Issue Contents:
He Lurks in the Shadows!
Credits
- Pencils: Carl Burgos
- Inks: Carl Burgos
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
Story Notes
Burgos credit per Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. via atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited Sol Brodsky. Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.
He Lurks in the Shadows
Storyline
A killer wants to give up his gruesome trade but he loves his wife and wants to continue to give her expensive presents. He pulls one last job and resolves to tell her he's broke when he goes through a dark alley and feels a knife shoved deep into his back. It turns out his wife is in the same business for the same reason.
Credits
- Script: Carl Wessler
- Pencils: Sam Kweskin
- Inks: Sam Kweskin
Story Notes
Inspired by "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry (New York World, 1905). Note by Tom Lammers.
A Vampire Is Loose
Credits
- Pencils: Dick Ayers
- Inks: Dick Ayers
The Man Who Changed
Storyline
A beautiful woman who loves her ugly husband has her face deformed through surgery just as he is having his face made handsome by a plastic surgeon.
Credits
- Script: Carl Wessler
- Pencils: Sid Greene
- Inks: Sid Greene
Story Notes
Art identification confirmed by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
I Was a Vampire
The Stooge
Storyline
A circus freak with six hands murders his fat lady wife because, even with six hands, he can't keep up with all the orders she gives him.
Credits
- Script: Ingmar Nevéus
- Pencils: Jens-Uwe Schubert
- Inks: Martin Thall (uncertain)
- Inks: Christopher Rule (uncertain)
Story Notes
Pseudonym info supplied by Craig Delich, September 2005.
The Mark of Death!
Storyline
A man tries to shock his aunt into an early grave so he can get her money by pretending he sees the mark of death in her palm. At first he thinks his ploy has failed, because she doesn't show much of a reaction, but later in evening she visits him with a gun and shoots him because she is concerned no one will be around to care for him after she's gone.
Credits
- Pencils: John Forte (uncertain)
- Inks: John Forte
Story Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Previous indexer suggested Bill Savage on pencils and inks.