Kolchak: Tales of the Night Stalker 4

"scratch" is the title to the fourth issue of the Kolchak: Tales of the Night Stalker comic book series published by Moonstone Books. The story was written and edited by Dave Ulanski. It was drawn by Pat Oliffe with inks by Keith Williams. The story was colored by Ken Wolak & Dawn Groszewki with lettering by Bill Halliar. The cover art illustration was rendered by Monte Moore. This issue shipped with an August, 2004 cover date and carries a cover price of $3.50 per copy (US).

Featured characters

 * Carl Kolchak

Supporting characters

 * Tony Vincenzo
 * Ron Updyke

Antagonists

 * Bloody Mary

Minor characters

 * Eric Stalton
 * Jenny
 * Morgan Slate

Organizations

 * Independent News Service

Races

 * Humans

Locations

 * Illinois
 * Chicago

Items

 * None

Miscellaneous

 * Haunted house
 * Reporter

Notes & Trivia

 * This title is based on the Kolchak: The Night Stalker television series created by Jeffrey Grant Rice.


 * This issue is reprinted in the Kolchak: Tales of the Night Stalker: The Rise & Fall of Carl Kolchak trade paperback collection, which was published by Moonstone Books in April, 2010.


 * Two covers were produced for this issue, with a 1:1 distribution ratio.


 * Pat Oliffe is a guest penciler on this issue. This is the only issue of the series that he works on.


 * This issue plays on the old "Bloody Mary" urban legend. Although the rituals surrounding the legend have changed through the years, modern convention posits that if a person holds a candle before a mirror and chants the name "Bloody Mary" three times, the visage of an apparition will appear before them. This has also been presented in the "Bloody Mary" episode of the CW Network series Supernatural and the Urban Legends: Bloody Mary feature film in 2005.


 * Another cinematic pastiche of the Bloody Mary legend is the Candyman film series. In the movies, when one says "Candyman" five times in front of a mirror, the ghost of Daniel Robitaille will manifest in the real world and kill them with his hook prosthetic.


 * This is the first and only appearance to date of Eric Stalton.


 * This is the first and only appearance to date of Jenny.