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| Publication | January 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker, August 2010. |
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| Cover | They Strangle by Night |
| Credits | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker, August 2010. |
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| Comic Story | The Monster Maker (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The creations of horror story writer Carl Bascom come alive in a parallel world. If he destroys the manuscript, his fictitious monsters die. The monsters come looking for Bascom to prevent their annihilation. |
| Credits | Pencils: Jim McLaughlin | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Baffling Mysteries #31 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "A sword dating back to the Napoleonic Wars, hangs in a Paris museum. It is the object of one of the strangest incidents ever related..."
The sword appears on a battlefield in 1914 and leads French troops to a victory in WWI. |
| Featuring | Baffling Mysteries |
| Credits | Pencils: Sy Grudko | Inks: Sy Grudko? | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Notes | One of a series of 1-page stories about supposedly true encounters with the supernatural. |
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| Comic Story | They Strangle by Night (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | In Donnerwald, Germany, puppet maker Hans Basserman can bring his dolls to life. They turn out to be evil and go on a killing spree. Basserman smashes all of them, except the one that gets away... |
| Credits | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Hans Basserman; Gretchen; Hans |
| Notes | Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker, August 2010. |
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| Comic Story | Baffling Mysteries #32 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "An oft-told tale of the supernatural took place in a small Balkan country in the late 19th century..."
An undertaker is run down and killed by a nobleman. He returns for revenge with a ghost hearse, offering "an eternal trip to Hades". |
| Featuring | Baffling Mysteries |
| Credits | Pencils: Sy Grudko | Inks: Sy Grudko? | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Notes | One of a series of 1-page stories about supposedly true encounters with the supernatural. |
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| Comic Story | Conjurer for the Foul Fiend (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Aging stage magician Willis Duncazy makes a pact with the Devil. Magical powers, youth and a beautiful assistant are his for one year. Then he has to join the "underworld fraternity of magicians", of course. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Willis Duncazy; Mr. Walsh; Satan; Zelda |
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| Text Story | The Third Visitation (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A son finds the diary of his father who dabbled in black magic. Working incantations, the son calls his mother's ghost. The shock of seeing her again makes his hair turn white. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Werewolf Strikes! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Professor Drago is a werewolf, but working on a formula to keep his human form. But time runs out and Drago gets cornered. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Johnny; Stubb; Professor Drago; Joel; Gail |
| Notes | Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. refers to this artist as “Ace” Baker, a Matt-Baker-imitator, who worked for Ace Magazines.
Keith Chandler : See notes for the cover of #7 : 'Frank Giusto was revealed to be the artist that fans had called "Ace Baker" in the 2012 book "Matt Baker: The Art of Glamour"' Compare the cover of #7 with the second panel of page seven of this story for similarities in style. |
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