Web of Mystery
#11
(July 1952)
Ace Magazines,
1951 Series
Bride's Dowry of Doom
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- The destruction of an indian burial ground sets free a vampire woman. She falls in love with the man who turned her cemetery into an oil exploration field. Recognizing that she is a creature of evil, the husband chases her up the oil derrick and drives a knife through her heart.
- Reprints
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in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v3#4 (July 1971) [reworked] which is reprinted - in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v5#2 (April 1973)
- in Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v7#1 (February 1975)
- in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v8#2 (May 1977), #v8#4 (August 1977)
- in Weird Vampire Tales (Eerie Publications, 1979 series) #v3#2 (July 1979)
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True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #21
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "In 1912, a rich American named John Langdon purchased a small house in Paris. This house had been closed up for ten years, ever since the foul murder of wealthy Pierre de Briande..."
At midnight Langdon witnesses a ghostly re-enactment of the crime.
Dreaded Duo's Blood Banquet
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Georgie, a circus freak, releases Dr. Kasper from his grave. Kasper performs plastic surgery to make Georgie appear normal. There's a price to pay. They both become werewolves and fight each other to the death.
- Reprints
- in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v4#2 (March 1972) [reworked]
- in Web of Scares Special Collector's Edition (Dennis Druktenis, 2009 series) #3 (2010)
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Indexer Notes
It's either Sekowsky or Bill Walton.
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #22
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "We often wonder how much truth and how much fiction there is to the legends which have come down to us in each country's folklore..."
Captain Emerson discovers a Greek island amidst the Indian ocean, where a woman waits for the return of Ulysses.
Satan and the Devil-Bull
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Matador Miguel makes a pact with the devil to become the champion bullfighter. When he desires more, the devil gets impatient, runs him down with a car and claims his soul.
- Reprints
- in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v3#4 (August 1971) [reworked]
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Indexer Notes
Inks are probably not by Cameron, but Rocco Mastroserio.
Death in Venice
text story / 2 pages
- Synopsis
- [Quote from story]: "I don't believe in ghosts coming to life and killing innocent people in a haunted house!" - This is just what happens.
The Druid Dirge
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Composer Jonathan Purcell spends some days in a nice mansion next to Stonehenge. The druid stone monuments inspire him to write a "barbaric and wretched, unholy" music. When played, the druids come alive and perform human sacrifices at the altar of Stonehenge. Purcell fights them off and burns his devilish music sheets. The barbaric druids turn to stone.
- Reprints
- in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v4#6 (November 1971) [reworked] which is reprinted
- in Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v5#5 (September 1973)
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v9#2 (June 1976)
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in Violent Destiny (Gredown, 1982 series) (1982)
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Bride's Dowry of Doom
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2.
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #21
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3.
Dreaded Duo's Blood Banquet
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4.
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #22
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Satan and the Devil-Bull
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6.
Death in Venice
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7.
The Druid Dirge
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