Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1952-11-17
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)

[no title indexed]

Johnny Peril / cover / 1 page


  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You can't escape your fate, Johnny Peril!
Characters:
Johnny Peril

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]

Master Art Helper / advertisement / 1 page

The End of Death

Johnny Peril / comic story / 8 pages


  • Genre:crime; horror-suspense
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:No man alive ever had the chance given Johnny Peril...
Characters:
Johnny Peril; Eric Dexo; Professor Karl Dexo
Synopsis:
A criminal tries to convince Johnny Peril that he is being haunted by Death himself.
Reprints (3)

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Dubble Bubble Gum / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

Editorial Advisory Board

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Superboy Discovers a New Kind of Junior Sport!

Superboy / public service announcement / 1 page


  • Genre:advocacy; superhero

The Sea Girl!

comic story / 5.67 pages


  • Genre:detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jim Spencer met a girl who didn't exist...
Characters:
Jim Spencer; Celia
Synopsis:
Jim Spencer is marooned on an enchanted island. He lives in the company of an undine, a dryad and a sylph. Spencer falls in love with Celia, the mermaid. She offers him treasures if he leaves her, because the price for their love will be her becoming human. Spencer chooses Celia and they live happily ever after. The dryad and the sylph explain that everything has been a masquerade to shock Celia out of believing she is an undine.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Previous indexer suggested Bob Oksner for pencils.

[no title indexed]

Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page

cartoon / 0.5 page


  • Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:
Tug-of-war rituals in Asian cultures.

[no title indexed]

Chemcraft Chemistry Sets [Porter] / advertisement / 0.5 page

Lantern in the Rain!

comic story / 2 pages


  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:We're coming to Horseshoe Bend...
Characters:
John Logan (ghost); Luke Brownell
Synopsis:
Did the ghost of John Logan flash his ghostly signal lantern to stop Luke Brownell from crashing his train?
Reprints (6)

Buzzy Says: "Free Speech-- Free for All!"

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page


  • Genre:advocacy; teen; humor

The Man Who Sold His Soul

text article / 2 pages


  • Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:
Account of a strange story happening in Lima, Peru, in 1715.

Now More Than Ever!

Action Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

Superman Is on Television!

The Adventures of Superman TV Show / advertisement / 0.33 page

Legacy of Horror!

comic story / 8 pages


  • Genre:detective-mystery; horror-suspense
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I can't see too well through this fog... are those the castle’s servants standing there?
  • Keywords:castles; ghosts; spectres
Characters:
Ralph Edgerton; Phillip Barnstall; June White; Jenkins; Amos Edgerton
Synopsis:
Ralph Edgerton inherits millions from a distant relative, but has to spend time in a haunted house. A crooked lawyer tries to drive him insane by impersonating ghosts.
Reprints (2)

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Electric Football [Jim Prentice] / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

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