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Baffling Mysteries #17

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

Dates

Cover date
September 1953
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Lou Cameron, Dick Beck, Al Hartleyinks: Lou Cameron, George Klein, Al Hartley

Stories

  • Kill, My Minions of Death! · 7 pages

    Thanks to "years of experiments plus a knowledge of black magic", Ivan Buloff controls an army of flying severed hands that kill on his command. He even blackmails the helpless German government. But the worried sister of one of his victims proves to be his downfall.

  • Baffling Mysteries # 27 · Baffling Mysteries · 1 pages

    "Of the many strange tales credited to the land of Scotland, the following is perhaps the most baffling..." The curse of a clan feud claims a victim two generations later.

  • Duel of the Spectres · 7 pages

    Jeff Pearson and his wife travel to Scotland to inherit the family castle. Pearson is confronted by the ghosts of his dead brothers. One of them is a mad vampire who has to be staked again - and this time properly.

  • Baffling Mysteries # 28 · Baffling Mysteries · 1 pages

    "An astounding story that has never been told before lies buried in the files of a well-known British newspaper..." Reporter Ramsey discovers a mad Nazi scientist and his monster in the black mountains of Bavaria. "But the editor felt the world had lived through terrible enough times to believe this incredible tale, so the story was never printed".

  • Evil Cult of the Juggernaut · 7 pages

    Writing a book about native lore, Paul Reynolds discovers the cult of the juggernaut in India. The evil high priest Rashonu exploits his followers to amass riches. But the idol of juggernaut comes alive and punishes Rashonu.

  • The Mystery of Mello Manse · 2 pages

    A man travels to England to be united with his lover Meta. They spend a lovely night in Meta's huge mansion. Then she bids him farewell. At the station the man learns that Meta has died three months ago.

  • Master of the Undead · 7 pages

    Mystery writer Peter Brandon has to do research for a book on zombies. Though flying to Haiti and experiencing a wild zombie chase, he wakes up in his own New York room a week later. Was it all just a nightmare?

Reprinted in

The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (2010), Haunted Horror (2012)

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