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Baffling Mysteries Horror Comic Books Issue No. 19 1954

Baffling Mysteries Horror Comic Books Issue No. 19 1954

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Publication January 1954 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: bi-monthly

Cover They Strangle by Night
Credits Pencils: George Roussos? | Inks: George Roussos? | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror
Notes Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker, August 2010.

Comic Story The Monster Maker (7 pages)
Synopsis The creations of horror story writer Carl Bascom come alive in a parallel world. If he destroys the manuscript, his fictitious monsters die. The monsters come looking for Bascom to prevent their annihilation.
Credits Pencils: Jim McLaughlin | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror

Comic Story Baffling Mysteries #31 (1 page)
Synopsis "A sword dating back to the Napoleonic Wars, hangs in a Paris museum. It is the object of one of the strangest incidents ever related..." The sword appears on a battlefield in 1914 and leads French troops to a victory in WWI.
Featuring Baffling Mysteries
Credits Pencils: Sy Grudko | Inks: Sy Grudko? | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Notes One of a series of 1-page stories about supposedly true encounters with the supernatural.

Comic Story They Strangle by Night (7 pages)
Synopsis In Donnerwald, Germany, puppet maker Hans Basserman can bring his dolls to life. They turn out to be evil and go on a killing spree. Basserman smashes all of them, except the one that gets away...
Credits Pencils: Louis Zansky | Inks: Louis Zansky | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror
Notes Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker, August 2010.

Comic Story Baffling Mysteries #32 (1 page)
Synopsis "An oft-told tale of the supernatural took place in a small Balkan country in the late 19th century..." An undertaker is run down and killed by a nobleman. He returns for revenge with a ghost hearse, offering "an eternal trip to Hades".
Featuring Baffling Mysteries
Credits Pencils: Sy Grudko | Inks: Sy Grudko? | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Notes One of a series of 1-page stories about supposedly true encounters with the supernatural.

Comic Story Conjurer for the Foul Fiend (7 pages)
Synopsis Aging stage magician Willis Duncazy makes a pact with the devil. Magical powers, youth and a beautiful assistant are his for one year. Then he has to join the "underworld fraternity of magicians", of course.
Credits Pencils: Ken Rice | Inks: Ken Rice | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror

Text Story The Third Visitation (2 pages)
Synopsis A son finds the diary of his father who dabbled in black magic. Working incantations, the son calls his mother's ghost. The shock of seeing her again makes his hair turn white.
Credits Letters: typeset
Content Genre: Horror

Comic Story The Werewolf Strikes! (7 pages)
Synopsis Professor Drago is a werewolf, but working on a formula to keep his human form. But time runs out and Drago gets cornered.
Credits Pencils:? [“Ace” Baker] (see notes) | Inks:? [“Ace” Baker] (see notes)
Content Genre: Horror
Notes Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. refers to this artist as “Ace” Baker, a Matt-Baker-imitator, who worked for Ace Magazines.

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