Digital Comic Museum - Adventures into the Unknown 052


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Issue: #52
Published: February 1954, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing: Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes]
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Credits:	Pencils: Harry Lazarus (signed) \| Inks: Harry Lazarus (signed) \| Letters: Ed Hamilton
Genre:	Horror-suspense

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Featuring:	View Scope
Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy)

Comic Story (8 pages)	Monster in the Fog
Synopsis:	Two men take a rich man out on their boat fishing and run into a strange old boat. They make the mistake of boarding the boat looking for gold.
Credits:	Pencils: Harry Lazarus (signed) \| Inks: Harry Lazarus (signed) \| Letters: Ed Hamilton
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Walt (death) Ches (death) Mr. Robinson (death) Joe

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Featuring:	National Schools
Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy) \| Pencils: ? (photos) \| Inks: ? (photos)

Text Story (1 page)	The Old Gold Ring
Synopsis:	The story of an old gold ring that was coveted by two cousins, and the depths they would go to so they could possess it.
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Henry Carlson (death) Otto Carlson (death) Martin Carlson (death)

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Year of the Bat
Synopsis:	Taking Norma Stanhope home, Chris sees a vampire fly out of a house. He discovers a dying man in the house who becomes a vampire. Chris kills the vampire, and then he and Norma go to Norma's father, the head of military intelligence with their story. At Maj. Stanhope's house, they see a vampire; they shoot and kill it. It turns out to be Maj. Stanhope in disguise. Norma tells Chris about a secret investigation of the major's: the Reds have moved an ancient Mandarin vampire tomb to Hong Kong and are using it to produce vampires. Chris and Norma then figure out how to stop the Red plot.
Credits:	Pencils: Harry Lazarus (signed) \| Inks: Harry Lazarus (signed) \| Letters: Ed Hamilton
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Chris Norma Stanhope Major Stanhope (death) Kang (death)

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Featuring:	Motor Book Department
Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy)

Letters Page (1 page)
Featuring:	Let's Talk It Over!
Credits:	Script: Richard Hughes

Comic Story (7 pages)	Till Death Do Us Part
Synopsis:	Ethan's wife Fay dies when the local doctor can't save her. Old Liza (a magic healer) comes and says she can bring her back to life if Ethan will pay enough. Ethan does and Old Liza lets a demon enter her body. Ethan thinks it is Fay brought back to life but when there are many killings around them the local people come looking for Fay and the unfortunate truth comes out.
Credits:	Pencils: Harry Lazarus (signed) \| Inks: Harry Lazarus (signed) \| Letters: Ed Hamilton
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Ethan Jones Fay Jones (death) Old Liza Old Man Phillips (death) Jeb

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)	For Recommended Reading It's the American Comics Group!
Credits:	Script: ? (promo copy)

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Featuring:	Smith Bros. Oil Paints; Smith Brothers Cough Drops
Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy)

Comic Story (2 pages)	The Clairvoyant Girl
Synopsis:	The story of a young girl with great extra-sensory perception and her eventual fate.
Credits:	Letters: Ben Oda
Characters:	Professor Charles Hastings Mildred Winslow

Advertisement (1 page)
Featuring:	Dubble Bubble Gum
Synopsis:	Even on the North Pole kids are enjoying Dubble Bubble Gum.
Credits:	Pencils: Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed) \| Inks: Ray Thompson [as Ray T.] (signed)

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Featuring:	Rudolph Field; Pro Baseball Game
Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy)

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Featuring:	Hip Pocket Gym; Rudolph Field
Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy)

Advertisement (1 page)	In Ten Minutes of Fun a Day I Changed Myself
Featuring:	Jowett Institute of Physical Training; Jowett's Photo Book of Strong Men
Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy) \| Pencils: ? (photos) \| Inks: ? (photos)

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Featuring:	Daisy B.B Guns
Credits:	Script: ? (ad copy)

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