(May 1952)
Ace Magazines,
1951 Series
Lynx Man's Nine Lives
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- In Mexico the lynx-man kidnaps American tourist Ruth Williams. He wants to sacrifice her to the cat-god and his tribe of murderous lynx. Then he changes his mind and wants to make her his bride. The lynx don't agree and turn against their leader. Ruth can escape.
- Reprints
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in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v7#2 (May 1976) [reworked] which is reprinted - in Terrors of Dracula (Eerie Publications, 1979 series) #v1#3 (May 1979)
- in Weird Vampire Tales (Eerie Publications, 1979 series) #v3#3 (October 1979), #v5#2 [3] (August 1981)
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #14
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True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #17
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "There are some people who believe in prescience, that is, a knowledge beforehand of an unexpected event..."
A railroad employee has a premonition about a train crash. When the crash actually happens the next day, the employee is quite unhappy about it.
The Phantom Model
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Art painter Victor is obsessed with the mysterious Odette. He wants her to be his model, she eludes him. When Odette sits for Victor, the paintings undergo horrible transformations. Victor dies of shock, and Odette is revealed to be an artist-hating model who was driven to suicide forty years ago.
- Reprints
- in Baffling Mysteries (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #26 (October 1955)
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True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #18
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "The skilled craftsmanship of Benvenuto Cellini is legendary. There was one wine bowl which he fashioned in gold that was regarded as among his most beautiful creations..."
The wine bowl is stolen, its thief cursed. The last descendant of the thief dies 400 years later.
Vampire Bride
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Young Nadya turns into a vampire on her 21st birthday. She flees the country, gets married to a man who adores her and tries to shake off the vampire heritage. To no avail. Her bloodlust is too strong. Nadya is hunted down and dies in the arms of her loving husband.
- Reprints
- in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v7#2 (May 1976) [reworked] which is reprinted
-
Horror at Hartley Manor
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- In a manor's trophy room, a son murders his father after a threat of disinheritance. The trophies of wild beasts come alive and trample and claw the evildoer to death.
Pathway to the Great Abyss
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A filmcrew stumbles upon the temple of Ru in Peru. Using it as a set location, they encounter Priestess Eena in her tomb. Filming ancient rites, the crew is being sacrificed. Eena crumbles to dust, only leading lady Brenda survives, her mind in shambles.
- Reprints
- in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v7#2 (May 1976) [reworked] which is reprinted
- in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v10#[1] (January 1979)
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Indexer Notes
Not sure about Cameron on inks.
May as well be Aces "heavy inker" Mario Rizzi.
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Table of Contents
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1.
Lynx Man's Nine Lives
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2.
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #17
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery -
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The Phantom Model
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True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #18
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Vampire Bride
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Horror at Hartley Manor
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7.
Pathway to the Great Abyss
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