(October 1951)
Ace Magazines,
1951 Series
Vengeance Weaves a Tapestry
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Curator Teleman from Chicago searches an ancient tapestry in a castle in Germany. He awakens the sleeping vampire duke Ludwig von Hohenstaufen. The fiend kills a number of people before he can be destroyed by sunlight. The tapestry is found in the vampire's coffin, depicting him as the monster he always was.
- Reprints
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in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v6#3 (April 1972) [reworked] which is reprinted - in Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v6#1 (January 1974)
- in Terrors of Dracula (Eerie Publications, 1979 series) #v1#5 (November 1979)
- in Weird Vampire Tales (Eerie Publications, 1979 series) #v5#1 (January 1981)
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True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #9
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; war
- Synopsis
- "When the french army was fighting its toughest battle of World War I, tales of heroic ventures became almost commonplace..."
A lieutenant is killed leading an attack. His ghost returns to complete the task. - Reprints
- in Baffling Mysteries (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #26 (October 1955)
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Rendezvous with the Phantom Gypsies
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A gypsy boy flees the orphanage he lives in and travels with a salesman to a gypsy camp. They witness a gypsy wedding. In an outburst of jealousy the salesman kills the groom and drives away, burning down the camp. The boy escapes and is found by the police. The events he saw took place ten years ago, at the time when he was brought to the orphanage.
- Reprints
- in The Hand of Fate (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #25b (December 1954)
- in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v4#4 (July 1972) [reworked] which is reprinted
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in Crawling Horror (Gredown, 1982 ? series) (1982 ?)
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True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #10
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- "In the late 19th century, Alex Jayson and his wife prepared to take an expedition into the malayan jungle..."
Jayson starts his trip leaving his sick wife behind. When his whole party gets lost in the jungle and dies from fever, his wife's pet bird leads him back to civilization. Sadly his wife also has perished.
The Menace That Stalked Brooding Cunliffe
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Beautiful Cambria is torn between two men. Unfortunately one of them is a werewolf stalking the english countryside of Cunliffe. In the end the werewolf lover gets stabbed to death.
- Reprints
- in Baffling Mysteries (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #24 (January 1955)
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v6#6 (October 1972) [reworked] which is reprinted
- in Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v6#5 (September 1974)
- in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v9#2 (May 1978)
- in Chill of Fear (Gredown, 1982 ? series) ([January 1982] ?)
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A Night of Terror
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- In an underground labyrinth some men fight hordes of half-human beings who yearn to tear them apart limb from limb. One of them escapes to safety with the girl. The site of evil is obliterated in a giant explosion.
Indexer Notes
Again a breathless and pointless action-horror adventure.
Valley of the Mayan Goddess
comic story / 7 pages
- 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
- in Baffling Mysteries (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #21 (July 1954)
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Table of Contents
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1.
Vengeance Weaves a Tapestry
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2.
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #9
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery -
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Rendezvous with the Phantom Gypsies
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4.
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #10
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery -
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The Menace That Stalked Brooding Cunliffe
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6.
A Night of Terror
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7.
Valley of the Mayan Goddess
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- Tillmann Courth
- Brian Dobbelaere
- Jim Van Dore
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