Issue: #17
Published: September 1953, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Credits: |
Pencils: Ken Rice ? | Inks: Ken Rice ? | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Kill, My Minions of Death! |
| Synopsis: |
Thanks to "years of experiments plus a knowledge of black magic", Ivan Buloff controls an army of flying severed hands that kill on his command. He even blackmails the helpless German government. But the worried sister of one of his victims proves to be his downfall. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Lou Cameron (signed) | Inks: Lou Cameron (signed) | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Characters: |
Ivan Buloff Fritz Gretchen |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Baffling Mysteries # 27 |
| Featuring: |
Baffling Mysteries |
| Synopsis: |
"Of the many strange tales credited to the land of Scotland, the following is perhaps the most baffling..."
The curse of a clan feud claims a victim two generations later. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Duel of the Spectres |
| Synopsis: |
Jeff Pearson and his wife travel to Scotland to inherit the family castle. Pearson is confronted by the ghosts of his dead brothers. One of them is a mad vampire who has to be staked again - and this time properly. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Dick Beck | Inks: George Klein | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Baffling Mysteries # 28 |
| Featuring: |
Baffling Mysteries |
| Synopsis: |
"An astounding story that has never been told before lies buried in the files of a well-known British newspaper..."
Reporter Ramsey discovers a mad Nazi scientist and his monster in the black mountains of Bavaria. "But the editor felt the world had lived through terrible enough times to believe this incredible tale, so the story was never printed". |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Evil Cult of the Juggernaut |
| Synopsis: |
Writing a book about native lore, Paul Reynolds discovers the cult of the juggernaut in India. The evil high priest Rashonu exploits his followers to amass riches. But the idol of juggernaut comes alive and punishes Rashonu. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Dick Beck | Inks: Don Perlin ? |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
The Mystery of Mello Manse |
| Synopsis: |
A man travels to England to be united with his lover Meta. They spend a lovely night in Meta's huge mansion. Then she bids him farewell. At the station the man learns that Meta has died three months ago. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Master of the Undead |
| Synopsis: |
Mystery writer Peter Brandon has to do research for a book on zombies. Though flying to Haiti and experiencing a wild zombie chase, he wakes up in his own New York room a week later. Was it all just a nightmare? |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Al Hartley | Inks: Al Hartley |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
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