| Additional Information |
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| Publication | June 1957 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-Monthly |
| Notes | Magician resembles Mandrake |
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| Cover | His Long Strange Journey |
| Synopsis | A magician stands in front of a giant cat, or a tiny magician stands in front of a normal-sized cat. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Unnamed magician |
| Notes | Magician resembles Mandrake |
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| Comic Story | Strange Dateline (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Newlyweds Richard and Sylvia meet a strange man on the beach, who writes "July 10 1958" in the sand and runs away. Sylvia is killed in a traffic accident the next day, July 10, 1958, while Richard is thrown free. Richard finds the strange man on the beach, where he has written Oct 9 1994. Richard swims out to sea but is rescued by a fishing boat. When he revives, a doctor tells him that he's a lucky man. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Richard Porter; Sylvia Porter (newlyweds); Old Man; Doctor (unnamed) |
| Notes | Original title: "Let Me Die Today." Kamen-like Iger studio artwork; crudely censored pre-code story; Old Man was a crone/witch in original; told in second person. |
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| Text Article | Strange Spirits (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Heavily illustrated article about witch doctors. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Fantasy |
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| Text Story | Tropical Madness [beginning] (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Dr. James Parker tells the story of how a collector paid him $10,000 for medical school by capturing a rare quetzal bird in Costa Rica. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Dr. James Parker |
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| Comic Story | How to Be a Gracious Ghost! (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | An unnamed ghost and Charlie, wearing a Death-like robe, seek advice about haunting an old mansion from Emily Ghost, a Morticia-like character. A werewolf shows up during the lessons. Two newlyweds arrive, escaping from a storm. The monsters scare them only because the eloping newlyweds think that their parents have found them. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Horror-suspense | Characters: Emily Ghost; werewolf |
| Notes | Done in a humorous, early Mad style. |
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| Comic Story | His Long, Strange Journey! (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Cowardly Wilbur Cummings is knocked unconscious when he falls down a flight of stairs. His consciousness is rejected from Heaven because he hasn't done anything good, then rejected from Hell because he hasn't done anything bad. Death sends him back to life for another chance. |
| Content | Characters: Wilbur Cummings; Martha Cummings; St. Peter (unnamed); Satan; Death |
| Notes | Original title: "No Place to Go." This is a censored pre-code story. It doesn't make much sense. |
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| Advertisement | How 'Black Beauty' turns an also-ran into 'Video Vic!' (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for Joe Bonomo's Strongmen's Club of America |
| Credits | Letters: [about half typeset] |
| Notes | Includes half-page, 6-panel cartoon |
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| Text Story | Tropical Madness [conclusion] (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Dr. James Parker was attacked by a flock of quetzals, then blacked out for three days. A quetzal stayed with him and willingly went back to America. Parker's hair turned solid white. The quetzal died two days after Parker sold him to the collector. |
| Credits | Letters: [typeset] |
| Content | Characters: Dr. James Parker |
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| Comic Story | The Ghost Detective! (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Zero, the Ghost Detective, and Nancy take a fishing trip on the ship of Captain Gore, Nancy's uncle. Zero discovers Captain Gore quarreling with a ghost on deck at night. Nancy reveals that Captain Gore was accused of killing the ship's former captain. The ghost pulls Captain Gore overboard. The ship's crew decide that Zero and Nancy are jinxes. Captain Gore tries to drag the ship onto some rocks. Zero stops him with a disintegrator, and the crew thanks him. |
| Featuring | Zero, the Ghost Detective |
| Credits | Pencils: Alex Blum? | Inks: Alex Blum? |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Zero, the Ghost Detective; Nancy; Uncle Dan (Nancy's uncle); Captain Gore's ghost |
| Notes | Probably a censored pre-code story. Possibly "The Skipper Who Wouldn't Die" from Atomic Comics (Green Publishing, 1946 series) #3. Blum credits suggested by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker. |
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| Advertisement | Given! We Give You...Cash or Premiums (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for selling Wilson Chemical Co. White Cloverine Brand Salve to win prizes |
| Credits | Pencils: Ray Thompson [as R. T.] (signed) | Inks: Ray Thompson [as R. T.] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover; most of ad is in cartoon form. |
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