Issue Details

Issue	#9
Published	February-March 1950
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Richard E. Hughes
Notes	Indicia states "published bi-monthly... by B. & I. Publishing Co. Inc."

Cover Details - "Snow Monster"

Genre	Horror
Pencils	Edvard Moritz
Inks	Edvard Moritz
Notes	Indicia states "published bi-monthly... by B. & I. Publishing Co. Inc."

7 page story "Shadow of the Panther"

Synopsis	Robert Lewis comes up with a spray to bring things back from the dead, but when they do come back, they change form. A panther becomes a woman that he wants to marry, but he finds out that she never really stopped being a panther!
Genre	Horror
Pencils	Max Elkan
Inks	Max Elkan

1 page text story "No Answer"

Synopsis	Vinny kills a man, then gets a phone call through a disconnected phone.
Genre	Horror
Letters	Typeset

8 page story "The Thing At the Bottom of the Sea"

Characters	John Mitchell; Undine
Synopsis	John Mitchell dives for gold, but finds a woman named Undine who haunts him for 50 years instead.
Genre	Horror
Pencils	Charlie Sultan
Inks	Charlie Sultan

1 page letters page "Let's Talk It Over"

Synopsis

Two letters and the winners of a writing contest are announced, including Nelson Bridwell, who's 3rd place story is in this issue.

1 page True Ghosts story "Haunted Boy"

Synopsis	A Washington, D.C. boy is thrown around and noises follow him
Genre	Horror; Fact
Pencils	John Celardo
Inks	John Celardo

7 page story "When the Shaman Walked"

Synopsis	A night-watchman in a museum and his niece are protected from crooks by a statue of a Siberian Shaman.
Genre	Horror
Pencils	John Belfi (signed)
Inks	John Belfi (signed)
Reprinted	in Haunted Tales (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #12

1 page text story "The Gray One"

Synopsis	Frank Clinton goes out hunting and kills a wolf that had been terrorizing a small French village, but when he gets home, the head of the wolf that he had kept as a trophy has turned into a human head.
Genre	Horror
Script	E. Nelson Bridwell [as Nelson Bridwell]
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Nelson Bridwell won third prize in a writing contest and had this story published. Most likely this is his earliest comic book work (approximately 19 years old).

7 page story "The Spirit of Frankenstein [Part 4]"

Genre	Horror
Pencils	Charlie Sultan
Inks	Charlie Sultan

Half page text story "Clouded Crystal"

Genre	Horror
Letters	Typeset

Half page Statement of Ownership text article "Statement of Ownership"

Synopsis

No circulation figures. Owners are B. W. Sangor and Frederick H. Iger.

5 page Adventures into the Unknown story "The Man In the Mirror"

Synopsis	A "crackpot" comes to the offices of Adventures Into The Unknown and forces the editor into a mirror world.
Genre	Horror
Pencils	R. S. Pious [as R.S.P.]
Inks	R. S. Pious [as R.S.P.]

1 page True Ghosts of History story "The Poet Who Returned From The Dead"

Characters	Dante
Synopsis	Dante returns as a ghost to tell where the 13th canto is.
Genre	Horror; Fact
Inks	John Celardo

8 page story "The Boy Who Could Fly"

Synopsis	Bobby Wilson learns he can fly, a gift from his father.
Genre	Fantasy
Pencils	Bob Jenney
Inks	Bob Jenney

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Throw Up Your Hands!"

Synopsis	Ad for Blazing West #9 including a picture of the cover.
Notes	Inside back cover.