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Issue: Baffling Mysteries #19 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1954
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Issues: #19 of 22 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagAce Magazines
Brand: AceView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Periodical House Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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They Strangle by Night

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset (Leroy lettering)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Pages: 1
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The Monster Maker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jim McLaughlin
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset (Leroy lettering)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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.
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Pages: 7
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Baffling Mysteries #31

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sy Grudko
Inker(s): Sy Grudko ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset (Leroy lettering)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baffling Mysteries
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.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: One of a series of 1-page stories about supposedly true encounters with the supernatural.
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They Strangle by Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset (Leroy lettering)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Hans Basserman; Gretchen; Hans
First Line: I am sick and tired of those who scoff at the supernatural.
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...
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Pages: 7
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Baffling Mysteries #32

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sy Grudko
Inker(s): Sy Grudko ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset (Leroy lettering)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baffling Mysteries
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".
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Disclose Notes: One of a series of 1-page stories about supposedly true encounters with the supernatural.
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Conjurer for the Foul Fiend

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Letterer(s): typeset (Leroy lettering)
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Genres: horror
Character(s): Willis Duncazy; Mr. Walsh; Satan; Zelda
First Line: Let go of me!
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.
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The Third Visitation

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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.
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The Werewolf Strikes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Johnny; Stubb; Professor Drago; Joel; Gail
First Line: Who can say what monstrous forms exist...
Synopsis: Professor Drago is a werewolf, but working on a formula to keep his human form. But time runs out and Drago gets cornered.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Beyond #1 published November 1950
was The Werewolf Strikes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Artist “Ace” Baker, a Matt-Baker-imitator, who worked for Ace Magazines.

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