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Cover: Bernard Baily
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Fantastic Tales #1

Jan 1958 · I. W. Publishing / Super Comics · 0.10 USD
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This anthology issue contains at least two stories: "The Witches Come at Midnight," in which farmer Ezra Rainey and his family are terrorized by witches and supernatural forces until Peter, an intelligent boy with magical knowledge, uses the magic word "Gazan!" to break the witch doctor's spell and free them; and a jungle adventure featuring Captain Death, who is captured by natives, subjected to a witch doctor's curse, falls into a mystical sleep where he relives past atrocities, and is ultimately freed from his bonds by the witch doctor. The issue also includes an advertisement for International Correspondence Schools offering vocational training courses.

Contains 4 stories
City of the Living Dead!
8 pp · Horror-Suspense

In the heart of Yucatán, a group of explorers stumbles upon the fabled Quetana—City of the Living Dead—where cursed pirates endure eternal torment. As the ruins come alive with restless spirits, only those with pure intentions may survive the night.

The Glistening Death
6 pp · Horror-Suspense

In the damp, forgotten reaches of a swampland mansion, a man seeks refuge from his past—only to uncover a terrifying truth: he is bound to a glistening, otherworldly entity that wears the face of a woman. As the lines between desire and dread blur, he must confront the chilling reality of his own captivity.

The Witches Come at Midnight!
6 pp · Horror-Suspense

In "The Witches Come at Midnight!", a young boy named Joel faces nightly terror as supernatural forces converge at the old Rainey farm at midnight. When the creatures attack him one fateful night, his loyal rooster, Peter, steps in—leading the witches to believe he’s the legendary Chanticleer, a figure of ancient myth.

Death Has Many Tongues
6 pp · Horror-Suspense

In "Death Has Many Tongues," a captured slave trader is cursed by a tribal witch doctor, his body now writhing with the severed heads of those he’s killed. As the faces whisper and the pain consumes him, he flees in madness—only to seek final release in the ocean’s embrace.

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Raw (VG) $11
CGC 9.0 · 3 in census $152*
CGC 8.5 · 4 in census $104*
CGC 8.0 · 3 in census $80
CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $72
CGC 7.0 · 4 in census $72
CGC 6.5 · 2 in census $45*
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CGC 6.0 · 4 in census $40*
CGC 5.5 · 1 in census $36*
CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $36*
CGC 4.5 none in existence
CGC 4.0 · 2 in census $36
CGC 3.5 · 2 in census $20*
CGC 3.0 none in existence
CGC 2.5 · 1 in census $20*
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Full credits

artist, inker Alvin Hollingsworth
cover pencils, inks Bernard Baily

Reprints

↩ Reprints City of the Living Dead #[nn] (1952)

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