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Wednesday, November 13, 2019

WITCHES' TALES VOL. 1 NO. 7 (EERIE PUBLICATIONS)



WITCHES' TALES
Vol. 1 No. 7 (Whole number 1)
July 1969
Eerie Publications
Editor: ?
Cover: Chic Stone
Pages: 52
Cover price: 35 cents

 CONTENTS
“Devil On His Shoulder” (Iger Shop)
Reprinted from Haunted Thrills #9 (Ajax, May 1953)

 “Broom For a Witch” (Iger Shop)
Reprinted from Fantastic Fears #9 (Ajax, Sep-Oct 1954)

 “Green Horror” (Iger Shop/Additions by Ezra Jackson)
Reprinted from Fantastic Fears #8 (Ajax, July-Aug 1954)

 “Grimm, Ghost Doctor” (Iger Shop?)
Reprint of Music and Mayhem, Haunted Thrills #3 (Ajax, Oct 1952). Originally printed in Bomber Comics #2 (Gilberton, Summer 1944)

 “Mirror of Madness” (Iger Shop)
Reprinted from Haunted Thrills #17 (Ajax, Sep-Oct 1954)

 “The Antilla Terror” (Iger Shop)
Reprinted from Voodoo #2 (Ajax, July 1952). Originally printed in Rulah, Jungle Goddess #26 (Fox Features, May 1949). Rulah is renamed “Kolah”.

 “Ghost-Bait” (Iger Shop)
Reprint of “The Haunted One”, Voodoo #1 (Ajax, May 1952). Originally printed in Bomber Comics (Gilberton, 1944). Grimm renamed “Trimm”.

 “Ohhhh, Brother” (Iger Shop)
Reprinted from Voodoo #11 (Ajax, Oct 1953)
This is the first issue of WITCHES' TALES, another entry in the Eerie Publications horror comic magazine line. The title follows the same format as the others by resurrecting 1950's pre-code horror comics, increasing the pages from comic book to magazine size, throwing on a gruesome, luridly-colored cover and touch up some of the interior pages with a bit of extra gore.

 The formula worked as Eerie Pubs published a slew of these titles. Initially dismissed by their crudeness, they are now highly collectible!




















































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3 comments:

  1. Dr. ThedaNovember 13, 2019 at 6:55 AM

    We really enjoyed these comic stories as a kid and even still have (nearly 50 years old) comic books with the use of images of Gore (and lots of bloody images) ... we still have some issues of Witches Tales in my collection....
    ... Creepy and Eerie tended to tone-down the "gore" in their comics to only a panel or two depicting such..
    Very enjoyable post, good Sir !

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  2. JohnNovember 13, 2019 at 7:37 AM

    Yes, you could say that Eerie PUbs were on the other side of the scales from Warren. I remember being repulsed by the lurid covers back when they were being sold on newsstands. I was firmly in the Warren camp, but I'm making up for it now! Thanks for visiting, Good Doctor.

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  3. Dr. ThedaNovember 13, 2019 at 3:27 PM

    Thank you for posting such enjoyable old comics ... Always loved horror comics

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