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The King Is Dead
"Terror and shock mourn..."
Storyline
Amos Banteen, Jedediah Lash, and Jesse Walker want to know why lonely old Wilkie Watts has been stealing corpses from the nearby cemetery.
Characters
- Amos Banteen
- Jedediah Lash
- Wilkie Watts
- Jesse Walker
Credits
- Pencils: Manny Stallman
- Inks: John Giunta
Story Notes
Art credits from Ben Samuels, December 2007: previously indexed with pencils by John Giunta.
The Artificial Sky; Saturn
"Planetarium is the name given..."
Occupation
"Tommy was asking his mother that same question once again."
Characters
- Tommy
Moe Gambo
"He was eagle-eyed..."
Storyline
Moe Gambo is the best hunter around, until he meets an exotic woman named Ava Riley who wants him for herself, and will stop at nothing to have him!
Characters
- Moe Gamble
- Bill Whittington
- Faye Whittington
- Ava Riley
Credits
- Script: Howard Nostrand (uncertain)
- Pencils: Bob Powell
- Inks: Howard Nostrand
Story Notes
Mogambo parody
White Heat
"Walter...It's eating into me!"
Storyline
Walter Thorne needs money to help pay for his dying wife's operation and steals some uranium from the Nuclear Power Plant that he works at for some shady characters. After receiving payment of $10,000, he plans to pay for his wife's operation but she can't be saved because the doctor needed that special uranium to perform the operation!
Characters
- Walter Thorne
- Sally Thorne
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Certa
- Inks: John Belfi
Story Notes
Inker credits from Ben Samuels, December 2007.
And Still Champion!; It's the Most
Torture!
"I stood before her and taunted her..."
Characters
- Martin
Here Today...
"Merrily we roll along..."
Storyline
An eccentric and very tall stranger named H. Jonathan Aloysius Cruikshank comes to town and charms the local folk. It turns out he's really a normal man in disguise that wants to get revenge on the local banker, sheriff, and general store owner for wronging him in the past.
Characters
- H. Jonathan Aloysius Cruikshank
- Hank Cordin
- Rob Wallace
- Will Fellows
Credits
- Pencils: Sid Check
- Inks: Sid Check
- Inks: Frank Frazetta
Story Notes
Story: Seems like the same story as in the short film, "The Stranger Left No Card" (1952), written by Sidney Carroll. (https://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14175)