Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Gredown's Horror Tales Album



The contents are as follows:

Horripilate Host, originally published in Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #4, December 1973
Cellar Dweller, originally published in Mad House #97, January 1975
The Man Who Tried To Kill Death, originally published in Red Circle Sorcery #8, August 1974
...Cat!, originally published in Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #3, October 1973
A Twist in Time!, originally published in Red Circle Sorcery #7, June 1974 
Golden Touch, originally published in Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #4, December 1973
Demon Kiss, originally published in Mad House #96, November 1974
The Choker is Wild, originally published in Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #5, February 1974
A Thousand Pounds of Clay, originally published in Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #4, December 1973
The Patience of a Cat, originally published in Red Circle Sorcery #6, April 1974
The Benefactor, originally published in Red Circle Sorcery #7, June 1974 
Death Is My Love's Name, originally published in Red Circle Sorcery #10, December 1974
Warrior's Dream, originally published in Red Circle Sorcery #6, April 1974
Too Mean To Die!, originally published in Mad House #97, January 1975
The Highwayman's Escape!, originally published in Red Circle Sorcery #8, August 1974
Pirate Island, originally published in Red Circle Sorcery #10, December 1974
One Evening on a Small Planet, originally published in Red Circle Sorcery #10, December 1974
Haunted Gallery, originally published in Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #3, October 1973
The Eyes of Cagliostro, originally published in Red Circle Sorcery #11, February 1975, Archie
Death Goes to a Sales Convention!, originally published in Red Circle Sorcery #6, April 1974
The Night of the Leopard Men, originally published in Mad House #95, September 1974
Missing Link!, originally published in Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #3, October 1973
If I Were King, originally published in Red Circle Sorcery #9, October 1974 
Come In And Meet The Piano Player, originally published in Red Circle Sorcery #9, October 1974 

All of this material is drawn from Archie/Red Circle comics as per the copyright notice:


This is a bumper 132 page issue, comprised of recycled stories from previous Gredown issues - I have identified the majority as previously published by Gredown, and expect to confirm the rest in due course. TBA.

Many of these stories were also subsequently recycled by Gredown in $1.00 cover-priced issues.

This issue reprints all the content of Strange Romance Tales #1 bar two stories. Many of the others are drawn from Sorcery #'s 1 and 2, and four of these stories found a home in Claws of Horror.

Dating this issue is difficult without a newsagency stamp or marking. AusReprints estimates the date @1980, and the GCD @1982. I think it was published no later than 1980, and possibly earlier. TBA.

Gredown published a 'companion' 132-page issue - Terror Tales Album.

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