Web of Mystery #25

(July 1954)

The Man Who Died Tomorrow (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ken Rice

Inks:

Ken Rice

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre:

horror-suspense; science fiction

Synopsis:

The sorcerer Dallon travels through time back from the 21st century to the year 1954. He wants to kidnap the young woman Gloria, because women are sparse in the future. Gloria's boyfriend Hal objects and defeats Dallon in a fistfight.

Reprints:

• in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v5#3 (June 1971) [reworked]
which is reprinted
• in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v5#7 (December 1972)
• in Witches Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v6#6 (November 1974)
• in Doom Zone (Gredown, 1983 ? series) #[nn] ([1983])

True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #49 (Table of Contents: 2)

True Tales of Unexplained Mystery / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sy Grudko

Inks:

Sy Grudko

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset (Leroy lettering)

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.

Lair of the Silken Doom (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lou Cameron (signed)

Inks:

Lou Cameron (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

Silk merchant Stanley Raffel starts a business partnership with the mysterious and beautiful Lycia who provides him with the finest silk to be found. Little does Raffel realize that Lycia is a gigantic spider processing her victims' bodies into silk threads. But he will find out.

Reprints:

• in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v4#1 (January 1971) [reworked]
which is reprinted
• in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v5#3 (June 1973)
• in Weird Romance (Eclipse, 1988 series) #1 (February 1988)

True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #50 (Table of Contents: 4)

True Tales of Unexplained Mystery / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sy Grudko

Inks:

Sy Grudko

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

"Young Henry Ranse, because of his gambling and carousing, was in dire need of money..."
So he locks up his rich uncle, tortures him out of his mind and gets custody over his money. Visiting his uncle in the insane asylum, Ranse gets strangled by his uncle's hands - though they never leave the strait-jacket.

Mine Own Executioner (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jim McLaughlin ?

Inks:

Sy Grudko ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

London 1751: "Sniveling lawyer" John Drummond strikes a deal with Baalzaar, Satan's first lieutenant. Drummond enters into a career as the highest judge at Old Bailey, if he sends as many souls as possible to the gallows. Having become an evil man, he is Baalzaar's biggest prize in the end.

Reprints:

• in Weird Worlds (Eerie Publications, 1970 series) #v2#3 (June 1971) [reworked]
which is reprinted
• in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v4#7 (December 1972)
• in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v7#4 (July 1974)

The Head of Krishna Sru (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

Mr. Frobisher enters Mrs. Terry's house, with intent to drive her mad. One look at the severed head of Krishna Sru, the Indian god of madness, will do the trick. Mrs. Terry can stall him successfully until her husband comes home.

The Keeper of the Flames (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

? [“Ace” Baker] (see notes)

Inks:

? [“Ace” Baker] (see notes)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

A man makes a pact with death, not the devil. The consequences are the same: wealth and power for a span of years. Then death claims him at the appointed time.

Reprints:

• from The Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #3 (March 1951)
• in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v5#3 (June 1971) [reworked]
which is reprinted
• in Tales of Voodoo (Eerie Publications, 1968 series) #v5#7 (December 1972)
• in Tales from the Tomb (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v6#6 (November 1974)

Indexer Notes

Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. refers to this artist as “Ace” Baker, a Matt-Baker-imitator, who worked for Ace Magazines.