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Mysterious Adventures (1951) comic books

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    Mysterious Adventures (1951) 1 FR 1.0

    Near-complete spine split. Cover detached. Oxidation.

    Starts May 4

    cover by Walter Johnson. Stories and art by Walter Johnson and others. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. Psychic investigator Channing Wells learns Dayla is being stalked by a vampire, and he suspects her fiance knows more than he's telling. A professor ignores all warnings, and thaws out the strange lizard-like monster his associate Janet found frozen in the Arctic tundra. An artist is compelled to paint a face he's never seen, and then things get weirder when he reads his own obituary in the newspaper. Soldier of the Dead; A Portrait of Death; Revenge of the Voodoo Dead; The Horrible Fangs of Professor Prome!; Curse of the DMedici. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Mysterious Adventures (1951) 5 FR 1.0

    Only one staple (manufacturing). Full length spine split with covers detached. Cover oxidation.

    Starts May 4

    Bondage cover by Bill Fraccio. "Ghouls Feast at Midnight," art by A. C. Hollingsworth; A father and his son are under suspicion to be grave-robbing ghouls. "The Pool of Eternity," art by Lou Cameron; Adventurer David Murstone crashes in the jungle and is severely injured; Jivaro goddess Konocry saves his life by letting him drink from the "Pool of Eternity" and thus giving him immortality; The Jivaro tribe disagrees with her action and tortures the couple. "Terror of the Sleeping Monster!", art by Bill Fraccio; Sculptor Lawrence Matthews is endowed with a magic chisel; In his dreams a strange man called Maroff commands him to sculpt his image; Maroff is a vampire who comes alive again to wreak vengeance on the townspeople. "Strange Grotto of Death" text story by Ellen Lynn. "Horror of the Walking Dead," art by John D'Agostino; The young woman Kathy pleads with her dead mother to help her against the cruel woman her father married recently; Rosamund, the new stepmother is found dead—mysteriously shot through the head. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Mysterious Adventures (1951) 7 FR 1.0

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    Starts May 4

    Cover by Bill Fraccio. Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth and Lou Cameron. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. While honeymooning in the South Pacific, Patty tries a native potion and soon develops a yen for human flesh. While seeking authentic English ghost stories, Tim encounters the armored zombies of Sleed's Castle. A captain who abandons his foundering ship and crew on the rocks is picked up by the legendary ghost vessel the Flying Dutchman, for a fate far worse than being shipwrecked. The Absent Minded Fiend; The Secret of Sleeds Castle; The Ghost in the Mirror; The Curse of the Flying Dutchman; The Terror of a Tattooed Man! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Mysterious Adventures (1951) 8 FR 1.0

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    Starts May 4

    Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth, Ed Goldfarb, Bob Baer, Harry Harrison, Ernie Bache and Jon D'Agostino. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. A scientist has a parasitic worm in his eye socket, in a story featuring the infamous "injury-to-the-eye-motif." A botanist investigating a colleague's mysterious death learns the horrifying secret of beautiful Karen. Ellen likes to walk through the graveyard at night, where she meets handsome Harold and learns the story of the Addams vampire, in a story with art by future sci-fi author Harry Harrison. The Eyes of Horror; Horror of the Flowers of Death; The Bride of Death; Terror of the Vampire Kiss; Ghost with Two Faces. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Mysterious Adventures (1951) 9 FR 1.0

    6" Cumulative spine split. Oxidation.

    Starts May 4

    "Terror of the Lion's Revenge"; A businessman is sent to Africa to learn how a remote tribe's secret method for dying lion heads; When he arrives, he finds that they believe men come back in the form of wild animals; He scoffs at the belief, but when he tried to make off with the tribe's stash of diamonds, he wishes he hadnt. "The Terror of the Lively Corpse"; To fulfill the terms of their uncle Herman's will, one of the Duane brothers has to die; Their scheme goes awry when murderer Luke Harris fits Les's coffin better than Les does, and vice-versa. "Horror of the Voodoo Dolls"; Daily Telegram police reporter Tom Decker discovers former members of the 721st Regiment have all died from Persian voodoo. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Mysterious Adventures (1951) 10 FR 1.0

    6 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation. Only one staple (manufacturing.

    Starts May 4

    Stories and art by Hy Fleishman and Doyle Cohen. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. A man murders his wealthy wife for her money, but a strange revenge awaits him. Alcoholic surgeon Luther is haunted by the friend whose death he caused through a botched cataract surgery - haunted first metaphorically, then literally. Big-game hunter Bert runs afoul of a voodoo tribe and their goat-god, in a story with the memorable title "Terror of the Speedy Goat!" The Death Head!; Blind Fury; Horror of the Drowned; The Gun That Fought Back; Terror of the Speedy Goat! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.