CATALOG RECORD

Mysterious Stories #3

Premier Magazines · Series began 1954 · April 1955

Dates

pencils: George Woodbridge, Alvin Hollingsworth, Hy Fleishmaninks: Angelo Torres, Hy Fleishman, Alvin Hollingsworth

Nightmare! · 6 pages
Forty years after the Civil War, former soldier Dan McGraw is visited by the ghosts of his army buddies. He killed them so that he could keep a gold treasure all for himself. The ghosts drive him to a police station where McGraw makes a full confession of his crimes.
The Elder Gods · 1 pages
American tourist John Anderson visits Mexico and has a vision of a goddess there.
Smart Soldiers Never Die! · 6 pages
Rookie soldier in Korea caught behind enemy lines is pulled through by veteran. Returning to camp, he learns that the veteran must have been a ghost, because he died yesterday.
Friends to the End! · 6 pages
Al is rescued from a tenement fire by the ghost of his war buddy Dave. Al once saved Dave's life, and now the debt is paid.
So You Want to Be a Witch? · 1 pages
An old experienced witch reminisces in a monologue about her times.
King Midas · Grandma Gruesome's Deadtime Tale · 5 pages
Story of King Midas, pepped up with 1950s lingo. Because he cannot eat anymore (everything he touches turns to gold), Midas turns himself into the Statue of Liberty and is shipped to New York.