Adventures into the Unknown #9

(February-March 1950)

Shadow of the Panther (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Max Elkan

Inks:

Max Elkan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Horror

Synopsis:

Robert Lewis comes up with a spray to bring things back from the dead, but when they do come back, they change form. A panther becomes a woman that he wants to marry, but he finds out that she never really stopped being a panther!

Reprints:

• in Terror Under the Sea! (Gredown, 1981 series) #[nn] (1981? 1982?)

No Answer (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Horror

Synopsis:

Vinny kills a man, then gets a phone call through a disconnected phone.

The Thing At the Bottom of the Sea (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Charlie Sultan

Inks:

Charlie Sultan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Horror

Characters:

John Mitchell; Undine

Synopsis:

John Mitchell dives for gold, but finds a woman named Undine who haunts him for 50 years instead.

Let's Talk It Over (Table of Contents)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Content Information

Synopsis:

Two letters and the winners of a writing contest are announced, including Nelson Bridwell, who's 3rd place story is in this issue.

Haunted Boy (Table of Contents)

True Ghosts / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Celardo

Inks:

John Celardo

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Horror; Fact

Synopsis:

A Washington, D.C. boy is thrown around and noises follow him

When the Shaman Walked (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Belfi (signed)

Inks:

John Belfi (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Horror

Synopsis:

A night-watchman in a museum and his niece are protected from crooks by a statue of a Siberian Shaman.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #12 ([March 1975] ?)

The Gray One (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell [as Nelson Bridwell]

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Horror

Synopsis:

Frank Clinton goes out hunting and kills a wolf that had been terrorizing a small French village, but when he gets home, the head of the wolf that he had kept as a trophy has turned into a human head.

Indexer Notes

Nelson Bridwell won third prize in a writing contest and had this story published. Most likely this is his earliest comic book work (approximately 19 years old).

The Spirit of Frankenstein [Part 4] (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Charlie Sultan

Inks:

Charlie Sultan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Horror

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #23 (?)

Clouded Crystal (Table of Contents)

text story / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Horror

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents)

Statement of Ownership / text article / 0.25 page (report information)

Content Information

Synopsis:

No circulation figures. Owners are B. W. Sangor and Frederick H. Iger.

The Man In the Mirror (Table of Contents)

Adventures into the Unknown / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

R. S. Pious [as R.S.P.]

Inks:

R. S. Pious [as R.S.P.]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Horror

Synopsis:

A "crackpot" comes to the offices of Adventures Into The Unknown and forces the editor into a mirror world.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #168 (?)

The Poet Who Returned From The Dead (Table of Contents)

True Ghosts of History / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

John Celardo

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Horror; Fact

Characters:

Dante

Synopsis:

Dante returns as a ghost to tell where the 13th canto is.

The Boy Who Could Fly (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Jenney

Inks:

Bob Jenney

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Fantasy

Synopsis:

Bobby Wilson learns he can fly, a gift from his father.

Throw Up Your Hands! (Table of Contents)

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

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for Blazing West #9 including a picture of the cover.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.