The Grinning Skull

Published
August 1982
Page count
84
Cover price
1.00 AUD
Colour
Black & white
Size
Magazine size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic
Branding
None
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/1104359

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Someone's Got My Body! Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Horror-Suspense

Credits

Art
Manuel Breá, painter [signed as Brea]
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

First print
Spain
Pánico (Vilmar, 1972 series) #38 (August 1973)
El corazon
Also printed
Portugal
Colecção Terror (Aguiar & Dias, 1975 series) #49 (November 1977)
A Chamada
 
Spain
Pánico (Vilmar, 1978 series) #2 (1978)
El Corazon
Show/hide 1. Somebody Else's Skin Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-Suspense

Credits

Writing
Andreu Martín, scripter
Art
Miguel Gómez Esteban, line art
Text
, typeset
Editing
, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
Spain
Dossier Negro (IMDE, 1968 series) #32 ([January 1972?])
En la piel de otro

Synopsis

Bioboda can leave his own body behind and inhabit other bodies. And he wants the best body in the village.

Notes

"Copyright I.M.D.E. Barcelona".

Show/hide 2. The Kraken Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense
Characters
Curator Bellamy; Mona Bellamy; Naja Deva

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Jon Blummer, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Richard Hughes, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Adventures into the Unknown (ACG, 1948 series) #49 (November 1953)
The Kraken
Show/hide 3. The Price of Eternal Life Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense
Code
D-7110
Characters
Winnie the Witch (host)

Credits

Writing
Joe Gill, scripter [credited]
Art
Fernando, line art [credited]
Text
, letterer
Editing
George Wildman, original Managing Editor [credited as Geo. Wildman]

Reprint history

First print
United States
Ghostly Haunts (Charlton, 1971 series) #49 (April 1976)
The Price of Eternal Life
Also printed
Australia
Pit of Evil (Gredown, 1975 series) v1#3 (1976)
The Price of Eternal Life

Notes

This is the only known comic book work by this artist.

Show/hide 4. Strange Beast Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Genre
Fantasy-Supernatural
Characters
Kurt Andrews; Princess Astarella; Prince Rolbana; Volero

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Harry Lazarus, line art [signed]
Text
, letterer
Editing
Richard Hughes, original Editor

Reprint history

Based on
United States
Adventures into the Unknown (ACG, 1948 series) #86 (July 1957)
Lion with a Man's Head!
First print
United States
Forbidden Worlds (ACG, 1951 series) #116 (November 1963)
Strange Beast
Show/hide 5. The Serpent Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-Suspense

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art
Text
, typeset

Reprint history

First print
Spain
Pánico (Vilmar, 1972 series) #25 (February 1973)
La serpiente
Also printed
Spain
Panico (Vilmar, 1972 series) #7 (March 1976)
La serpiente
Show/hide 6. Debt of Fear Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense
Characters
Count De Malatroit; the Red Death

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Iger Shop, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Carl Burgos, original Editor
 
Irving Fass, original Art Director
Management
Mel Lenny, Publisher

Reprint history

Based on
United States
Strange Fantasy (Farrell, 1852 series) #4 (February 1953)
Debt of Fear
First print
United States
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v2#9 (October 1968)
Debt of Fear
Also printed
United States
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v4#1 (February 1970)
Debt of Fear
 
United States
Tales from the Tomb (Eerie, 1969 series) v3#2 (April 1971)
Debt of Fear
 
United States
Horror Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v5#2 (April 1973)
Debt of Fear
 
Australia
Tales of Horror (Gredown, 1975 series) v1#9 ([March 1978?])
Debt of Fear
 
Australia
Screaming Terror (Gredown/Boraig, 1982?) ([1982?])
Debt of Fear

Notes

This printing has greytone colouring added and clearly sourced from the version in Eerie Publications.

Show/hide 7. Happy New Year Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Genre
Fantasy-Supernatural
Characters
Millie Boyce; Dick Boyce; Arthur Williams; Joe; Alice

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Ogden Whitney, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Richard Hughes, original Editor

Reprint history

Based on
United States
Forbidden Worlds (ACG, 1951 series) #60 (November 1957)
The Old and the New!  (Retitled)
First print
United States
Adventures into the Unknown (ACG, 1948 series) #150 (August 1964)
Happy New Year
Show/hide 8. Three Times Dead! Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-Suspense

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Iger Shop, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Carl Burgos, original Editor
 
Irving Fass, original Art Director
 
Ezra Jackson, original Art Editor

Reprint history

Based on
United States
Haunted Thrills (Farrell, 1952 series) #7 (March 1953)
Trail To A Tomb  (retitled)
First print
United States
Tales from the Tomb (Eerie, 1969 series) v1#7 (September 1969)
Three Times Dead
Also printed
Australia
Vault of Demons (Gredown, 1976 series) #7 ([1978?])
Three Times Dead!

Synopsis

A one-armed man stops by a Louisiana mansion, where he falls in love with a young woman. Unfortunately, the woman's misshapen, hunchbacked sister has fallen in love with him.

Show/hide 9. The Haunted Aquarium Comic story, 17 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-Suspense

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Manuel Gago García, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
Spain
S.O.S. (Edival, 1975 series) #15 (6 September 1975)
El Vencedor embrujado

Notes

"© Ediciones Petronio, S.A./The Illustrated -- Barcelona".

Show/hide 10. Naked Horror Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-Suspense

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Oscar Fraga, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Carl Burgos, original Editor
 
Ezra Jackson, original Art Editor

Reprint history

Based on
United States
Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1952 series) #22 (March 1954)
The Ugly Duckling  (reworked)
First print
United States
Tales from the Tomb (Eerie, 1969 series) v4#4 (September 1972)
Naked Horror
Also printed
Australia
Shudder Tales (Gredown, 1976 series) #5 ([1977?])
Naked Horror

Synopsis

"A blood-draining shocker of an accident and the man who faced his fate of naked horror."


Status

AusReprints ID

  • 52775

Entry created

  • 29/12/2011

Cover added

  • 07/04/2016

Last updated

  • 30/08/2017