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Baffling Mysteries Horror Comic Books Issue No. 8 1952

Baffling Mysteries Horror Comic Books Issue No. 8 1952

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Publication May 1952 | Pages: 36 | Frequency: bi-monthly


Comic Story The Bride's Borrowed Time (7 pages)
Synopsis 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".

Comic Story Baffling Mysteries #7 (1 page)
Synopsis "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. The building can be safely evacuated with no one getting harmed.

Comic Story Jungle Idol's Vengeful Rage (7 pages)
Synopsis 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, but Ra-La catches on with them and takes bloody revenge.

Comic Story Baffling Mysteries #8 (1 page)
Synopsis "History tells us of the murderous career of Lucrezia Borgia who was one of the most feared women of Italy..." Actors rehearsing a play at the Borgia palace in 1933 are attacked by the ghost of Lucrezia.

Comic Story At the Sound of Airi's Drum (7 pages)
Synopsis Small-time punk kills a shopkeeper in Calcutta, then conjures up a mystical being using the drum that he stole from his victim. The drum's "djinn", Airi, grants him three wishes. The man's last wish is to be hidden from the police. Airi takes him down with him to his "fiery underworld domain".

Text Story The Glacier's Secret (2 pages)
Synopsis A pilot goes down on a glacier. He finds a cave and frozen viking warriors therein. By making a fire they come alive. The pilot is imprisoned but can escape.

Comic Story Yama's Fiery Fury (7 pages)
Synopsis Explorers in Sumatra encounter a race of belligerent lava-men. They can be rendered harmless by contact with water, of course.


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