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Tales of Horror: The Anthology of Terror is a compilation of the retro comic strip "Tales of Horror" first appearing in the 1950's. The comic features fantastical horror stories ranging from the mundane to bizarre. Includes hundreds of fully illustrated pages, and over two dozen stories. This compendium includes 5 issues in 1! Enjoy hours of truly-retro entertainment from the Golden Age of Comics.This volume features issues #1-#5. Check out the other books in this collection!Tales of Horror #1: "Demons of the Underworlds"Stories included in this issue:"The Ugliest Man in the World!"Bill Becker walked the city streets... And people turned away from him in fear and terror... And horror... For he had the face of a monster!"Demons Below Us!"What strange worlds of evil dwell deep in the ground beneath us? Huge caves... Dark and endless... and filled with mystery... And peopled by things we sometimes only know through superstitions! Before you turn away with a smile, read this story of Joe Morton... A hard-boiled mining engineer... And what he found in the doorway that led into darkness!"Willie"Willie Brown was human, all right! Not very bright, true, and there was something different about him... For somehow fate took a hand in the weird byways of his life... And twisted it into one of the strangest tales I have ever told!"The 24th Guest!"Jim Wilson was unusual when it came to reporters. He had a mind like a steel trap... and a nose for news that couldn't be matched. But Jim isn't around anymore. He's gone. Vanished like one of the missing persons he had been looking for..."Exile to Death!"How will the world look a million years from now? Five? Ten? Twenty million years from now? In the year 9852, Tum Par and Jan Kal thought they knew what the world would be like in the distant future... And tried to do something about it!"Problems of Space Travel"The world is rapidly approaching the era of space travel. But before this modern miracle becomes reality, here are some of the problems that must be solved...Tales of Horror #2: "What was the Thing in the Pool?"Stories included in this issue:"The Thing in the Pool"Do you like to swim? Is it your idea of heaven on Earth to take a leisurely dip in a pool? Well, Don't! Or, like Ann and George Winsor, You might find yourself ensnarled in the wriggling, choking tentacles of... 'The Thing in the Pool'!"The Hand of Jao Tze" Bart Baker, mate of the river boat 'Chinatrader', was young, handsome... With a warm smile on his lips... and cold greed in his heart..."The Ripper's Return"The outside worlds called it a "rest home". Inside it was a house of horror! Sick, demented beings wandered about the weird gloomy rooms... Terror lurked behind each door... And some strange, fearful offspring of science chilled the very air of the place!"The Man Who Bought the Earth""Love from a Plant"Tales of Terror #3: "The Big Snake Terrorizes a City!!"Stories included in this issue:"The Big Snake" The fantastic dream of a power-mad mind comes true... And buildings crumble, authorities are powerless, millions of people flee in panic from an unbelievable creature! All Manhattan Island becomes the captive in the mighty coils of "The Big Snake!""The Devil's Clock""The Toy Army""Trespasser from Beyond""Prospector Pete"Tales of Terror #4: "The Curse of King Kala"Stories included in this issue:"The Curse of King Kala"All Jane and Bill wanted was to disappear for a few days... But their everyday world became a hideous jungle of terror, when they learned of the terrible "Curse of King Kala!""Death from the Sea""The Man Who Imagined a Monster!""Who Shall Inherit the Earth?""Lil Pepp"Tales of Terror #5: "The Man Who Lost His Shadow!"Stories included in this issue:"The Man Who Lost His Shadow!""Hand of Fate""Sisters of the Witch""Game of Death"Dozens of stories with hund

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