Baffling Mysteries #21

(July 1954)

The Horror of Hillory Hill (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lou Cameron (signed)

Inks:

Lou Cameron (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset (Leroy lettering)

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

The Hillorys seem to be a nice family - father, son and a mother confined to a wheelchair. But when night settles, people from the village die under gruesome circumstances. Because the Hillorys are a family of monsters.

Baffling Mysteries #35 (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

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

"In the realm of the supernatural, no stranger tale of horror exists than that of Martin Londos, owner of a famous carnival that toured Europe in the early part of the century..."
Londos, cruel to his collection of animal freaks, is attacked by his creatures and transformed into a freak as well.

Doom Dancer (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jim McLaughlin

Inks:

Jim McLaughlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset (Leroy lettering)

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

The ballerina Maria Sandow comes into possession of magic ballet shoes. She becomes the most famous dancer in the world, but has to dance for the cult of the horned Walpurgis goat men as well. Maria dies in a final dancing frenzy.

Indexer Notes

Original indexer Saltarella suggested this could be Lou Cameron.

Baffling Mysteries #36 (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

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

"From the area around the Gulf of Mexico came a weird tale of two fishermen unequaled in the annals of the supernatural..."
One kills the other to get the boat for himself, but suffers a visit from his dead partner and goes overboard.

Indexer Notes

One of a series of 1-page stories about supposedly true encounters with the supernatural.
This story is a variation of the "Hand of Fate Mystery #18" from Hand Of Fate #16 (February 1953). There three fishermen were involved in quite the same plot.

Arm of Vengeance (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sy Grudko

Inks:

Sy Grudko

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset (Leroy lettering)

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

Brutal and bitter hunter and safari tour guide Frank Meliss loses his right arm in a crocodile attack. Native wizard Lashim endows him with the arm of a gorilla. Meliss sinks down to a life of crime until he is caught and executed.

The Ghostly Chorus (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

The text story is missing from the available scan on DCM.

Valley of the Mayan Goddess (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Martin “Marty” Rose

Inks:

Martin “Marty” Rose

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

Benedict tries to get rid of Bill, who has won the heart of the girl they both love. He shouldn't have chosen a mysterious valley in the Guatemalan jungle for his assault. The goddess of vengeance residing there sentences him to lose his mind, while Bill gets the girl anyway.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Web of Mystery (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #5

Indexer Notes

Original indexer Saltarella suggested this could be George Roussos.