Crypt of Horror
#30
(2016)
AC,
2005 Series
The Mystery of Lunablanca
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- The castle of Lunablanca, Spain, is haunted by vampire countess Sinistra. An american news-photographer falls in love with her and discovers that the girl is not the vampire, but controlled by one. Love reigns supreme - once the real vampire is killed.
- Reprints
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from The Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #2 (January 1951)
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The Dead Guard the Gold
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Treasure hunter Kramer gets pulled into an underwater world where ghost pirates dwell. The pirate's girl shows him a way out and Kramer can escape. He settles down and gives up treasure hunting for good.
- Reprints
- from The Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #7 (November 1951)
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The Shadow
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- crime; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- An shadow follows a double-crossing criminal.
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #36 (March 1958)
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Monster of the Moat
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A bypasser rescues a witch imprisoned by an evil sorcerer and marries her, but things turn out badly. Because the monster of the moat wants its revenge!
- Reprints
- from Baffling Mysteries (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #10 (September 1952)
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Land of the Silicon Men
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A mysterious potion brought back from Africa turns men into glass ("silicon men"). When exploring the glass city, a party of reporters are captured. They turn on a siren. The silicon men break and shatter from the noise.
- Reprints
- from Baffling Mysteries (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #10 (September 1952)
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Diogenes' Deadly Lamp
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Lex Markow
- Synopsis
- "Loathsome young parasite" Lex Markow steals Diogenes' lamp from an antique dealer, but the relic turns out to be cursed. When he tries to get rid of the lamp Markow hangs himself - like it was predicted.
- Reprints
- from Baffling Mysteries (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #10 (September 1952)
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True Tales of the Supernatural #14
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mountain climbers from all parts of the world make yearly trips to Switzerland...
- Genre
- non-fiction; fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from The Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #7 (November 1951)
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Nightmare Flight
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lou Cameron
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A young woman's fiancé returns, horribly scarred, months after he disappeared in a presumably fatal plane crash. He leads the woman into a death swamp, where she has to destroy an evil swamp queen to lay his tortured soul to rest.
- Reprints
- from Baffling Mysteries (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #10 (September 1952)
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The Shrunken Head
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Adventures into Terror (Marvel, 1950 series) #26 (December 1953)
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The Ghost Who Stole a Body
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- The "unmourned ghost" of evil Alexander Black is doomed to walk the earth forever, but he has a cunning plan. During heart surgery upon Dr. Anders, Black slips into his body and takes over. An indian colleague manages to extract the evil spirit again, so that Dr. Anders can return rightfully into his own body.
- Reprints
- from The Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #2 (January 1951)
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Before the Dawn of Time
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Adventures into Terror (Marvel, 1950 series) #26 (December 1953)
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
comic story / 25 pages
- Script
- Robert Louis Stevenson (original); ? (adaptation)
- Pencils
- Wally Wood; Harry Harrison
- Inks
- Wally Wood; Harry Harrison
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dr. Jekyll [Mr. Hyde]
- Reprints
- from A Star Presentation (Fox, 1950 series) #3 (May 1950)
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The Alien!
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Adventures into Weird Worlds (Marvel, 1952 series) #11 (October 1952)
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The Evil Men Do
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Amazing Adventures (Ziff-Davis, 1950 series) #3 (May-June 1951)
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The Doorway to Yesterday
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- While staying in Rome, american newspaperman Wilson follows a beautiful stranger through the ruins and enters the "doorway to yesterday". He finds himself in ancient Rome and (at the command of Nerissa) has to battle a gladiator. Wilson wins and can return to the present. Nerissa follows and claims his body in an airplane crash.
- Reprints
- from The Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #7 (November 1951)
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Escape on a Planetoid
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Amazing Adventures (Ziff-Davis, 1950 series) #3 (May-June 1951)
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Baffling Mysteries #12
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The strange incident which is narrated below occurred in 1927...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Baffling Mysteries (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #10 (September 1952)
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True Tales of the Supernatural #13
comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Shipping off the coast of England in the late 19th century was a risky and perilous task...
- Genre
- non-fiction; fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from The Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #7 (November 1951)
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The Princess of the Future
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Amazing Adventures (Ziff-Davis, 1950 series) #3 (May-June 1951)
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Creatures of Fantasy
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A party of explorers discovers an underground world populated by cavemen and dinosaurs. They manage to defeat beasts and primitives and take a raft-ride on an underground river back to the outside world.
- Reprints
- from The Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #7 (November 1951)
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It's Harmless...I Think
comic story / 4 pages
- Reprints
- from World of Fantasy (Marvel, 1956 series) #9 (December 1957)
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Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
The Mystery of Lunablanca
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3.
The Dead Guard the Gold
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4.
The Shadow
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5.
Monster of the Moat
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6.
Land of the Silicon Men
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7.
Diogenes' Deadly Lamp
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True Tales of the Supernatural #14
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9.
Nightmare Flight
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10.
The Shrunken Head
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11.
The Ghost Who Stole a Body
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12.
Before the Dawn of Time
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13.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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14.
The Alien!
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15.
The Evil Men Do
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16.
The Doorway to Yesterday
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17.
Escape on a Planetoid
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18.
Baffling Mysteries #12
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19.
True Tales of the Supernatural #13
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20.
The Princess of the Future
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21.
Creatures of Fantasy
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22.
It's Harmless...I Think
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- Dan Stevenson
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