Issue Contents:
Storyline
A skull headed zombie shambles out of a skull adorned mausoleum to menace a woman.
Credits
- Pencils: Alvin Hollingsworth (uncertain)
- Inks: Alvin Hollingsworth (uncertain)
Story Notes
Female figure swiped from Sid Check's cover to #5. Variation of the cover for issue #4.
The Light That Lured!
"What grim and terrible mystery..."
Storyline
A young couple foils the attempt of dead Captain Dorrance to lure a passenger ship upon a reef.
Characters
- The ghost of Captain Dorrance
- John Blair
- Anne Blair
Credits
- Pencils: Norman Nodel (uncertain)
The White Gorilla!
"Frank Blair was famous for his expeditions..."
Storyline
Big game hunter Frank Blair captures a giant white gorilla revered by the natives as "The Sacred Gorbu", whose spirit escapes and transforms the hunter into a white gorilla.
Characters
- Frank Blair
- The Sacred Gorbu (a white gorilla)
- Bob Morgan
Credits
- Pencils: Harry Lazarus
- Inks: Harry Lazarus
The Spectre at the Opera!
"It was the third day of the carnival at Milan..."
Storyline
La Scala Opera House in Milan, 1836. A "spectral songstress" sings the arias of Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" with supernatural beauty. Turns out she is a vampire named Virginia Cosselli who died in 1781.
Characters
- Alfieri (prima donna)
Story Notes
Contains six pieces of art depicting the dancing girl.
Stamp Murder!
"Roger Banning knew nothing about stamp collecting!"
Storyline
Roger Banning kills his rich uncle and cleans up the murder scene afterwards. But the police get him, because a stamp from the crime scene is clinging to the sole of Banning's shoe.
Characters
- Roger Banning
- Robert Frost (Banning's uncle)
- Sergeant Monahan
Credits
- Pencils: Harry Lazarus
- Inks: Harry Lazarus
Help Us to Die!
"Drink it and you shall live forever!"
Storyline
Jim and Marjorie Torrence steal an Egyptian mummy from the museum. Learning the secret of eternal life from the long dead king, they drink his elixir turning into mummies themselves.
Characters
- Jim Torrence
- Marjorie Torrence
Credits
- Pencils: Norman Nodel
- Inks: Vince Alascia
Story Notes
Art credits from the Haunted Horror reprint.