Mysteries (1953) comic books 1954
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Published Jan 1954 by Superior Comics.$499.00
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- Label #0229504004
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$89.00
View scan- Trimmed
- INCOMPLETE. Piece torn from one page, slightly affects art and story. Cover partially TRIMMED.
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Pre-Code mystery and horror stories from Canadian publisher Superior. A crook soon regrets stealing a cursed gem from the coffin of his aunt's twin sister, leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. After the grisly murder of his wife (in an iron lung!), Bill is repeatedly visited by a woman who looks just like her. Watching a horror movie unleashes the beast within henpecked Horace, turning him into a werewolf with a taste for the ladies. Some horror-comics covers are symbolic, but this cover actually illustrates a scene from the comic, when gangster Big Jim visits a hellish nightclub called the Charnel House. Trapped in the Tomb; The Deadly Double; Mark of the Beast; Horror a la Mode; Call Me Monster. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Mar 1954 by Superior Comics.
- Interior is complete. Full spine split through cover and all eight wraps.
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"Howling Horror"; On a trip to the mountains, writer Adam Hunt makes the acquaintance of lovely Vikki Barstow; Something is uncanny about her, because she keeps dogs with men's names. "Swamp Vengeance"; Trouble in the bayous: Jake Kern kills a man for some precious animal pelts, but is blackmailed by eye-witness Belle; Kern murders her too, by throwing her to the alligators. "The Kill" text story by John Martin. "Evil Disguise"; Sam wants to give his friend Tom a scare; He asks him to come to the cemetery, whither he's ordered some actors to appear in costume; The men are confronted with real fiends from the grave. "Death's Rehearsal"; Peter Edson wants to commit the perfect crime; With the help of his attorney, Tom Ferris, he plans a murder scenario for his philandering wife; But does he know that Ferris is the man his wife is seeing? 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1954 by Superior Comics.$155.00
View scans- Cover and interior oxidation.
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$199.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Slab: Scratch on front of case
- Label #2039140015
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$89.00
View scan- Interior is complete. Full length spine split, both covers completely detached.
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Pre-Code mystery and horror stories from Canadian publisher Superior. A shape-shifting, demonic figure called The Masher is preying on women in the city, so policewoman Pat prepares to go undercover. Two criminals kill each other for a stolen jewel, but their struggle goes on beyond the grave. Sea goblins abduct women from a coastal town and townspeople give pursuit, but no one realizes the terrible truth. Demon in Disguise; One Was Human; Death in Possession; Blood Oath; The Sea Goblins. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jul 1954 by Superior Comics.
- Cover and centerfold detached at one staple and coming loose at the other. Staple rust.
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Pre-Code mystery and horror stories from Canadian publisher Superior. Horror-movie fan Doris wins a Hollywood visit with actor Boris Goff, but then learns how he manages to play vampires so convincingly. The experimental Formula K allows a madman to raise the dead and become a zombie master - but when the woman he loves dies, how far is too far? A man declared dead tries to continue going about his business, but finds that life is prejudiced in favor of the living. Vampire Terror; Corpse, Come Back; Deaths Dark Chamber; The Devils Birthmark; Happily Dead. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Mysteries (1953) #10Published Nov 1954 by Superior Comics.
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Pre-Code mystery and horror stories from Canadian publisher Superior. A man is pursued by the spirit of the woman he jilted at the altar. A bidder wins "the Hand of Bloody John" in an auction, and is surprised that it turns out to be cursed and sentient. A scientist discovers a strange planet where people become trees instead of dying, but applying that to human life is not as easy as he thought. Swamp Terror; Chamber of Doom; Perilous Pact; The Haunted Hand; Planet Without Death. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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