Adventures into the Unknown #7

(October-November 1949)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Novelty Mart Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Swami's Secret (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Belknap Long

Pencils

Robert Pious (signed as R.S. Pious)

Inks

Robert Pious (signed as R.S. Pious)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Swami Heshug; Bill Carlton; Trudy Roland; "Cat" Harris

Synopsis

Bill Carlton and Trudy Roland, reporters at the Graphic newspaper, team up to take down swindling spiritualists. They expose Swami Heshug, who uses burning herbs to raise the spirit of executed killer, "Cat" Harris. Accidentally getting a picture of the spirits of Heshug and Harris together, Bill plans to use a hazel twig to stop Heshug. Trudy is captured by Heshug. When Bill goes to the swami's lair, he loses the hazel. The herbs burn out, and Heshug loses control of Harris' spirit. Using a silver letter opener, he tries to show dominance, but ends up killing himself and Harris' spirit.

Reprints

• in Chilling Tales of Horror (Stanley Morse, 1969 series) #v2#2 [1] (February 1971)
• in Adventures into the Unknown Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (March 2013)

Keywords

ghosts; reporters; spiritists; swami

Ghost Mother (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mrs. J. Yakayima (credited)

Letters

?

Reprints

• in Adventures into the Unknown Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (March 2013)

Indexer Notes

text story; 2nd place contest winner

The Ape Demon (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Moritz

Inks

Ed Moritz

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; horror-suspense

Characters

Dr. Vance; Link; Jean

Synopsis

Dr. Vance, assisted by a woman named Jean and a man named Link, sets out in the jungles of Bengal to track down the legendary Hanuman Ape. This is in spite of native warnings to stay away from the supernatural creature, as it is said to be kept in the jungle by the god, Siva. Dr. Vance persists in the hunt and captures the. Jean and Link discover a bevy of statues in the jungle looking exactly like the ape. Taking the ape on board a ship, Dr. Vance is soon mastered by the creature. That is until Jean uses a talisman representing Siva to release his soul and return the ape to a stone statue.

Reprints

• in Adventures into the Unknown Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (March 2013)

Keywords

apes

The Mummy's Cloth (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Riss

Inks

Pete Riss ?

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Hamilton

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Dick; Tom Winber; Sesostris; George Waverly

Synopsis

A piece of cloth from an Egyptian mummy brings doom wherever it goes.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #64, #168 ([circa 1977 - 1978])
• in Terror Under the Sea! (Gredown, 1981 ? series) ([1981? 1982?])
• in Adventures into the Unknown Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (March 2013)

Indexer Notes

Riss pencils and possible inks per Martin O'Hearn's blog:

http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2015/07/wait-fifteen-years-for-johnny-cra…

Previous indexer credited Johnny Craig on pencils and Harry Lazarus on inks.

Timeless Is the Night (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Michael Everett; Michael Everett III

Reprints

• in Adventures into the Unknown Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (March 2013)

Drums of the Undead (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Riss

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Sheila; Bill; Erzulie Bocor; Dr. Wenrod

Synopsis

Illustrator Bill and his friend Sheila go to the museum to photograph the display on Haiti. There, the pair observe a woman stealing a drum. Bill takes a picture of the woman With the assistance of the museum's curator, Dr. Wenrod, they discover the woman is the Voodoo Goddess, Erzulie Bocor. Erzulie Bocor turns Sheila into a zombie in a bid to get the picture Bill took of the Zombie Goddess.

Reprints

• in Adventures into the Unknown Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (March 2013)

Keywords

zombies

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Let's Talk It Over! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in Adventures into the Unknown Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (March 2013)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Fred W. Goldstein, James Parry, and David Roggensach.

[Something New --- Something Different!] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The World beyond the Mirror (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Lubbers

Inks

Bob Lubbers

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense

Characters

Alice

Synopsis

After reading a book on ghost stories from her uncle's library, Alice looks into the mirror. She is transported into the other side, where friendly ghosts fear the living.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #64 ([circa 1967-1968]), #240 ([circa 1987 - 1988])
• in Adventures into the Unknown Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (March 2013)

Keywords

ghosts

The Case of the Roman Curse (Table of Contents: 11)

Christopher Fenn / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Belknap Long

Pencils

Jon Blummer

Inks

Jon Blummer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Christopher Fenn; Alf; Pamela Hogarth; Penny; Marcus

Synopsis

Ex-GI Christopher Fenn takes up the dangerous occupation of ghost-hunter following the war. He confronts the ghosts of ancient Roman soldiers after they murder a man named Alf on the property of one Pamela Hogarth. Ghosts of Druids, enemies of the Romans, assist Fenn. To defeat the Romans, Fenn uses a blade wrapped in a yew sprig.

Reprints

• in Out of This World (Alan Class, 1963 series) #23 ([circa February 1966])
• in Adventures into the Unknown Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (March 2013)

Keywords

Druids; ghosts; Roman soldiers

Indexer Notes

This story has great similarities to the two other Christopher Fenn stories. In all stories, he faces off with the ghosts of Roman soldiers and is assisted by Ghost Druids.

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Funny Films / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Florida Fashions / advertisement / 1 page (report information)