(June 2017)
Yoe Books,
2017 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 19.99 USD; 25.99 CAD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
- Yoe Books
- ISBN
-
978-1-63140-995-0
- Barcode
- 9781631409950
- Editing
- Stephen Banes (editor)
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- 7" x 10"
- Paper Stock
- Bond
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Publishing Format
- One-Shot
Issue Notes
Book actually on sale at a later date than the one printed in book's indicia. www.amazon.com lists date as December 26th, 2017.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Mister Mystery (Stanley Morse, 1951 series) #16 (April 1954)
-
Respect Your Mummies
text article / 12 pages
- Script
- Steve Thompson
- Pencils
- Virgil Finlay; Carl Burgos; Norman Saunders; ? (photos)
- Inks
- Virgil Finlay; Carl Burgos; Norman Saunders; ? (photos)
- Letters
- typeset
Foreword
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages
- Script
- Stephen Banes (credited as Steve "Mr. Karswell" Banes)
- Pencils
- Wally Wood; John Drew; ? (photos)
- Inks
- Wally Wood; John Drew; ? (photos)
- Letters
- typeset
The Mummy!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Harry Lazarus (signed)
- Inks
- Harry Lazarus (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Rhames-Tut-Arkham; Roy; Elias Grivan; Anne; Rufus B. Crane
- Reprints
- from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #18 (June 1953)
-
The Case of the Beckoning Mummy
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Archeologist Damon Knight excavates an ancient egypt tomb. He is warned by the ghost of the 8,000 years old mummy of Kali-Dahn not to desecrate his burial chamber. As Knight continues, he gets lured into the tomb and has to take the mummy's place.
- Reprints
- from Web of Mystery (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #1 (February 1951)
-
The Mummy's Bride
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Professed Bond; Nancy Bond; Ak-Ahmen (mummy)
- Synopsis
- Woe be to him who deprives an ancient pharaoh of his mate! Only a live girl, shivering in terror, will placate the wrath still churning in the mouldering bones.
- Reprints
- from Beware (Trojan Magazines, 1953 series) #16 [4] (July 1953)
-
- Keywords
- Mummy.
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #45
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "In a stronghold in the cellar of the London museum is a mummy case that is permanently sealed and secluded..."
It stays closed because the mummy inside likes to attack museum guards who bear a resemblance to the mummy's murderer. - Reprints
- from Web of Mystery (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #23 (March 1954)
-
Baffling Mysteries #24
Baffling Mysteries / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sy Grudko ?
- Inks
- Sy Grudko ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "In 1896, the discovery of a jeweled necklace by British archeologists in the tomb of an Egyptian princess, caused a stir of excitement throughout the world..."
The necklace of death strangles anyone who wears it. Just that happens to a gangster's girl when he steals it from the museum. - Reprints
- from Baffling Mysteries (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #15 (May 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
This reprint suggests Grudko as the artist.
The Living Mummies
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #15 (January 1953)
-
Death from the Tomb
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Professor Denton’s expedition explores the insides of an Azetec pyramid in Mexico. Expedition member Carlson is found raving mad, and then goes missing. Denton faces the attacking mummy of king Kataw. He barely manages to escape and seals the pyramid forever.
- Reprints
- from Web of Evil (Quality Comics, 1952 series) #20 (November 1954)
-
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #49
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- "A tale of supernatural wonder that comes down through the ages tells of two Egyptian lovers in the year 1543 B.C. ..."
A princess loves a slave, which cannot be. The slave gets entombed but survives the ages in a state of supended animation. He finds his princess - as a mummy in the British Museum. - Reprints
- from Web of Mystery (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #25 (July 1954)
-
The Unburied Mummy
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Linda Hayes; Tom Dawson; Professor Hayes; Ra; Dr. Michaels
- Synopsis
- Professor Hayes brings an Egyptian mummy back to life.
- Reprints
- from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #11 (June 1952)
-
- Keywords
- immortality; mummy
The Mummy's Hand
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jay Disbrow
- Pencils
- Jay Disbrow (credited as Jayson)
- Inks
- Jay Disbrow
- Colors
- Jay Disbrow
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Ghostly Weird Stories (Star Publications, 1953 series) #120 (September 1953)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jim McLaughlin
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Baffling Mysteries (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #13 (January 1953)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Mister Mystery (Stanley Morse, 1951 series) #16 (April 1954)
-
Indexer Notes
This reprint seems certain about the Mortellaro provenance.
The Marriage of the Monsters!
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Tomb of Terror (Harvey, 1952 series) #5 (October 1952)
-
- Keywords
- mummy
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Eerie (Avon, 1951 series) #5 (February-March 1952)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Mysterious Adventures (Story Comics, 1951 series) #23 (December 1954)
-
Fangs of Death
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Allen Anderson (painting)
- Inks
- Allen Anderson (painting)
- Colors
- Allen Anderson (painting)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Nightmare (St. John, 1953 series) #11 (February 1954)
-
- Keywords
- Mummy
Indexer Notes
This reprint certain about artist identity.
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Eerie (Avon, 1951 series) #16 (June-July 1954)
-
The Mummy!
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #18 (June 1953)
-
Formula for Death!
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #8 (May 1952)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Web of Mystery (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #23 (March 1954)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from The Unseen (Pines, 1952 series) #10 (May 1953)
-
Vault of the Winged Spectres
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lin Streeter
- Inks
- Lin Streeter
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Two American engineers discover ancient Egyptian tombs and get in a fight with living mummies. Resurrected queen Neferti helps them escape, because she didn’t wish to be resurrected in the first place.
