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| First story in this issue--about a were-tiger who looks sort of like Sheena Queen of the Jungle when in human form--is quite good, with excellent Lou Cameron art. |
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| Publication | January 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Credits | Pencils: Jim MacLaughlin? | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | She Stalks at Sundown (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Big game hunter Ken Jorgens finds the cub of a were-tigress in Bengal and brings it back home to the US. He raises the animal, experiences its transformation into human form - and falls in love with "Tigra". Her struggle with her animal instincts poses problems though. |
| Credits | Pencils: Lou Cameron (signed) | Inks: Lou Cameron (signed) | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | True Tales of Unexplained Mystery # 43 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "A tale of unbelievable mystery occurred in central Europe at the close of the nineteenth century. A prince [...] viewed the funeral procession of a band of gypsies..."
And has nothing better to do than to rob the deceased of her cursed, but magic mirror. Meant as a gift for his wife, the mirror announces the death of the prince's wife. |
| Featuring | True Tales of Unexplained Mystery |
| Credits | Pencils: Sy Grudko | Inks: Sy Grudko | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Halfway to Eternity (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two-bit magician Marvello travels to India to find new attractions. He assaults three fakirs and steals their magic items. When performing these on stage, Marvello runs into unexpected difficulties and gets lost in time. |
| Credits | Pencils: Edward Goldfarb | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | True Tales of Unexplained Mystery # 44 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "The gargoyles and weird statues that glower from the heights of the famed cathedral in Coblenz, Germany, are known throughout the world for their fine workmanship..."
A thief, robbing and killing stone mason Horner, is crushed by a stone gargoyle hurtling from the top of the roof. |
| Featuring | True Tales of Unexplained Mystery |
| Credits | Pencils: Sy Grudko | Inks: Sy Grudko | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Legion of the Doomed (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ivan Buloff, a Russian commissar in occupied Hungary, has to learn the truth about "all those capitalist lies about vampires". In fighting them he finds the meaning in the proverb "history flows forward on rivers of blood". |
| Credits | Pencils: Jim McLaughlin | Inks: Jim McLaughlin | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Text Story | Mask of Cardansus (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | An African voodoo mask can grow and transform itself into a treasure-filled temple. When Randy Fenshaw kills the mask's proprietor, he gets trapped inside the mask and is imprisoned for all eternity. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Spectres of the Jolly Roger (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Nantucket honeymooners Charles and Ethel Webster find themselves amidst treasure-hunting ghost pirates. |
| Credits | Pencils: Ken Rice | Inks: Ken Rice | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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