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Issue: Adventures into the Unknown Archives #1
Publication Date: June 2012
 
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Publisher: FlagDark Horse
Indicia Publisher: Dark Horse Books
On Sale Date: 05/23/2012
Volume: none
Pages: 232
ISBN: 9781595829306
UPC/EAN: 978159582930654999
Price: $54.99 CAD
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Content Items: 75 (34 stories, 2 covers)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format: Collected Editions
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Contents

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Snake Hovers Over Ghost

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Under Forbidden Covers, Part 1

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The Werewolf Strikes

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John Wilder; Pierre; Jacques; Barbara; Monahan
They captured a timber wolf, but it was instead a werewolf!
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The Living Ghost

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Tony Brand; Gail Leslie; Jean; Ned; Dr. VanDyke; Malevo
Train wrecked, man strangled, cars thrown over cliffs; could it be the supernatural? Malevo, Satan's first lieutenant, lives and is looking for a queen!
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First appearance of the Institute of Psychic Research.
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Voodoo

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The Painted Grave

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John Drake
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It Walked by Night

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Squire Aram; Philip; Roger; Sylvia; John Tenant; Ken; Stephen Carew
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The Cursed Pistol

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The Chevalier De Fraise
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The Castle of Otranto

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Alfonso Otranto; Manfred; Isabella; Theodore (heir to Otranto Castle); Justin; Anne
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adapted from novel by Horace Walpole
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The Horrible Toys

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Jane; Jimmy; Mrs. Meek
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The Vengeful Specter of Lord Tyrone

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Lord Tyrone; Lady Beresford; Dr. Herwood
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Haunted House

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Fred Eager (detective); Benny Beaver (detective); Lorna Brent; Horace Brent (ghost); Fielding (crooked lawyer); Jones (crooked lawyer)
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Streamline the Appearance of Your Figure Instantly

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Kill, Puppets, Kill

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Turgot; Jeanne; Pierre; Gloria; Ralph Wellman
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The Mermaid Mole

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Tom Jenson; Steve Miller
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Out of the Unknown

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Gail Leslie; Tony Brand; The Living Ghost; Dr. VanDyke; Professor Mavelli; The Dark Phantom
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The Living Ghost first appeared in Adventures Into The Unknown #1.
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The Old Tower's Secret

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fantasy, mystery
Douglas Drew (ghost-breaker); Henry Masters; Jane Masters; Carter; Robert; Andrew
Douglas Drew discovers the truth behind a lovers' triangle with the help of their ghosts.
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The Haunted Hoard

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Jimmy Severn; William Denning; Miss Scruggins
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The Master's Hand

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Betty Saunders; Kees Van Ruyter
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Phantom of the Seas

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Captain Wolfson; Orfeo; Stephen Knowles; Joan Knowles; Betty Knowles; Bobby Knowles
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The Grim Lady of Raynham Hall

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Lady of Raynham Hall; Captain Frederick Marryatt; Sir Charles
A writer witnesses the ghostly Grim Lady, but only a photograph is proof.
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Talk - Sing - Play

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Lose Weight Where It Shows Most

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Throw Up Your Hands!

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The Witch-Cat of Salem

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Black Naomi; Adam Adams; Mr. Gates; Bob; Ann
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By the Light of the Lantern

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Martin Hall; Henry Travers
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The Vampire Prowls!

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Junius B. Jethro; Ruth Morton; Bill; Larry Roberts
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Celtic Superstitions

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The Specter of Little Dread House

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Luke; "Tiny Tim" Carver; De Scalo; Diana Trapella; Alice; Jim
"Tiny Tim" Carver and his tiny house return from the hereafter to terrorize Alice and Jim who have built their house where Tim's used to stand.
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The Affair of the Ferrick Phantom

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Do Such Things Exist?
Richard Ferrick; Vardis Nelson; David Ferrick; Emery Kent; Henry Loftus; R. V. Claton; Thomas R. Demby
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The Empty House

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Silk; Lefty; Pete; Slim McKee
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King Charles

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King Charles; Kirke; Sir Edmund Varney; Lord Pembroke
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The Creekmore Curse

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Dr. Gaunt; Debby; Rand; Mr. Andrews; Roger Barrow; Alexander Watkins; George Pryor
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Now You Can Have Daring Newest Look Beauty ...

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How a Simple Discovery Made Billy a Very Happy Boy

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The American Comics Group!

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Giants of the Unknown

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science fiction
Tom Andrews; Betty; Edward Clinton; El-Rano; El-Clani
Egyptologist Tom Andrews leads an expedition to an ancient tomb where they find a giant mummy. The giant revives and tells them he is El-Rano, of an even more ancient race that was revered by the Egyptians as gods because of their advanced scientific knowledge.
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The Affair of Room 1313

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John Abbott; Casper MacLeish; Ellen Rogers; Mr. Gregory
New insurance agent John Abbott is sent on a wild goose chase that has him selling a policy to ghosts and dying in the same way they did.
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Time we got to know each other, isn’t it?
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Letters from: George Dyak, Mrs. Bullard, D. Golden, Richard Pivack, and Pauline Saltzman.
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Back to Yesterday

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Joseph Lawrence; Roger Lawrence; Margaret Anders; Margaret Blythe
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Specialist in Spooks

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Elliot O'Donnell; McKaye
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St. Mary's Specter

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Johnson
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Rescue Out of the Unknown

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Lily LeBecque; George LeBecque
After George LeBecque is wounded in their trapeze act, Lily must carry on, but she may not truly be flying solo.
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The Women Wore Black

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Jug Nason
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Talk - Sing - Play

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Now You Can Have Daring Newest Look Beauty ...

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Will Eisner

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Advertising six Will Eisner publications from Dark Horse Books.
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Mac Raboy's Flash Gordon

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House ad for Mac Raboy's Flash Gordon (Dark Horse, 2003 series) #s 1-4 reprint collection.
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Dark Horse Archives

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Blackjacked and Pistol-Whipped

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House ad for Blackjacked and Pistol-Whipped: A Crime Does Not Pay Primer (Dark Horse, 2011 series) #[nn] (September 2021).
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Adventures into the Unknown

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