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Issue: Adventures into the Unknown #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1948
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Issues: #2 of 174 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagAmerican Comics Group
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: B. & I. Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Bi-monthly
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes] (credited)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Edvard Moritz
Inker(s): Edvard Moritz
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Pages: 1
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Kill, Puppets, Kill

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Belknap Long
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): Edvard Moritz
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Turgot; Jeanne; Pierre; Gloria; Ralph Wellman
Synopsis: Turgot, the Puppet Master, animates and controls his autonomous and murderous dolls. His affections spurned by his young assistant Jeanne, he has his dolls try to kill her. Jeanne's brother, Pierre, comes to her rescue. Turgot dies trying to kill Pierre. Turgot's house remains empty until Ralph and Gloria purchase the house and ship it from France to the U.S. where they rebuild the house. Turgot returns as a ghost, and his puppets are again active. Ralph uses a flame gun to destroy them all.
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In Content Item: FlagHideous Haunts #[nn] published January 1982
as Kill, Puppets, Kill! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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The Mermaid Mole

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Tom Jenson; Steve Miller
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Pages: 1
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Out of the Unknown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Belknap Long
Penciller(s): Edvard Moritz
Inker(s): Edvard Moritz
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Living Ghost
Character(s): Gail Leslie; Tony Brand; The Living Ghost; Dr. VanDyke; Professor Mavelli; The Dark Phantom
Synopsis: The Living Ghost returns to kidnap Gail Leslie, in a new bid to make her his queen. Tony Brand consults with Dr. VanDyke, who suggests The Dark Phantom may be of aid. The Living Ghost and the Phantom hate each other. Professor Mavelli assists Tony Brand in contacting the minions of The Dark Phantom, who whisk Tony away to the phantom's Tibetan retreat. The Dark Phantom agrees to fight The Living Ghost, and is triumphant. He then turns on Gail and Tony, but Tony has a relic given to him by VanDyke to destroy the phantom.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The Living Ghost first appeared in Adventures Into The Unknown #1.
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The Old Tower's Secret

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Belknap Long
Penciller(s): Edmond Good (signed)
Inker(s): Edmond Good (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Douglas Drew (ghost-breaker); Henry Masters; Jane Masters; Carter; Robert; Andrew
Synopsis: Douglas Drew discovers the truth behind a lovers' triangle with the help of their ghosts.
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Pages: 7
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The Haunted Hoard

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Jimmy Severn; William Denning; Miss Scruggins
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Pages: 1
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The Master's Hand

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Belknap Long
Penciller(s): Max Elkan
Inker(s): Max Elkan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Betty Saunders; Kees Van Ruyter
Synopsis: Betty Saunders is a world renowned expert on the artwork of 15th century artist, Kees Van Ruyter. Van Ruyter's paintings depict monstrous creatures. In 1496, Van Ruyter killed himself by throwing his hands under the wheels of a moving oxcart, severing them. Betty recreates his horrific paintings with monstrous creatures depicted therein. A human looking ghoul hires Betty to go to his mansion in Belgium and paint pictures Van Ruyter's style. The ghost of Van Ruyer has Betty paint a picture of the ghoul. When the painting is revealed, the ghoul is destroyed.
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Pages: 9
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Phantom of the Seas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Belknap Long
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman
Inker(s): Paul Reinman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Captain Wolfson; Orfeo; Stephen Knowles; Joan Knowles; Betty Knowles; Bobby Knowles
Synopsis: A family buys a ship in a bottle for the son. They soon become aware of the ghost of Captain Wolfson, executed by his crew for his brutality, haunting the miniature vessel.
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In Content Item: FlagChilling Tales of Horror v2 #2 published April 1971
as Phantom of the Seas [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: cover story
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The Grim Lady of Raynham Hall

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): King Ward [as K. W.] (signed)
Inker(s): King Ward [as K. W.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): True Ghosts of History
Character(s): Lady of Raynham Hall; Captain Frederick Marryatt; Sir Charles
Synopsis: A writer witnesses the ghostly Grim Lady, but only a photograph is proof.
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Pages: 2

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