Strange Mysteries (1951 Superior) comic books 1954
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Issue #15
Published Jan 1954 by Superior Comics.Auction opens May 6- Paper: Off white
- Label #4258134002
- Paper: Off white to white
- Slab: Scuffing on front of case; Scuffing to inner well of case
- Cover detached. Tape on interior cover & interior.
- Label #3697690024
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
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Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "The Corpse Comes Back"; A lawyer murders his partner and buries the body in 5 states; The dead man is stitched together and sent back to get revenge; His body falls apart and the lawyer tries to destroy him with acid and bury him in a trunk. "Black Pearls of Death"; Two men force islanders to dive for them to steal black pearls from a sunken idol; Once they get the pearls, they kill the islanders. "Horror's House" text story by John Martin. "Over His Dead Body"; A woman suspects that her husband returning from a business trip is abnormal; His skin is cold and he never sleeps; He refuses medical exams; She cheats on him. "Horror Unseen"; A scientist accidentally turns into a glass man; He steals money and wears makeup to fool his new bride; She is suspicious, discovers that he is glass, and is killed by him. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #16
Published Mar 1954 by Superior Comics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Horror Holds the Reins"; Death drives a carriage and picks up those whose time it is to die; He picks up a couple forbidden to be married by her grandfather and feels pity. "House of the Doomed"; A newlywed couple are forced to stop at a hotel; The hotel is inhabited by a woman and her son and daughter; They are all ghosts. "Digger of Death" text story by John Martin. "Postmark: Graveyard"; A housekeeper and her boyfriend murder her employer, an atomic scientist; The boyfriend dumps her now that the scientist is dead. "Ghoul's Gold"; An escapee of a prison finds a hermit's home; Convinced that the hermit has a fortune, he kills the hermit and finds gold coins; He buries the coins with the hermit. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #17
Published May 1954 by Superior Comics.- 3.5" cumulative spine split.
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Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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$99.00
View scan- INCOMPLETE. Piece cut from one page, interrupts art and text story. Glue along spine, heavy oxidation.
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Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "The Black Flame"; Zombies are found in the U.S. so a detective goes to Haiti; His girlfriend tells this to the commissioner, who is secretly behind the zombie conspiracy. "Skull House"; Two men are eager to get their old aunt's inheritance; One of the men poisons the aunt and frames the other man, who is killed by police. "Highroad to Doom" text story by John Martin. "Devil Mask"; A man has loved scaring people with masks since he was a boy; He scares his girlfriend to death; He steals a rare witchdoctor's mask. "Red Lightning"; A honeymooning couple stops in a town in which a vampire is said to live; While the man is out walking, he meets the vampire who turns him into a vampire. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #18
Published Jul 1954 by Superior Comics.$225.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s)
- Label #0347600033
$84.00
View scan- INCOMPLETE. Page missing. Interrupts art and story.
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Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Death Deals a Hand"; Several people join a club in which one person kills another each meeting until only one is left; The remaining person inherits all the others possessions. "Heart of the Corpse"; A man kills himself because he is fired; Another employee kills the mean boss, and is executed; A doctor digs up the three bodies, and finds that the mean boss had a stone heart. "Vengeance Night" text story by John Martin. "Tomb for a Werewolf"; A tombstone engraver is a werewolf who kills villagers and then makes money by carving their tombstones. "Call from the Grave"; Two newlyweds crash off of a cliff; The wife is killed; The disconsolate widower is urged by his dead wife to kill himself and join her. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #19
Published Sep 1954 by Superior Comics.- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #4088784001
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
$132.00
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Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Preview of Chaos!"; A druid has been hired to make it appear that the moon is on a collision course with California so a crook can buy real estate cheap. "Was He Death-proof?"; A criminal sentenced to die promises to get revenge; The judge's daughter paints the criminal's picture; The dead man's ghost returns and kills the judge and tries to kill the daughter. "Terror in the Tomb" text story by John Martin. "I Am Murder"; A woman became photophobic because her fiancé broke up with her because she was too ugly; A blind man comes to her house during a storm. "The Playful Executioner"; An evil spirit causes discord between a nagging wife and her husband by moving objects around; The spirit kills the wife by causing her to trip on the stairs. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #20
Published Nov 1954 by Superior Comics.- Restored (see item notes)
- RESTORATION. Tear seal. Residue.
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Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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- Cover detached. Mold.
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Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "The Living Corpse"; A wife has dreams about a man dead for 10 years; Her husband makes a deal with the devil to bring the corpse back to life; The corpse kidnaps his wife. "The Blood Curse"; A woman is killed by ghosts as a result of a curse; A psychic researcher investigates and ends the curse. "Fear of the Night" text story by John Martin. "The Lost World Below"; Two brothers take off in an experimental rocket ship and land inside the Earth in a frozen world; They find a woman in suspended animation. "Fangs of the Wolf Woman!"; A major in the army is sent to Hungary to help the resistance; He is shot but recovers with the help of locals; They learn that the resistance members are werewolves. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
