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CATALOG RECORD

Web of Mystery #21

Ace Magazines [1940s-1950s] · Series began 1951 · November [1953]

Dates

Cover date
November [1953]
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Dick Ayers, Kenneth Rice, Chic Stone, Mike Sekowskyinks: Dick Ayers, Kenneth Rice, Chic Stone

Stories

  • Ghoul's Gold · 7 pages

    Grave robber Belardi is looking for the book of the devil, buried in an unmarked grave 400 years ago. Whoever finds it will have control over Satan. A fellow grave robber helps Belardi find the book. The devil appears but manages to trick Belardi, of course.

  • True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #41 · True Tales of Unexplained Mystery · 1 pages

    "The papers of a noted hungarian surgeon are regarded as the most astounding record..." A very ugly man pleads for help through plastic surgery. His x-rays reveal him to be a "latent sub-human being". When operated upon, he might change into a werewolf. He does!

  • Bondage in Stone · 7 pages

    The thief Loutrec sets free the ghosts of four murderers from the past. Together the posse rules Paris. When Loutrec tries to get rid of his unholy company, he turns into a stone gargoyle.

  • True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #42 · True Tales of Unexplained Mystery · 1 pages

    "When man dares bridge the gap in the world of the supernatural, he puts his life and soul in danger..." A man in China is fascinated by the "sacred statue of the living death". He buys it, although he has been warned that the price will be his soul. The statue takes possession of the man's mind and turns him into living stone.

  • Meet the Cowled Lady · 7 pages

    A young american couple buy an old castle in Enland, complete with ghosts and vampires. Then they invite over their friends from London for a fanciful costume party. Mistaken for guests the vampires appear and murder the whole party.

  • Queen of the Vampires · 2 pages

    In Hungary, the queen of the vampires chooses a new mate. It gets to be a young american searching for his missing brother. Who was so unlucky to be last year's mate.

  • No Grave to Hold Him · 7 pages

    To live on after his demise, the brain of a dying professor is planted into the body of an executed criminal. His gangster pals kidnap him to find the hidden money from their last robbery. Dramatic showdown on an airfield landing strip. The bad guys are killed, the professor's assistant regains control over the Frankenstein-like creature. Hidden from the public, it lives on scribbling formulas.

Reprinted in

The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (2010)

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