsis
"Precious ivory, greed and things long dead live to destroy those who tresspass their sacred burial grounds." (from TOC)
Notes
Pre-code reprint with new title and art.
Indicia
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