in Issue Data
- Publisher's Brand:
Atlas [black & white]
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Current Detective Stories Inc.
- Indicia Frequency: monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
- Printer: ?
Indexer Notes
On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1954 Periodicals, page 3.
They Fly by Night
They Fly by Night
comic story /
5
pages
comic story /
5
pages
- Genre:horror-suspense
- Job Number:D-963
- Synopsis:
- A boy's parents are killed by a vampire during a trip to Hungary and he survives because the vampire is too sated to drain his blood. He returns to America but continues to have dreams of his parents begging him to return to Hungary so that they can be together forever. When he reaches adulthood he returns to Hungary and prepares to slay the vampire. Instead he encounters his parents who are vampires and offer to turn him into one. He walks towards the two but the story leaves it up to the reader to guess whether he stakes them or submits to their dark embrace.
Uninvited Guests
Uninvited Guests
text story /
2
pages
text story /
2
pages
| Script: | ? |
| Pencils: | Gene Colan (illustration) |
| Inks: | Gene Colan (illustration) |
| Colors: | ? (illustration) |
| Letters: | typeset |
- Genre:science fiction
- Job Number:9689
- Keywords:time travel
Characters:
John Pearson; Prof. Thomas Benton; Father Time
- Synopsis:
- A scientist's machine transports him and a reporter outside of time and into the realm of Father Time.
Reprints (2)
The Dead Don't Sleep
The Dead Don't Sleep
comic story /
4
pages
comic story /
4
pages
- Genre:horror-suspense
- Job Number:D-938
- Keywords:mediums
- Synopsis:
- Have you ever wondered if the dead resent the mediums who disturb their rest? This story answers that question.
The Man in the Shadows
The Man in the Shadows
comic story /
5
pages
comic story /
5
pages
- Genre:horror-suspense
- Job Number:D-913
- Keywords:casinos; electric chair
- Synopsis:
- A strange sequence of events turns out to be the disjointed memories of a condemned man.
Don't Nod
Don't Nod
comic story /
4
pages
comic story /
4
pages
- Genre:horror-suspense
- Job Number:E-83
- Synopsis:
- The leader of the Chinese secret police enlists an executioner to behead those convicted of crimes.
A Scream in the Night!
A Scream in the Night!
comic story /
5
pages
comic story /
5
pages
| Script: | ? |
| Pencils: | Vince Colletta (signed as Colletta) |
| Inks: | Vince Colletta (signed as Colletta) |
| Colors: | ? |
| Letters: | ? |
- Genre:horror-suspense
- Job Number:D-966
- Keywords:asylums; cults; gaslighting
- Synopsis:
- All of the people surrounding a writer turn out to be members of a sacrificial cult and since one of them is a psychologist, they have the writer committed to an asylum after he stumbles upon one of their ritual human burnings.
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Issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Bill Borre
- Nick Caputo
- Pat Conolly
- Peter Croome
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Ethan Hoddes
- Glenn MacKay
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
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