Issue Contents:
Credits
- Pencils: Wally Wood
- Inks: Wally Wood
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Storyline
Contains original art depicting each of the four stories.
Credits
- Pencils: Wally Wood
- Inks: Wally Wood
Story Notes
inside front cover
The Case of the Painted Beast!
Storyline
The town of Maple Valley holds an art painting competition. When Ezra Vale's picture of a gruesome monster surrounded by gnomes called "The Forest of Fear" doesn't win, strange things begin to happen. The monster attacks those who mocked the painting and carries them into its painted world. The townsfolk then see the monster's victims have replaced the gnomes in the painting.
Credits
- Pencils: Wally Wood
- Pencils: Joe Orlando
- Pencils: Sid Check
- Inks: Wally Wood
- Inks: Joe Orlando
- Inks: Sid Check
Story Notes
The Wallace Wood Checklist (TwoMorrows, 2003) by Bhob Stewart and Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. credits Paul Gattuso on pencils, and inks possibly by Wood. Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. changed his mind about the pencils and suggested Maurice Gutwirth. Current credits based on Check's records. Cover story.
Was He Dead?
Storyline
Showgirl Marilyn asks her lover to kill her husband. The murderer, however, is haunted by visions of his victim. He goes to check on the corpse and is imprisoned in the dead man’s tomb.
Credits
- Pencils: Mo Marcus
- Inks: Michael Odom
The Monster of the Storm
Storyline
John Unter runs amok in the town of Mossy Glen. Before he can be apprehended by the police, lightning strikes and kills Unter. From now on Mossy Glen is cursed. With every thunderstorm Unter comes alive as a ghoulish monster and strangles someone.
Credits
- Pencils: Ed Goldfarb
- Inks: Bob Baer
Kill a Witch
Storyline
Hinchley was in fear of snakes. He explained why to his friend. You see years ago he shared a cell with a man who claimed he killed a witch. Later that night, a talking snake entered the cell. It was the reincarnated witch. She caused the cellmate to shrink and swallowed him whole. Because Hinchley saw this, he was now marked for death by the witch's spirit. This is why he has been deathly afraid in the years since of snakes. The morning after the two men caught a nap in a boxcar, Hinchley was missing! The friend then noticed a snake in the corner of the car with a bloated stomach.
Story Notes
The first spot illustration of this text story is taken from the story "Double Trouble" from Eerie #1. The second and third spot illustrations are from "The Lost Princess" published in An Earth Man On Venus (Avon, 1951).
The Mirror of Isis!
Storyline
An antique mirror from Egypt channels evil energy into Elyse, fiancée of Brad Stanfield. In a state of trance she stabs a servant in her grandfather’s home. Stanfield and archeologist Redmond soon find out about the connection. A last-minute destruction of the magic mirror prevents Elyse from killing Brad.
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Kubert
- Inks: Joe Kubert
Story Notes
Kubert confirmed by Robin Snyder and others.