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| second issue not as good as the first but still quite decent favorite story for me is the living ghost even if somehow he gained his missing eyeball this time around,,lol |
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| Publication | December 1948 - January 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Kill, Puppets, Kill (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Turgot, the Puppet Master, animates and controls his autonomous and murderous dolls. His affections spurned by his young assistant Jeanne, he has his dolls try to kill her. Jeanne's brother, Pierre, comes to her rescue. Turgot dies trying to kill Pierre. Turgot's house remains empty until Ralph and Gloria purchase the house and ship it from France to the U.S. where they rebuild the house. Turgot returns as a ghost, and his puppets are again active. Ralph uses a flame gun to destroy them all. |
| Content | Characters: Turgot; Jeanne; Pierre; Gloria; Ralph Wellman |
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| Text Story | The Mermaid Mole (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Tom Jenson; Steve Miller |
| Notes | This story sequence added by Leonard Wolinsky, 1/20/2007. |
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| Comic Story | Out of the Unknown (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Living Ghost returns to kidnap Gail Leslie, in a new bid to make her his queen. Tony Brand consults with Dr. VanDyke, who suggests The Dark Phantom may be of aid. The Living Ghost and the Phantom hate each other. Professor Mavelli assists Tony Brand in contacting the minions of The Dark Phantom, who whisk Tony away to the phantom's Tibetan retreat. The Dark Phantom agrees to fight The Living Ghost, and is triumphant. He then turns on Gail and Tony, but Tony has a relic given to him by VanDyke to destroy the phantom. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Gail Leslie; Tony Brand; The Living Ghost; Dr. VanDyke; Professor Mavelli; The Dark Phantom |
| Notes | The Living Ghost first appeared in Adventures Into The Unknown #1.
Story continues in next issue. |
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| Comic Story | The Old Tower's Secret (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Douglas Drew discovers the truth behind a lovers' triangle with the help of their ghosts. |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Fantasy | Characters: Douglas Drew (ghost-breaker); Henry Masters; Jane Masters; Carter; Robert; Andrew |
| Notes | cover story |
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| Text Story | The Haunted Hoard (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Jimmy Severn; William Denning; Miss Scruggins |
| Notes | This story sequence added by Leonard Wolinsky, 1/20/2007. |
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| Comic Story | The Master's Hand (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Betty Saunders is a world renowned expert on the artwork of 15th century artist, Kees Van Ruyter. Van Ruyter's paintings depict monstrous creatures. In 1496, Van Ruyter killed himself by throwing his hands under the wheels of a moving oxcart, severing them. Betty recreates his horrific paintings with monstrous creatures depicted therein. A human looking ghoul hires Betty to go to his mansion in Belgium and paint pictures Van Ruyter's style. The ghost of Van Ruyer has Betty paint a picture of the ghoul. When the painting is revealed, the ghoul is destroyed. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Betty Saunders; Kees Van Ruyter |
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| Comic Story | Phantom of the Seas (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A family buys a ship in a bottle for the son. They soon become aware of the ghost of Captain Wolfson, executed by his crew for his brutality, haunting the miniature vessel. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Captain Wolfson; Orfeo; Stephen Knowles; Joan Knowles; Betty Knowles; Bobby Knowles |
| Notes | cover story |
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| Comic Story | The Grim Lady of Raynham Hall (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A writer witnesses the ghostly Grim Lady, but only a photograph is proof. |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Lady of Raynham Hall; Captain Frederick Marryatt; Sir Charles |
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