Eerie, #4
Published: December-January 1951-52
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Credits
- Pencils: Wally Wood
- Inks: Wally Wood
Storyline
Contains original art promoting each of the four stories.
Credits
- Pencils: Wally Wood
- Pencils: Sid Check
- Inks: Wally Wood
- Inks: Sid Check
- Letters: Wally Wood
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Cremation of Evil
Storyline
Richard Sinclair wishes his wife would come back from the dead, but he didn't know she would come back evil. After she kills the maid and a detective, she tries to kill her husband. During the scuffle, some candles are overturned and she catches fire burning up like funeral pyre.
Credits
- Pencils: Gene Fawcette
- Inks: Gene Fawcette
Story Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
The Ship of Death!
Storyline
Dick Cartwright inherits a house and a model ship of "The Falcon". His ancestor had build the original ship and purposefully caused the crew to die by depleting them of rations so he can collect the insurance. The sailors are doomed to live as figurines on the ship until the last of the Cartwrights die. The undead captain confronts Dick. When his wife hears a scream she finds him dead. He is now a figurine alongside the doomed crew on the model ship.
Credits
- Pencils: Mo Marcus (uncertain)
The Puppet Pulls the Strings
Storyline
Ventriloquist Dorian Grant invents a life-sized mechanical puppet called Bruno. Bruno, however, seems to develop a mind of his own and kills Grant’s former employer Vale when he visits the duo to hire them. Afterwards Dorian, in a puppet like trance, walks into traffic and gets killed when he's hit by a car. Did he go mad when he saw Bruno come to life, or was Bruno controlling him like he was the puppet?
Credits
- Pencils: Jim McLaughlin
- Inks: Jim McLaughlin
Story Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
The House of Skulls
Storyline
A woman asks a crone to help her contact her dead lover in the afterlife via an ancient crystal ball. The reason is because her lover had stashed loot before he was shot and she wanted to know where it was. She sees her former lover but as he is in death, a rotted husk living in a house made of bones. She then sees fire and realizes he's in hell.
Story Notes
Cover story.
Phantoms of Reality
Storyline
Wall Street clerk Charlie Walton has a night of adventure in the fourth dimension. His friend Derek takes him there to remove a tyrannical king from his throne. It seems Derek is actually Alexandre and is originally from that dimension but was trapped in our dimension. Now he is able to return home to become the rightful new king.
Credits
- Pencils: Gene Fawcette
- Inks: Gene Fawcette
Story Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.