The Underground

Published
July 1982
Page count
68
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

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover The Underground Cover, 1 page

"Do you take the train home? Milions do. After a few miles you get off... At least that's what Wanda Mason expected, but didn't."

Featuring

Genre
Horror-Suspense

Credits

Art
, painter
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Printed in
Australia
Evil Winds of Death (Gredown/Boraig, 1982?) ([1982?])
Curse of the Tomb
Show/hide 1. The Underground Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-Suspense

Credits

Writing
Manuel Gamez, scripter [as Manuel Gámez]
Art
Antonio Borrell, line art [signed as A. Borrell]
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

First print
Spain
Panico (Vilmar, 1972 series) #24 ([August 1974?])
El metro
Also printed
Spain
Escorpion (Vilmar, 1973 series) #35 (October 1976)
El metro
 
Australia
Pit of Evil (Gredown, 1975 series) #14 ([1979])
The Underground

Notes

These reprint sources are uncertain and may be different stories with the same title.

Show/hide 2. The Sorceress Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-Suspense

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Antonio Reynoso, line art [signed as A. Reynoso]
Text
, letterer
Editing
, original Editor

Reprint history

Based on
United States
Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #5 (September 1951)
The Spell of the Black Gloves  (reworked)
First print
United States
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v7#1 (February 1973)
The Sorceress
Also printed
United States
Witches' Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v7#1 (February 1975)
The Sorceress
 
Australia
Voodoo (Gredown, 1977? series) #2 ([1977?])
The Sorceress
 
Australia
Phantoms of Evil (Gredown, 1978? series) #4 ([January 1978?])
The Sorceress

Synopsis

A wash lady gets no respect, until she finds a pair of magic gloves left to her by her ancestor, a witch of Salem.

Show/hide 3. The Pipes of Pan! Comic story, 8 pages
Show/hide 4. Congo Terror Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense; jungle

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Carl Burgos , original Editor

Reprint history

Based on
Canada
Bruce Gentry Comics (Superior, 1948 series) #8 (July 1949)
I'm Forever Trailing Trouble
First print
United States
Voodoo (Farrell, 1952 series) #3 (September 1952)
Congo Terror
Also printed
United States
Tales of Voodoo (Eerie, 1968 series) v2#1 (February 1969)
Congo Terror
 
United States
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v4#4 (August 1970)
Congo Terror

Synopsis

A pilot is hired to fly a female detective into the jungle to track down an embezzler.

Show/hide 5. It's Going to Happen Tomorrow! Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Genre
Science fiction

Credits

Writing
Richard Hughes, scripter [credited as Zev Zimmer]
Art
Ogden Whitney, line art [credited]
Text
, letterer
Editing
Richard Hughes, original Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Adventures into the Unknown (ACG, 1948 series) #147 (March 1964)
It's Going to Happen Tomorrow!
Show/hide 6. Dearest, Deadest Dummy Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-Suspense

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Carl Burgos, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
, original Editor

Reprint history

Based on
United States
Haunted Thrills (Farrell, 1952 series) #6 (February 1953)
Dearest, Deadest Dummy
First print
United States
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v2#6 (April 1968)
Dearest, Deadest Dummy
Also printed
United States
Horror Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v2#2 (March 1970)
Dearest, Deadest Dummy
 
United States
Tales of Voodoo (Eerie, 1968 series) v4#3 (May 1971)
Dearest, Deadest Dummy
 
United States
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v6#1 (February 1972)
Dearest, Deadest Dummy

Synopsis

A lonely ventriloquist's beautiful dummy comes to life - along with her murderous friends.

Show/hide 7. They Couldn't Die! Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-Suspense

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Iger Shop, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Ruth Roche, original Editor [as Ruth A. Roche]

Reprint history

Based on
United States
Voodoo (Farrell, 1952 series) #3 (September 1952)
There's Peril in Perfection!  (Story slightly altered.)
First print
United States
Voodoo (Farrell, 1952 series) #13 (January 1954)
They Couldn't Die!
Also printed
United States
Weird (Eerie, 1966 series) v2#1 (December 1966)
They Couldn't Die!
 
United States
Tales from the Tomb (Eerie, 1969 series) v1#7 (September 1969)
They Couldn't Die!
 
Australia
Dimension of Doom (Gredown, 1981?) ([June 1984?])
They Couldn't Die!

Synopsis

In an effort to create the perfect woman, a beauty contest judge creates a lifelike robot - who turns out not to be as perfect as he thought.

Show/hide 8. The Manbeast Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Genre
Horror-suspense

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Antonio Reynoso, line art [signed as A. Reynoso]
Text
, letterer
Editing
Carl Burgos, original Editor
 
Ezra Jackson, original Art Editor

Reprint history

Based on
United States
Tomb of Terror (Harvey, 1952 series) #6 (November 1952)
The Survivors  (reworked)
First print
United States
Horror Tales (Eerie, 1969 series) v5#4 (August 1973)
The Manbeast

Synopsis

A group of scientists kept in suspended animation in a time capsule awaken to find themselves in a post-apocalyptic world of monsters. "A group of scientific survivors try to live in a world inhabited by grotesque creatures only to be trapped by their own experiments." (from TOC)


Status

This issue includes help from

  • Michael Hudson

AusReprints ID

  • 52858

Entry created

  • 18/02/2011

Cover added

  • 18/02/2011

Index completed

  • 18/02/2011

Last updated

  • 05/04/2016