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Demon Blade!
(Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Touch this mystic sword, mortal--and then you will never die in battle! Demon Blade!
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Issue Data

Demon Blade
(Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages

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Editing:
Joe Orlando (original managing editor)
Paul Levitz (original editor)
  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • Job Number:J-5232
Characters:
Claude de May; Francois Marron; (unnamed) demon
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  • US from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #266 (March 1979) [pp1: Illustration of Cain (host) removed, Cain’s speech balloon converted to a panel; story title changed to two lines, and artwork extended. pp1, panel 2: Wording “That Pompous Fool!” changed to “That Pompous Ass!” pp2 and pp6: Illustrations of Cain (host) removed.]

Indexer Notes

17th Century France.

The Specters Were the Stars
(Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7.5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Gerry Talaoc (signed)
Inks:
Gerry Talaoc (signed)
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?
Editing:
Murray Boltinoff (original editor)
  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • Job Number:B-1454
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Flame of Death
(Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Murray Boltinoff (as Al Case)
Pencils:
Johnny Ingente (as Johnny O. Ingente)
Inks:
Johnny Ingente (as Johnny O. Ingente)
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?
Editing:
Joe Orlando (original managing editor)
Jack C. Harris (original editor)
  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • Job Number:J-5706
Characters:
Dr. Ian Heath; Nina Heath
Synopsis:
Nina uses science to outsmart a witch doctor.
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Twenty Floors of Felony!
(Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7.67 pages

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Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)
  • Genre:crime
Characters:
A.K. Sparling; Chief of Detectives Mulvaney; Mr. Holt; Slug Conroy; Mr. Wood; Harry Haynes
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The Warrior and the Witch Doctors!
(Table of Contents: 5)

Weird War Tales / comic story / 7 pages

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Editing:
Joe Orlando (original editor)
E. Nelson Bridwell (original assistant editor)
  • Genre:horror-suspense; war; science fiction
Characters:
Druids; Cladius; Polonius Maximus
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Indexer Notes

Set in Ancient Britain.

Death's Dominion
(Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages

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Esphid Mahilum (as Espid Cahilum)
Editing:
Joe Orlando (original managing editor)
Paul Levitz (original editor)
  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • Job Number:J-5282
Characters:
Paul Selavy; Charles
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Indexer Notes

Adapted from a story by Guy deMaupassant.

Moonlight and Mayhem!
(Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5.67 pages

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Editing:
Joe Orlando (original managing editor)
Jack C. Harris (original editor)
  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • Job Number:J-5807
Characters:
Lenore Cowan; Bert Cowan
Synopsis:
Lenore becomes suspicious of her husband who claims to be working nights.
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Give a Great Big Smile to Satan
(Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 8 pages

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Editing:
Joe Orlando (original managing editor)
Jack C. Harris (original editor)
  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • Job Number:J-5801
Characters:
Martin Clubbe; Timothy Clubbe; Lynne; Janice Clubbe; Eliza
Synopsis:
Martin and Janice's newborn baby is fought over by two covens, one good and one evil.
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  • US from The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #193 (September-October 1979) [Story title changed from three lines to two lines, plus illustration and two word balloons of Mildred (host) removed from pp1. All other illustrations of Mildred removed from story and her word balloons converted to text boxes, except on pp4 where the editor missed deleting Mildred on panel one of pp4.]

The Deprogrammer
(Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages

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Editing:
Joe Orlando (original managing editor)
Paul Levitz (original editor)
  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • Job Number:J-5379
Characters:
Patrick Theodore; Ms. Ferbel; Mr. Kessler; Mrs. Kessler; Sheri Kessler; Merwin
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The Most Haunted House in England!
(Table of Contents: 10)

Tales of the Haunted and the Damned! / comic story / 3 pages

Script:
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Inks:
Alfredo Alcala (as A.P. Acala)
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?
Editing:
Murray Boltinoff (original editor)
  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • Job Number:B-1703
Characters:
Captain Frederick Marryat; Lord Townshend
Synopsis:
A specter haunts Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England.
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Don't Monkey with Murder
(Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Franc Reyes (as Frank Reyes)
Inks:
Franc Reyes (as Frank Reyes)
Letters:
?
Editing:
Joe Orlando (original managing editor)
Jack C. Harris (original editor)
  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • Job Number:J-5701
Characters:
Professor Walters; Malgo; Umbezi
Synopsis:
The villain kidnaps the monkey god of a group of local worshipers.
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The Strange Shop on Demon Street
(Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 7 pages

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Editing:
Murray Boltinoff (original editor)
  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • Job Number:B-1864
Characters:
Titus Farro; Nort Lasher
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The Ghost and General Ike
(Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 3 pages

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Editing:
Murray Boltinoff (original editor)
  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • Job Number:B-1638
Characters:
President Dwight Eisenhower (1890 - 1969); Mamie Eisenhower (1896 - 1979); Mrs. Margaret Penny
Synopsis:
General Eisenhower is given a Scottish castle, but is the castle haunted?
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Sing a Song of Sorcery
(Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Vicente Alcázar (as Alcazar)
Inks:
Vicente Alcázar (as Alcazar)
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Editing:
Joe Orlando (original managing editor)
Jack C. Harris (original editor)
  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • Job Number:J-5721
Characters:
Dr. Adams; Dr. Pearson; Andre Borst; Lydell Billings; Matilda
Synopsis:
Lydell Billings asks the witch Matilda to kill his nemesis, Borst, so Lydell can become the greatest opera singer.
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  • US from The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #191 (May-June 1979) [Illustration of Mildred (host) and her word balloon (except for story title) removed from pp1. First panel of pp2 with Mildred deleted and panel two extended to replace it. Head shot of Mildred on page two, panel five deleted. Artwork on last panel of story altered to change Mildred to the witch Matilda."]

A Deadly Game
(Table of Contents: 15)

House of Secrets / comic story / 3 pages

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Editing:
Joe Orlando (original managing editor)
Jack C. Harris (original editor)
  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • Job Number:J-5707
Characters:
Luke Haney; Bert Clemens
Synopsis:
Luke Haney pulls one to many practical jokes.
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Midnight Muzak
(Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 6 pages

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Esphid Mahilum (as Esphid M.)
Editing:
Joe Orlando (original managing editor)
Jack C. Harris (original editor)
  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • Job Number:J-5396
Characters:
Simon Thorne; Jason Parr
Synopsis:
Jason Parr invents a new germ warfare technique that makes the subjects go mad at the slightest sound.
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The Beautiful and the Damned
(Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 8 pages

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Editing:
Joe Orlando (original managing editor)
Jack C. Harris (original editor)
  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • Job Number:J-3918
Characters:
Abel (host); Nora Cooper; Miles Cooper
Synopsis:
Nora tries to force her husband to create a formula that will keep her forever young.
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Demon Blade!
  2. Demon Blade
  3. The Specters Were the Stars
  4. Flame of Death
  5. Twenty Floors of Felony!
  6. The Warrior and the Witch Doctors!
    Weird War Tales
  7. Death's Dominion
  8. Moonlight and Mayhem!
  9. Give a Great Big Smile to Satan
  10. The Deprogrammer
  11. The Most Haunted House in England!
    Tales of the Haunted and the Damned!
  12. Don't Monkey with Murder
  13. The Strange Shop on Demon Street
  14. The Ghost and General Ike
  15. Sing a Song of Sorcery
  16. A Deadly Game
    House of Secrets
  17. Midnight Muzak
  18. The Beautiful and the Damned
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