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| This comic book reminds me of the EC Creepy and other ECs comics were better drawen but ace had the right idea give it ***3 stars out of a possible
5 stars my rating samvfox |
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| gotta wonder if the guy who came up with Sleestaks in Land of the Lost had seen this cover. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | May 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Credits | Pencils: Frank Giusto | Inks: Frank Giusto |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. |
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| Comic Story | The Bride's Borrowed Time (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Husband becomes curious about the lifelike male dolls kept by his beautiful young wife -- and why one of them talked to him. Lucretia is a witch dabbling with the secrets of the "Australian bush country head-hunters". |
| Credits | Pencils: Lou Cameron | Inks: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Baffling Mysteries #7 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "One spring day in 1912, Richard Wentworth an American business man, checked in at a well known hotel in London ..."
The ghost of a burning man warns Wentworth that the hotel is on fire. The building can be safely evacuated with no one getting harmed. |
| Featuring | Baffling Mysteries |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | One of a series of 1-page stories about supposedly true encounters with the supernatural. |
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| Comic Story | Jungle Idol's Vengeful Rage (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Professional hunters in northern India stalk a black panther guided by Ra-La, goddess of destruction. Stealing Ra-La's ruby eyes, the hunters flee to London, but Ra-La catches on with them and takes bloody revenge. |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Molno? |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Baffling Mysteries #8 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "History tells us of the murderous career of Lucrezia Borgia who was one of the most feared women of Italy..."
Actors rehearsing a play at the Borgia palace in 1933 are attacked by the ghost of Lucrezia. |
| Featuring | Baffling Mysteries |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | One of a series of 1-page stories about supposedly true encounters with the supernatural. |
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| Comic Story | At the Sound of Airi's Drum (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Small-time punk kills a shopkeeper in Calcutta, then conjures up a mystical being using the drum that he stole from his victim. The drum's "djinn", Airi, grants him three wishes. The man's last wish is to be hidden from the police. Airi takes him down with him to his "fiery underworld domain". |
| Credits | Pencils: Lou Cameron | Inks: Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Artwork appears to be by Lou Cameron but is unsigned. |
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| Text Story | The Glacier's Secret (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A pilot goes down on a glacier. He finds a cave and frozen viking warriors therein. By making a fire they come alive. The pilot is imprisoned but can escape. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Story corresponds loosely to the cover of Baffling Mysteries #24 (viking warrior frozen in ice). |
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| Comic Story | Yama's Fiery Fury (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Explorers in Sumatra encounter a race of belligerent lava-men. They can be rendered harmless by contact with water, of course. |
| Credits | Pencils: Chic Stone | Inks: Chic Stone |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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