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Cover of Ghost Comics (1951) #5

Ghost Comics (1951) #5

Fiction House 1951–1954 series Cover date Dec 1952

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About this issue

Ghost Comics #5 (1951) is issue #5 of Fiction House's Ghost Comics (1951–1954), with a cover date of December 1952. Written by Frank Kelly and Tim Sweeny and drawn by Rafael Astarita, Bill Benulis and Lily Renée.

Creators

Writers
Frank Kelly, Tim Sweeny
Pencillers
Rafael Astarita, Bill Benulis, Lily Renée
Inkers
Jack Abel, Rafael Astarita, Lily Renée
Cover artist
Maurice Whitman

The stories

“Satan Owned His Soul”

London 1680. Ambitious lawyer Peter Malden works his way to the top by siding with the forces of evil. Known as “the hanging judge” the cruel Malden finally has to face his own trial. A jury of his victims sends him to the gallows.

“Pilot's Revenge”

A passenger plane pilot recognizes a couple of traitors who were responsible for killing his buddies in World War II. He forces them to jump into the sea where the ghosts of their victims are already waiting to drag them underwater.

“Phantoms from the Sea”

A band of “shipwreckers” occupy a lighthouse to lure ships into their doom. They are overwhelmed by a brave couple, the old lighthouse keeper and the ghosts of their previous victims.

“Second Life”

Professor Broussard goes on a trance journey into the days of King Richard of England and thwarts the plan of poisoning the regent.

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.