WAS HE DEATH PROOF? That's the story that caught my attention here, a ghost story with a sci-fi sort of solution, and did it make my brain hurt? Of COURSE it did, this is Superior Comics we're talkin' about (aboot?) here, and a prime example of late-1954-the-code-is-almost-upon-us slowing down the fear factor type comic it is, too. Still, the ghost seemed legit enough. Avoid the story with the green elf thingie, that one's got "train wreck" written all over it. I must say I loved the art, though, there's just something about that Iger Studio that I always liked no matter what publisher they did work for. I even liked the cheesy '50s coloring job on this one, too. It could have been worse. Way worse.
By jimmm kelly
Actually STRANGE MYSTERIES 19 is a reprint of Superior's JOURNEY INTO FEAR 1 (the first of the three Superior titles) and it came out in '51. But in Canada, the Fulton Bill was passed on December 10 '49. So Superior's publisher William Zimmerman was defying the requirements of the Fulton Bill. Of course, Superior was also shipping to the U.S. They dropped their horror titles at the end of '54/beginning of '55, so maybe the Comics Code accomplished what the Fulton Bill couldn't do.
A druid has been hired to make it appear that the moon is on a collision course with California so a crook can buy real estate cheap. An attorney discovers the conspiracy and leads the authorities to the capture of the crooks.
Genre
Horror-suspense
Comic Story
Was He Death-proof? (6 pages)
Synopsis
A criminal sentenced to die promises to get revenge. The judge's daughter paints the criminal's picture. The dead man's ghost returns and kills the judge and tries to kill the daughter. A man arrives and kills the ghost with a radioactive detecto ray.
Genre
Horror-suspense
Text Story
Terror in the Tomb (2 pages)
Script
John Martin
Genre
Horror-suspense
Comic Story
I Am Murder. (6 pages)
Synopsis
A woman becomes photophobic because her fiance broke up with her because she was too ugly. A blind man comes to her house during a storm. She shoots him, the shock restores his sight, and he falls in love with her.
Genre
Horror-suspense
Comic Story
The Playful Executioner (8 pages)
Synopsis
An evil spirit causes discord between a nagging wife and her husband by moving objects around. The spirit kills the wife by causing her to trip on the stairs. The man is happy when he realizes he loves a woman at his office.
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