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Dark Mysteries #24

Merit Publications · Series began 1955 · July 1955

Dates

Cover date
July 1955
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Gerald Altman, Max Elkan, Gene Leslieinks: Gerald Altman, Max Elkan, Gene Leslie

Stories

  • Give A Man Enough Rope · 8 pages

    Jim Westbrook learns the famous rope trick in India and is able to disappear into nothingness. This comes in handy when he kills a man some years later.

  • The Bigger They Come · 6 pages

    The small-time crooks Sam and Shorty sell the wonder lotion "Growoo" with the promise to make people grow. Having made a fortune they go into hiding for some months. When they come out again the world around them has grown enormously.

  • The Racket That Failed · 6 pages

    A gangster blackmails shop owners. Police set up a trap and catch him.

  • Crime Does Not Pay · 2 pages

    A prison guard relates the last hours of a convicted killer before his execution.

  • Death On Tour · 6 pages

    Queenie Starr and Lieutenant Gaines investigate a murder in show business.

Reprinted in

Dark Shadows (1957)

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