Monday, January 6, 2020

Gredown's Strange Romance Tales #1



The contents are as follows:

Demon Kiss, originally published in Mad House #96, November 1974
The Patience of a Cat, originally published in Red Circle Sorcery #6, April 1974
Missing Link!, originally published in Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #3, October 1973
Dibbuk, originally published in Red Circle Sorcery #7, June 1974 
Come In And Meet The Piano Player, originally published in Red Circle Sorcery #9, October 1974
Death Goes To A Sales Convention!, originally published in Red Circle Sorcery #6, April 1974
...Cat!, originally published in Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #3, October 1973
Poltergeists, originally published in Red Circle Sorcery #8, August 1974
Too Mean To Die!, originally published in Mad House #97, January 1975
Cellar Dweller, originally published in Mad House #97, January 1975
Warrior's Dream, originally published in Mad House #97, January 1975

All of these stories were originally published by Archie/Red Circle. Indeed, there is an advisory at the bottom of page 2 affirming this:


All of these stories were originally published 1973-75. This notice asserts copyright 1977/78. Presumably this indicates the approximate publication date of this issue. AusReprints guesstimates the publication date @1975 based on internet data. The GCD entry guesstimates @1976. Unfortunately neither my copy nor the scans on these two sites include newsagency markings which might finetune the date. 

All of these stories were subsequently published by Gredown in Horror Tales Album, apart from Dibbuk and Poltergeists. They were probably also republished by Gredown elsewhere. TBA.

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