Web of Mystery
#15
(November 1952)
Ace Magazines,
1951 Series
The Famine of Chichen-Itza
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- The land of Yucatan is threatened by famine. Agricultural scientist Barry Paxton meets Mayan princess Janva. Together they travel back in time and discover vast grain supplies held back by thieving king Tolextl.
- Reprints
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in Zombie (L. Miller & Son, 1961 series) #7 ([circa 1961]) - in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #25 (1962)
- in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #56 (1965)
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The Dreadful Night
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- The hobo Matty Ross meets a conclave of witches in the woods and is tricked into taking their blood money - and thus forfeiting his life. He is saved by witch-hunting townspeople, but pays for his sins by going blind.
- Reprints
- in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #25 (1962)
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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)
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in Wicked Witchs' Tales [sic] (Gredown, 1978 series) #1 ([1978]) - in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v9#1 (January 1978)
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Death Never Takes a Furlough
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Four GIs run into a vampire trap in a German castle. They get slaughtered one by one. The last one manages to stake the vampire and shoot down her goulish henchmen.
- Reprints
- in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #25 (1962)
- in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v4#1 (February 1972) [reworked] which is reprinted
- in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v5#6 (November 1973)
- in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v9#2 (May 1978)
- in Terrors of Dracula (Eerie Publications, 1979 series) #v3#1 (May 1981)
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True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #30
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- "When Kublai Khan was the emperor of the great Mongolian empire in 1259 A.D., his conquest of China brought him great wealth..."
The ghost of the Khan guards his hidden treasure in person, bringing down an avalanche on all intruders.
Curse of the Yogi
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A British major is haunted by a Yogi curse and finally killed.
Mirror of Mephisto
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Ralph Dana discovers a parallel universe behind a magic mirror, ruled by the devil. Dana fabricates more of Mephisto's mirrors and lures his relatives into the mirror world, so he can dig up a family treasure alone. His plan fails miserably and he is caught in the mirror.
- Reprints
- in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #26 (1962)
- in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #57 (1965)
- in Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v3#4 (August 1971) [reworked] which is reprinted
- in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v5#3 (May 1973)
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v11#3 (September 1978)
- in Horror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v10#1 (February 1979)
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v13#2 [1] (March 1980)
- in Mad Fear (Gredown, 1983 ? series) ([1983])
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True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #29
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "In a certain section of London, there is a huge, old prison still in use. Strangely enough, one cell of this prison is never used..."
Because an "old hag" hanged herself in that cell, every other inmate tries to commit suicide this way as well.
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1.
The Famine of Chichen-Itza
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2.
The Dreadful Night
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3.
Death Never Takes a Furlough
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4.
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #30
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery -
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Curse of the Yogi
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6.
Mirror of Mephisto
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True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #29
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery
This issue was modified by, among others
- Salvatore Carotenuto
- Tillmann Courth
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Keith Smith
- Jim Van Dore
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