Weird Mystery Tales #20 – Key Highlights
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Publisher: DC Comics
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Publication Date: July 1975
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Frequency: Monthly
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Editor: Tex Blaisdell
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Assistant Editor: Paul Levitz
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Cover Artist: Ernie Chan (pencils and inks)
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Genre: Horror, Occult
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Pages: 36
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Original Cover Price: $0.25
🔥 Key Significance
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Features a horror cover by Ernie Chan titled “The Friedman's Monster!”
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Includes three Eve-hosted supernatural stories, with scripts by Mal Warwick and Robert Kanigher.
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Features interior artwork by Ruben Yandoc, Tenny Henson, Fred Carrillo, and Gerry Talaoc.
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The issue includes a one-page Eve introductory feature scripted by Paul Levitz, featuring Eve and Cerberus.
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Paul Levitz is credited as both assistant editor and writer of the introductory feature.
📖 Story Highlights
- “The Friedman's Monster” – 5 pages
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Script: Mal Warwick
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Pencils and Inks: Ruben Yandoc
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Host: Eve
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Genre: Occult
- “The Veil of Death” – 6 pages
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Script: Robert Kanigher
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Pencils and Inks: Tenny Henson (as Teny Henson)
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Host: Eve
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Genre: Occult
- “Baker's Dozen!” – 6 pages
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Script: Robert Kanigher
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Pencils and Inks: Fred Carrillo
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Host: Eve
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Genre: Occult
📌 Additional Details
- “Edgar Allen, Don't You Dare Be Afraid of All These Nice Horrors” – 1-page introductory feature
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Script: Paul Levitz
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Pencils and Inks: Gerry Talaoc
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Characters: Eve and Cerberus
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Genre: Occult
- “Witch's Tales” – 1-page letters page
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Host: Eve
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Script: Tex Blaisdell (tentative attribution)
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Lettering: Typeset
- The three main stories account for 17 pages. Including the introductory feature and letters page, 19 pages of the 36-page issue are documented.
Collector’s Note: Weird Mystery Tales #20 features an Ernie Chan cover and a strong lineup of DC horror talent, including Gerry Talaoc, Ruben Yandoc, Tenny Henson, and Fred Carrillo. The Paul Levitz-written Eve introduction adds another notable creator credit to this 1975 anthology.
