Digital Comic Museum - Adventures into the Unknown 056


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Comment:	I didn't know that ACG's "Adventures into the Unknown" was the first horror comic, but that is what this issue appears to claim on page 24 as they're trumpeting their "no glasses" 3-D technology: "For instance, there was the first all-supernatural comics magazine... 'Adventures Into The Unknown'. Yes, this... the very publication you're now reading... was the forerunner of the entire weird-story trend in comics, and was thus the principal factor in raising comics sales to the highest level of all time." I wonder how much credit they wanted to take just a short time later when "The Seduction of the Innocents" was published and the Comics Code began.

Issue: #56
Published: June 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)	Jewels of the Deep!
Credits:	Pencils: Harry Lazarus (signed) \| Inks: Harry Lazarus (signed) \| Letters: Ed Hamilton
Genre:	Horror-suspense

Advertisement (1 page)	Amazing Offer! Free 100 Foreign Stamps
Featuring:	Garcelon Stamp Co.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	History

Comic Story (8 pages)	Jewels of the Deep
Synopsis:	Two skin-divers discover the secret of the giant pearls called the Jewels of the Deep.
Credits:	Pencils: Harry Lazarus (signed) \| Inks: Harry Lazarus (signed) \| Letters: Ed Hamilton
Genre:	Horror-suspense

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)

Truevision, the Amazing New 3-D Process That Lives!

Text Story (1 page)	Swift Justice!
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Characters:	Clarence Slater Harold Parker

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Mountain Ghost
Synopsis:	Tip Sparks ventures up the mountain to ask the Ghost of Haunted Mountain for help in saving the family farm.
Credits:	Pencils: Pete Riss \| Inks: Pete Riss \| Letters: Ed Hamilton
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Jeremiah Sharp Abigail Crocker Clem McBride Jeff Sparks The Ghost Of Haunted Mountain Pa Sparks Tip Sparks

Comic Story (3 pages)	Signals of Doom
Synopsis:	Two radar technicians are mysteriously murdered.
Credits:	Pencils: Lin Streeter \| Inks: Lin Streeter \| Letters: Ed Hamilton
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Joe George Feller Jack Simms

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

Comic Story (8 pages)	Where the Fire Fell!
Synopsis:	Dirk and Frieda poison a jungle tribe in an attempt to get their riches.
Credits:	Pencils: Ogden Whitney \| Inks: Ogden Whitney \| Letters: Ben Oda
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Dirk Frieda

Advertisement (1 page)	Your Spare Tire Is Worth $25,000
Featuring:	Safe-T-Gard
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Advertisement (1 page)	Get Shop-Method Home Training
Featuring:	National Schools
Credits:	Pencils: ? (photo) \| Inks: ? (photo) \| Letters: typeset

Advertisement (1 page)	Have Your Own Telephone System!
Featuring:	Zimphone
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Advertisement (1 page)	In 10 Minutes of Fun a Day I Changed Myself
Featuring:	Jowett Institute of Physical Training
Credits:	Letters: typeset

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