THE SPIDER MAN!

This quartet of creepy stories is highlighted by the eerie tale of "The Spider Man!" No, it's not the Spider-Man you're all more familiar with by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko; this one is from over a decade earlier and infinitely more horrifying!

CHAMBER OF CHILLS

Vol. 1 No. 14

November 1952

Witches Tales, Inc. (Harvey Comics)

Editor: Leon Harvey

Cover: Lee Elias (illustrating "Down to Death!")

Pages: 36

Cover price: 10 cents

CONTENTS

"It!"

Script: ?

Art: Vic Donahue

"Strange Superstitions" (one-page filler)

Script: ?

Art: Pete Morisi

"Down to Death!"

Script: ?

Art: Moe Marcus

"The Spider Man!"

Script: ?

Art: Abe Simon

"The Devil's Necklace!"

Script: ?

Art: Rudy Palais

LOVECRAFT ADAPTED (PART 1)

Over the years, H.P. Lovecraft's "weird fiction" as he often referred to it, has been adapted many times in comic books. Sometimes he was not credited (especially in the pre-Code days) or his basic premise and plot were lifted to make another, supposedly original one.

In this case, one of his most well-known short stories, "Pickman's Model" was appropriated into "Portrait of Death" from the first issue of WEIRD TERROR (September 1952), illustrated by Rudy Palais.

HAVING A FRIEND FOR DINNER

Ol' Billy Boy gets a little more than he bargained fer when he gives a lift to a beautiful young girl in the backwoods of the Smoky Mountains. Ya' see, a beautiful young girl alone and a remote country road do not add up to a good end to whoever falls for the age-old trick.

Introduced by "The Teller of Tales", "The Deadliest Witch", drawn by Rudy Palais appeard in Comic Media's HORRIFIC #12 (July 1954).

MARCHING ZOMBIES!

Here's a frightful fearjerker for you: "Marching Zombies" from BLACK CAT MYSTERY #35 (Harvey, May 1952). A wild and bizarre tale about zombies in -- of all places -- Asia. Illustrated by the incomparable Rudy Palais, this is one of those stories that helped give pre-Code horror comics a bad rap.

All the stories in this issue were reprinted in BLACK CAT MYSTERY #53 (December 1954).