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Ghosts, #1

Published: September-October 1971

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Ghosts #1

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Issue Contents:
1 page horror-suspense

"I pronounce you man and wife..."

Credits
We Challenge You to Read On!
Story 1 1 page horror-suspense

"Since the dawn of time..."

Characters
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Mark Twain
Credits
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
Story Notes

Introduction to the concept of ghosts.

Death's Bridegroom!
Story 2 9 pages horror-suspense

"Don't be shy, lover!"

Storyline

She had waited years for her betrothed, only to have a con man stage a weirdo wedding - until she pulled the last trick on him!

Characters
  • Ron Tracey
  • Cyrus Horne
  • Sharon Dean
  • Burton
  • David Colby
Credits
Story Notes

Synopsis from the table of contents in the reprint.

Ghost in the Iron Coffin
Story 3 7 pages

"1942 - The shipyards at Kiel, Germany..."

Characters
  • Franz Kollmer
Story Notes

Note on page 6 says the next issue will be on sale on or about September 7th.

The Tattooed Terror!
Story 4 8 pages horror-suspense

"His nights were bad..."

Characters
  • Richard Foreman
  • Marvelo the Magician
  • Burt Jorgens
Credits
The Last Dream!
Story 5 8 pages

"Frederic Beaumont had an uncanny, recurring dream!"

Characters
  • Frederic Beaumont
  • Tybalt Fletcher
  • Edgar Beaumont
  • Sir Francis Drake
  • Admiral Nelson
  • Willard Beaumont
  • Dr. Petri Vorcine
Story Notes

Pencilling and editorial credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

The Cadaver Comes Home
Story 6 1 page non-fiction

"Fate plays strange tricks..."

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The Spectral Coachman!
Story 7 5 pages horror-suspense

"It was one eerie night in 1956..."

Storyline

Tombstone, Arizona, draws its name from the town graveyard where the greatest badmen of the west are buried. But tonight - one of them lives again!

Characters
  • Johnny Cass
  • the ghost of Rafe Brady
Credits
Story Notes

Synopsis from the table of contents in the reprint.