- Reprints
- from The Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #16 (October 1952)
-
True Tales of the Supernatural #36
True Tales of the Supernatural / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "Late in the nineteenth century, a strange death was recorded in the files of the London police..."
British explorer is hit by mummy's curse for pillaging an Egyptian tomb. - Reprints
- from The Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #18 (January 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
This reprint certain about artist identity.
The Case of the Malignant Mummy
True Ghosts of History / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #6 (August-September 1949)
-
Indexer Notes
Indexer of original appearance of this story suggested John Celardo as the artist.
The Persevering Mummy
comic story / 6.67 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- In an american museum a mummy comes alive. Dramid cheated egyptian death-god Osiris for 5.500 years and walks the earth again. Police cannot stop him. A mysterious stranger comes to help, disrobes and reveals himself to be Osiris - claiming Dramid for the realm of the dead.
- Reprints
- from Web of Mystery (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #3 (June 1951)
-
Indexer Notes
Frank Giusto is the real name of the artist often called "Ace Baker" for his Matt Baker art style.
Source erroneously given as Web of Mystery (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #1.
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery # 53
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "Little is known of the fabulous situation which existed many centuries ago in the foothills of the Andes mountains of south America..."
Discovering a king's burial chambers, three explorers confront living mummies and one of the men is captured and made into another mummy. - Reprints
- from Web of Mystery (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #27 (November 1954)
-
The Mummy
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- The mummy of king Ramzu comes alive and wants only one thing: to be joined in death with his beloved Oaana. He abducts the mummy of his beloved queen, flees into the Egyptian jungle (?), fights off lions and a pesty police officer. In the end he finds his peace, witnessed by a girl reporter. "Can't print the story... who would believe me?".
- Reprints
- from Spook (Star Publications, 1953 series) #30 (October 1954) which is reprinted
- from Blue Bolt Weird Tales of Terror (Star Publications, 1951 series) #114 (August 1952) which is reprinted
- from ? [redrawn]
-
A Hand of Fate Mystery #3
A Hand of Fate Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One afternoon, in the year 1903, professor Gerald Osgood and his young assistant Curtis Waite discovered the long buried tomb of pharoah [sic] Rah-Tep...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- The tomb is protected by the depiction of a half man- half beast. It comes alive and kills the professor.
- Reprints
- from The Hand of Fate (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #9 (February 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
This reprint seems certain about the artist.
The Mummy's Curse!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Belfi (signed)
- Inks
- John Belfi
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Egyptian mummy comes alive in a modern laboratory and runs amok.
- Reprints
- from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #12 (February 1954)
-
A-Tisket A-Casket
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tony Tallarico (signed)
- Inks
- Tony Tallarico (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Charlotte Jetter
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Two explorers discover an Egyptian sarcophagus and a surprise inside.
- Reprints
- from The Thing (Charlton, 1952 series) #13 (April 1954)
-
Servants of the Tomb!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #6 (November 1951)
-
Priestess of the Sphinx
comic story / 10 pages
- Characters
- Kenneth Walton; Nubia; Betty; Imhotep; Abdullah
- Reprints
- from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #5 (March-April 1952)
-
True Tales of the Supernatural #41
True Tales of the Supernatural / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "In the late nineteenth century, two french archeologists chanced upon a long-lost tomb deep in the Sahara desert..."
The men find Queen Rami and her recipe for a will-controlling perfume. They mix a potion and go mad. - Reprints
- from The Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #21 (July 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
This reprint certain about artist identity.
The Demon Coat
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Millionaire collector John Masterson comes into possession of king Tut’s Egyptian “demon coat”, a jacket which - once donned – scares its wearer to death with frightful visions. The killing coat passes from hand to hand until it’s finally destroyed.
- Reprints
- from Web of Evil (Quality Comics, 1952 series) #15 (June 1954)
-
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
Respect Your Mummies
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3.
Foreword
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4.
The Mummy!
-
5.
The Case of the Beckoning Mummy
-
6.
The Mummy's Bride
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7.
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #45
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery -
8.
Baffling Mysteries #24
Baffling Mysteries -
9.
The Living Mummies
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10.
Death from the Tomb
-
11.
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #49
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery -
12.
The Unburied Mummy
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13.
The Mummy's Hand
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14.
[no title indexed]
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15.
[no title indexed]
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16.
The Marriage of the Monsters!
-
17.
[no title indexed]
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18.
[no title indexed]
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19.
Fangs of Death
-
20.
[no title indexed]
-
21.
The Mummy!
-
22.
Formula for Death!
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23.
[no title indexed]
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24.
[no title indexed]
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25.
Vault of the Winged Spectres
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26.
True Tales of the Supernatural #36
True Tales of the Supernatural -
27.
The Case of the Malignant Mummy
True Ghosts of History -
28.
The Persevering Mummy
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29.
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery # 53
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery -
30.
The Mummy
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31.
A Hand of Fate Mystery #3
A Hand of Fate Mystery -
32.
The Mummy's Curse!
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33.
A-Tisket A-Casket
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34.
Servants of the Tomb!
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35.
Priestess of the Sphinx
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36.
True Tales of the Supernatural #41
True Tales of the Supernatural -
37.
The Demon Coat
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38.
[Mummies have terrifyingly appeared in movies ...]
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