Baffling Mysteries (1952) comic books 1952

Macabre Ritual in Witches' Glen, pencils by Mike Sekowsky; Witchcraft is at work in New England; A young couple witness "the exchange": a witch transforms her soul into the body of a freshly killed girl; The couple escape, but are stalked by the witch in her new body. Fatal Rendezvous, pencils by Jim McLaughlin; Warner Davis dies on the operating table, goes to heaven, but is sent back, because his time has not yet come; Davis awakes with the gift of clairvoyance and starts warning people about their deaths. Horror on Canvas; Art painter Blake Roberts dies in a car crash, but awakens in the morgue as a deformed living dead man. Black Magic in a Slinky Gown; Leonore Black is a beautiful woman, but also able to transform herself into a giant black widow spider. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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A Game with Lucifer, art by Lou Cameron; Grandmaster Barry Archer plays chess with the Devil. Scourge of the Kentucky Hills, pencils by Jim McLaughlin; A dying doctor becomes a werewolf after his assistant gives him the transplanted heart of a wolf. Back from an Unhallowed Grave, pencils by Mike Sekowsky; Count Ricco unwittingly unearths the body of a vampire (his niece). The Mummy's Curse text story. Terror Beneath the Tides, pencils by Mike Sekowsky; Newspaper publisher refuses to print his reporter's story about a murderous monster from the sea. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

The Bride's Borrowed Time, pencils by Lou Cameron, inks by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio; Husband becomes curious about the lifelike male dolls kept by his beautiful young wife -- and why one of them talked to him; Lucretia is a witch dabbling with the secrets of the "Australian bush country head-hunters." Baffling Mysteries #7; One spring day in 1912, Richard Wentworth an American business man, checked in at a well-known hotel in London ...; The ghost of a burning man warns Wentworth that the hotel is on fire. Jungle Idol's Vengeful Rage; Professional hunters in northern India stalk a black panther guided by Ra-La, goddess of destruction; Stealing Ra-La's ruby eyes, the hunters flee to London. At the Sound of Airi's Drum, pencils by Lou Cameron, inks by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Yama's Fiery Fury, art by Chic Stone; Explorers in Sumatra encounter a race of belligerent lava-men. They can be rendered harmless by contact with water, of course. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Ken Rice. When Black Wings Flap..., art by Lin Streeter; Bird-shop owner crossbreeds a vulture and a vampire bat, creating a "vulbat"; It attacks her with unfortunate consequences. Dread City of the Undead, pencils by Bill Molno; Trapped coal miners become zombie slaves of "the monster of the mines." Mad Matador's Fiendish Frenzy, art by Lou Cameron; An aspiring but unsuccessful matador comes back from the grave to seek revenge against his tormentors. Victims for the Crawling Menace, art by Louis Zansky; A woman seeks her missing brother in Hawaii, but finds a scientist who has created a dangerous form of protoplasmic life. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Diogenes' Deadly Lamp, script by Robert Turner, pencils by Jim McLaughlin; "Loathsome young parasite" Lex Markow steals Diogenes' lamp from an antique dealer, but the relic turns out to be cursed; When he tries to get rid of the lamp Markow hangs himself--like it was predicted. Nightmare Flight, pencils by Lou Cameron; A young woman's fiancé returns, horribly scarred, months after he disappeared in a presumably fatal plane crash; He leads the woman into a death swamp, where she has to destroy an evil swamp queen to lay his tortured soul to rest. Monster of the Moat, art by Paul Gattuso; A bypasser rescues a witch imprisoned by an evil sorcerer and marries her, but things turn out badly. Because the monster of the moat wants its revenge! Land of the Silicon Men, art by Louis Zansky. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Jim McLaughlin. Appointment in Hades, art by Gene Colan; Soldier Heath drowns while deserting his unit's fight on a beachhead; He returns to life, but is marked by the devil. Step into my Grave!, pencils by Jim McLaughlin; On a plantation in Louisiana, a man stumbles upon a voodoo queen and her horde of zombies; The man's undead brother warns him, but all perish in a final show down ritual. Red Talons of Lupercalia, art by Louis Zansky; A mother and daughter travel to Czechoslovakia, where the daughter is to meet her future husband, count Falco Lupercalia; The count and his father are both vampires, who can also transform into werewolves. Sinister Return of the Priestess of Baal, art by Chic Stone. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jim McLaughlin. Vengeance of the Tiger Queen, art by Chic Stone; Though the natives warn him about the "tiger people", big game hunter Deerson kills and beheads a noble tiger in Sumatra; Visions of a headless man and a visit from beautiful princess "Tigrina" lure him back into the jungle. Paint a Picture in Crimson, art by Al Eadeh; Count Damon, who seems to be the devil but also an art painter in Soho, London, weaves fates by painting people. House of the Screaming Fiends, pencils by Dick Beck; A young doctor and his wife inherit a spooky house where the old undead doctor and his caretaker conduct fiendish experiments on former patients; The young doctor wants to put these creatures out of their misery. Never Bargain with a Spirit, pencils by Mike Sekowsky. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.