Baffling Mysteries (1951 series) (Ace Magazines) #17

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Number	17	17
Volume
No Volume	Yes	Yes
Display Volume With Number	No	No
Indicia Publisher		Periodical House, Inc.
Indicia Publisher Not Printed	Printed	Printed
Brand		Ace
No Brand	No	No
Publication Date	September 1953	September 1953
Key Date	1953-09-00	1953-09-00
Year On Sale	None	None
Month On Sale	None	None
Day On Sale	None	None
On Sale Date Uncertain	No	No
Indicia Frequency	bi-monthly	bi-monthly
No Indicia Frequency	No	No
Price	0.10 USD	0.10 USD
Page Count	36 (note: total sum of story page counts is 33)	36 (note: total sum of story page counts is 33)
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Editing
No Editing	X	X
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Sequence Number	1	1
Title	Kill, My Minions of Death!	Kill, My Minions of Death!
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature
Genre	horror	horror
Job Number
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	Lou Cameron (signed)	Lou Cameron (signed)
No Pencils
Inks	Lou Cameron (signed)	Lou Cameron (signed)
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	typeset (Leroy lettering)
No Letters
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No Editing	X	X
Page Count	7	7
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters
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.
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Sequence Number	2	2
Title	Baffling Mysteries # 27	Baffling Mysteries # 27
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	filler	comic story
Feature	Baffling Mysteries	Baffling Mysteries
Genre	horror	horror
Job Number
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	?	?
No Pencils
Inks	?	?
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	typeset (Leroy lettering)
No Letters
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No Editing	X	X
Page Count	1	1
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
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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.
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Commenter	Comment	Timestamp	Old State	New State
Tillmann Courth	I'm changing from "filler" to "comic story", because they are. Per definitionem of your guidelines. One may call them "fillers", but they are short comic stories AND regular features of Ace horror books.	2011-12-13 10:32:14	Editing	Editing

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Sequence Number	3	3
Title	Duel of the Spectres	Duel of the Spectres
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature
Genre	horror	horror
Job Number
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	Dick Beck	Dick Beck
No Pencils
Inks	George Klein	George Klein
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	typeset (Leroy lettering)
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	7	7
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
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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.
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Sequence Number	4	4
Title	Baffling Mysteries # 28	Baffling Mysteries # 28
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	filler	comic story
Feature	Baffling Mysteries	Baffling Mysteries
Genre	horror	horror
Job Number
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	?	?
No Pencils
Inks	?	?
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	typeset (Leroy lettering)
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	1	1
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
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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".
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Sequence Number	5	5
Title	Evil Cult of the Juggernaut	Evil Cult of the Juggernaut
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature
Genre	horror	horror
Job Number
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	Dick Beck	Dick Beck
No Pencils
Inks	Don Perlin ?	Don Perlin ?
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	7	7
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
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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.
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Notes	Pencil art credits previously supplied by Saltarella as Don Perlin. August 2010.	Pencil art credits previously supplied by Saltarella as Don Perlin. August 2010.
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Sequence Number	6	6
Title	The Mystery of Mello Manse	The Mystery of Mello Manse
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	text story	text story
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Genre
Job Number
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils
No Pencils	X	X
Inks
No Inks	X	X
Colors
No Colors	X	X
Letters	typeset	typeset
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	2	2
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters
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.
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Sequence Number	7	7
Title	Master of the Undead	Master of the Undead
Unofficial Title?	No	No
Type	comic story	comic story
Feature
Genre	horror	horror
Job Number
Script	?	?
No Script
Pencils	Al Hartley	Al Hartley
No Pencils
Inks	Al Hartley	Al Hartley
No Inks
Colors	?	?
No Colors
Letters	?	?
No Letters
Editing
No Editing	X	X
Page Count	7	7
Page Count Uncertain	No	No
Characters
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?
Reprint Notes		from Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #1 (November 1950)
Notes	Previously attributed by Saltarella to Joe Orlando in error, August 2010.	Previously attributed by Saltarella to Joe Orlando in error, August 2010.
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Commenter	Comment	Revision	Timestamp	Old State	New State
Tillmann Courth	Editing		2011-12-13 10:09:25	Available	Editing
Tillmann Courth	I'm changing from "filler" to "comic story", because they are. Per definitionem of your guidelines. One may call them "fillers", but they are short comic stories AND regular features of Ace horror books.	2. Baffling Mysteries # 27 (Baffling Mysteries) comic story, 1p	2011-12-13 10:32:14	Editing	Editing
Tillmann Courth	I see everybody has had his hand on this issue. Then it's up to me to deliver the finishing touch... ;-)		2011-12-13 13:30:36	Editing	Pending Review
Donald Dale Milne			2011-12-15 01:46:23	Pending Review	Under Review
Donald Dale Milne	Tillman - Though "filler" is allowed, personally, I never use it. It seems to me that everything can fit either "comic story" or "cartoon." - Don		2011-12-15 01:47:40	Under Review	Approved

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