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Issue: Adventures into the Unknown #7 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1949
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Issues: #7 of 174 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagAmerican Comics Group
Brand: American Comics Group ACGView Brand Images
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:
Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes]
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Edvard Moritz
Inker(s): Edvard Moritz
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Swami's Secret

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Belknap Long
Penciller(s): R. S. Pious
Inker(s): R. S. Pious
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Swami Heshug; Bill Carlton; Trudy Roland; "Cat" Harris
Synopsis: Bill Carlton and Trudy Roland, reporters at the Graphic newspaper, team up to take down swindling spiritualists. They expose Swami Heshug, who uses burning herbs to raise the spirit of executed killer, "Cat" Harris. Accidentally getting a picture of the spirits of Heshug and Harris together, Bill plans to use a hazel twig to stop Heshug. Trudy is captured by Heshug. When Bill goes to the swami's lair, he loses the hazel. The herbs burn out, and Heshug loses control of Harris' spirit. Using a silver letter opener, he tries to show dominance, but ends up killing himself and Harris' spirit.
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In Content Item: FlagChilling Tales of Horror v2 #2 [1] published February 1971
as The Swami's Secret [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Ghost Mother

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mrs. J. Yakayima
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: text story; 2nd place contest winner
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The Ape Demon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Edvard Moritz
Inker(s): Edvard Moritz
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, horror
Character(s): Dr. Vance; Link; Jean
Synopsis: Dr. Vance, assisted by a woman named Jean and a man named Link, sets out in the jungles of Bengal to track down the legendary Hanuman Ape. This is in spite of native warnings to stay away from the supernatural creature, as it is said to be kept in the jungle by the god, Siva. Dr. Vance persists in the hunt and captures the. Jean and Link discover a bevy of statues in the jungle looking exactly like the ape. Taking the ape on board a ship, Dr. Vance is soon mastered by the creature. That is until Jean uses a talisman representing Siva to release his soul and return the ape to a stone statue.
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Pages: 8
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The Mummy's Cloth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pete Riss
Inker(s): Pete Riss ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ed Hamilton
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Dick; Tom Winber; Sesostris; George Waverly
Synopsis: A piece of cloth from an Egyptian mummy brings doom wherever it goes.
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In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #168 published January 1977
as The Mummy's Cloth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTerror Under the Sea! #[nn] published January 1981
as The Mummy's Cloth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Riss pencils and possible inks per Martin O'Hearn's blog:

http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2015/07/wait-fifteen-years-for-johnny-craig.html

Previous indexer credited Johnny Craig on pencils and Harry Lazarus on inks.
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Timeless Is the Night

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Michael Everett; Michael Everett III
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Drums of the Undead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pete Riss
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Sheila; Bill; Erzulie Bocor; Dr. Wenrod
Synopsis: Illustrator Bill and his friend Sheila go to the museum to photograph the display on Haiti. There, the pair observe a woman stealing a drum. Bill takes a picture of the woman With the assistance of the museum's curator, Dr. Wenrod, they discover the woman is the Voodoo Goddess, Erzulie Bocor. Erzulie Bocor turns Sheila into a zombie in a bid to get the picture Bill took of the Zombie Goddess.
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Pages: 8
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Let's Talk It Over!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Fred W. Goldstein, James Parry, and David Roggensach.
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The World beyond the Mirror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Lubbers
Inker(s): Bob Lubbers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, horror
Character(s): Alice
Synopsis: After reading a book on ghost stories from her uncle's library, Alice looks into the mirror. She is transported into the other side, where friendly ghosts fear the living.
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Pages: 4
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The Case of the Roman Curse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Belknap Long
Penciller(s): Jon L. Blummer
Inker(s): Jon L. Blummer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Christopher Fenn
Character(s): Christopher Fenn; Alf; Pamela Hogarth; Penny; Marcus
Synopsis: Ex-GI Christopher Fenn takes up the dangerous occupation of ghost-hunter following the war. He confronts the ghosts of ancient Roman soldiers after they murder a man named Alf on the property of one Pamela Hogarth. Ghosts of Druids, enemies of the Romans, assist Fenn. To defeat the Romans, Fenn uses a blade wrapped in a yew sprig.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: This story has great similarities to the two other Christopher Fenn stories. In all stories, he faces off with the ghosts of Roman soldiers and is assisted by Ghost Druids.

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