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Baffling Mysteries Horror Comic Books Issue No. 17 1953

Baffling Mysteries Horror Comic Books Issue No. 17 1953

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Publication September 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: bi-monthly

Credits Pencils: Ken Rice? | Inks: Ken Rice? | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror

Comic Story Kill, My Minions of Death! (7 pages)
Synopsis Thanks to "years of experiments plus a knowledge of black magic", Ivan Buloff controls an army of flying severed hands that kill on his command. He even blackmails the helpless German government. But the worried sister of one of his victims proves to be his downfall.
Credits Pencils: Lou Cameron (signed) | Inks: Lou Cameron (signed) | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror

Comic Story Baffling Mysteries # 27 (1 page)
Synopsis "Of the many strange tales credited to the land of Scotland, the following is perhaps the most baffling..." The curse of a clan feud claims a victim two generations later.
Featuring Baffling Mysteries
Credits Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror

Comic Story Duel of the Spectres (7 pages)
Synopsis Jeff Pearson and his wife travel to Scotland to inherit the family castle. Pearson is confronted by the ghosts of his dead brothers. One of them is a mad vampire who has to be staked again - and this time properly.
Credits Pencils: Dick Beck | Inks: George Klein | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror

Comic Story Baffling Mysteries # 28 (1 page)
Synopsis "An astounding story that has never been told before lies buried in the files of a well-known British newspaper..." Reporter Ramsey discovers a mad Nazi scientist and his monster in the black mountains of Bavaria. "But the editor felt the world had lived through terrible enough times to believe this incredible tale, so the story was never printed".
Featuring Baffling Mysteries
Credits Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror

Comic Story Evil Cult of the Juggernaut (7 pages)
Synopsis Writing a book about native lore, Paul Reynolds discovers the cult of the juggernaut in India. The evil high priest Rashonu exploits his followers to amass riches. But the idol of juggernaut comes alive and punishes Rashonu.
Credits Pencils: Dick Beck | Inks: Don Perlin?
Content Genre: Horror
Notes Pencil art credits previously supplied by Saltarella as Don Perlin. August 2010.

Text Story The Mystery of Mello Manse (2 pages)
Synopsis A man travels to England to be united with his lover Meta. They spend a lovely night in Meta's huge mansion. Then she bids him farewell. At the station the man learns that Meta has died three months ago.
Credits Letters: typeset

Comic Story Master of the Undead (7 pages)
Synopsis Mystery writer Peter Brandon has to do research for a book on zombies. Though flying to Haiti and experiencing a wild zombie chase, he wakes up in his own New York room a week later. Was it all just a nightmare?
Credits Pencils: Al Hartley | Inks: Al Hartley
Content Genre: Horror
Notes Previously attributed by Saltarella to Joe Orlando in error, August 2010.

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