Web of Mystery
#14
(October 1952)
Ace Magazines,
1951 Series
The Sign of Doom
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Mark Wayne, American tourist in Rome, learns that he is the reincarnation of slavedriver Marcus, cousin to the infamous Nero. Being captured by the ghosts of roman slaves, Mark is branded on the forehead.
- Reprints
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in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #17 (1962) -
in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v3#4 (July 1971) [reworked] which is reprinted - in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v7#3 (April 1973)
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #13 (2011)
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True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #27
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "In 1913, a young man committed murder to get an old man's fortune..."
When the victim is buried under a tree, the tree grows the face of the dead man. Seeing this, the murderer dies of a heart attack.
You Dare Not Speak About It!
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mike Sekowsky ?; Bill Walton ?
- Inks
- Mike Sekowsky ?; Bill Walton ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A family curse haunts an Irish castle. For one night in every year a demon materializes and terrorizes the inhabitants. The curse can be ended when the whole castle is destroyed with dynamite.
- Reprints
- in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #17 (1962)
- in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #59 (1965 ?)
- in Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v3#3 (June 1971) [reworked] which is reprinted
- in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v4#7 (December 1972)
- in Web of Scares Special Collector's Edition (Dennis Druktenis, 2009 series) #3 (2010)
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True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #28
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "The lure of buried pirate gold has led many men in a never-ending search for the elusive treasure..."
Two brothers inherit a treasure map. They go looking for the pirate gold, find it, meet a ghost and flee in terror.
The Dead Dance on Halloween
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Lona Thornton wants a man promised to another woman. She seeks professional help from a witch and gets a love potion. Drinking it the man transforms into a beast and runs off into the woods with Lona. The witch demands payment. When Lona refuses, the witch kills her on halloween night and dooms her to a dance with the dead.
- Reprints
- in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #17 (1962), #59 (1965 ?)
- in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v4#4 (July 1971) [reworked]
- in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #19 (October 2015)
- in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (IDW, 2010 series) #25 - Haunted Horror: Cry from the Coffin! And Much More! (Volume 7) (January 2019)
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The Shadow in the Moonlight
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- When Matt Gentry comes to town and is killed, everybody suspects Dirk Barkham. The families used to live in feud. The townfolk lynch Barkham to regain their peace. But the real murderer seems to be a Rumanian vampire living up the hill.
Haunt of the Iskander Fjord
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Norwegian fisherman Gundar makes a pact with the ghosts of the old Norsemen. He gains riches and the viking chief Talj will get his daughter Inge in marriage. But the girl elopes to Denmark with her fiancé and Gundar is struck down by the spear of Talj.
- Reprints
- in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #18 (1962)
- in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v3#4 (August 1971) [reworked] which is reprinted
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Table of Contents
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1.
The Sign of Doom
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2.
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #27
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery -
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You Dare Not Speak About It!
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4.
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #28
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery -
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The Dead Dance on Halloween
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6.
The Shadow in the Moonlight
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7.
Haunt of the Iskander Fjord
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- Jim Van Dore
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