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Unseen #15
| Additional Information | |
| Publication | July 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: quarterly |
| Cover | Beware the Curse of the Undead! |
| Credits | Pencils: Mike Roy? [as MR]; Mort Meskin? [as M] (signed) | Inks: Mike Roy? [as MR]; George Roussos [as R] (signed) |
| Notes | Originally credited to Roussos, pencils and inks, by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker, initials spotted and identified by Ger Apeldoorn and Bob Bailey as Meskin and Roussos. However, the Mort Meskin Yahoo Group is split on the identification and others including Edgar Loftin and Gene Reed say it is Mike Roy. |
| Comic Story | The Monsters of Harlow Caverns (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | From the depths of Harlow Caverns ancient warriors emerge in search for a human sacrifice for their god. They find it in the betraying wife of cave guard Jack Hale. |
| Credits | Pencils: George Roussos | Inks: Mort Meskin | Job #: VB-9? |
| Content | Genre: Horror |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
| Comic Story | The Missing Man (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A coachman gets lost in a storm and his ghost eternally wanders the region of Boston. |
| Credits | Pencils: George Roussos | Inks: Mort Meskin | Job #: VB-39? |
| Content | Genre: Occult |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
| Filler | Hand of Glory |
| Synopsis | Thieves in Old England used to cut off the hands of hanged criminals and used them as candles. |
| Credits | Pencils: Mort Meskin? | Inks: George Roussos? | Job #: VB-40 |
| Content | Genre: Occult; Fact |
| Notes | First half of page is advertisement. Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
| Comic Story | Stronger than Death (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Drama at sea: A woman and her lover throw the husband overboard, but the dead man returns to take revenge. |
| Credits | Pencils: Mike Sekowsky | Inks: Mike Peppe | Job #: VB-43 |
| Content | Genre: Horror |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
| Comic Story | Date with a Corpse (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The repulsive gravedigger Dino poisons beautiful Maria to get his hands on her dead body. As he has his date with a corpse, a deadly embrace ensues. |
| Credits | Pencils: Mike Sekowsky | Inks: Mike Peppe | Job #: VB-24 |
| Content | Genre: Horror |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
| Text Story | Last Point of Return (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A traveling salesman gets a telepathic vibe to return home instantly. By leaving the train he avoids being killed in a derailing accident. |
| Credits | Script: Margaret Isbell | Pencils: Ralph Mayo | Inks: Ralph Mayo | Letters: typeset | Job #: VB-18 |
| Content | Genre: Occult |
| Notes | Two small illustrations. Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
| Comic Story | Cellini's Night with the Demons (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Account of 16th century adventurer Cellini who paid a priest to see black magic. In a nightly meet in the Roman Colosseum, they encounter the legions of hell. |
| Credits | Pencils: Gene Fawcette (signed) | Inks: Gene Fawcette (signed) | Job #: VB-19 |
| Content | Genre: Occult; Fact |
| Comic Story | The Curse of the Undead! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Going on a field trip to the Balkans, Jacques returns to Paris as a vampire. He contacts his old love, Laurie, and gets trapped in an airport's hangar. Laurie stabs him with a bayonet and ensures his eternal peace. |
| Credits | Pencils: Rocco Mastroserio | Inks: Rocco Mastroserio | Job #: VB-31 |
| Content | Genre: Horror |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
| Filler | The Man they Couldn't Bury |
| Synopsis | An innocent man, hanged for a crime he did not commit, haunts the countryside at Kenton, Missouri. |
| Credits | Pencils: Gene Fawcette | Inks: Gene Fawcette | Job #: VB-34 |
| Content | Genre: Occult; Fact |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
| Filler | Masks for the Dead |
| Synopsis | Illustrations and descriptions of death masks. |
| Credits | Job #: VB-36 |
| Content | Genre: Occult; Fact |
| Comic Story | The Ghost Hunter (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | In ancient England the hunter Dando is kidnapped by a mysterious hooded rider and taken to "the next world". |
| Credits | Pencils: Mort Meskin | Inks: George Roussos | Job #: VB-37 |
| Content | Genre: Occult |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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