Baffling Mysteries #19

(January 1954)

The Monster Maker (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jim McLaughlin

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Synopsis:

The creations of horror story writer Carl Bascom come alive in a parallel world. If he destroys the manuscript, his fictitious monsters die. The monsters come looking for Bascom to prevent their annihilation.

Baffling Mysteries #31 (Table of Contents)

Baffling Mysteries / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sy Grudko

Inks:

Sy Grudko ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Content Information

Synopsis:

"A sword dating back to the Napoleonic Wars, hangs in a Paris museum. It is the object of one of the strangest incidents ever related..."
The sword appears on a battlefield in 1914 and leads French troops to a victory in WWI.

Indexer Notes

One of a series of 1-page stories about supposedly true encounters with the supernatural.

They Strangle by Night (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Louis Zansky

Inks:

Louis Zansky

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Synopsis:

In Donnerwald, Germany, puppet maker Hans Basserman can bring his dolls to life. They turn out to be evil and go on a killing spree. Basserman smashes all of them, except the one that gets away...

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker, August 2010.

Baffling Mysteries #32 (Table of Contents)

Baffling Mysteries / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sy Grudko

Inks:

Sy Grudko ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Content Information

Synopsis:

"An oft-told tale of the supernatural took place in a small Balkan country in the late 19th century..."
An undertaker is run down and killed by a nobleman. He returns for revenge with a ghost hearse, offering "an eternal trip to Hades".

Indexer Notes

One of a series of 1-page stories about supposedly true encounters with the supernatural.

Conjurer for the Foul Fiend (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ken Rice

Inks:

Ken Rice

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Synopsis:

Aging stage magician Willis Duncazy makes a pact with the devil. Magical powers, youth and a beautiful assistant are his for one year. Then he has to join the "underworld fraternity of magicians", of course.

The Third Visitation (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Synopsis:

A son finds the diary of his father who dabbled in black magic. Working incantations, the son calls his mother's ghost. The shock of seeing her again makes his hair turn white.

The Werewolf Strikes! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? [“Ace” Baker] (see notes)

Inks:

? [“Ace” Baker] (see notes)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Synopsis:

Professor Drago is a werewolf, but working on a formula to keep his human form. But time runs out and Drago gets cornered.

Reprinted:

• from Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #1 (November 1950)

Indexer Notes

Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. refers to this artist as “Ace” Baker, a Matt-Baker-imitator, who worked for Ace Magazines.