Dark Mysteries (1951) 20
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Issue #20
Published Oct 1954 by Master Publications.- Corner chipping, oxidation.
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View scans- 3" Cumulative spine split. 3/4" Tear through back cover and all wraps.
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"The Clutch of the Devil Fish"; A sadistic seafaring band of brothers kills whales; Some for money, some just for sport. This arouses the anger of the "devil fish", a giant octopus; Changing form, the octopus comes aboard as the lovely maiden Myra—killing off the brothers one after the other. "Flames of Hate," art by Gerald Altman; Pierre, an old executioner, hires a young assistant, Jean, to help him with his work; Which is to burn people at the stake; When Jean hits it off with Marianne, Pierre's lovely wife, Pierre seethes with jealousy and "accidentally" burns Jean on the pyre. "Shot by a Corpse" text story by Ellen Lynn. First-person-narrative of "a racketeer's moll": When the gang kidnaps a little boy, the woman goes soft and smuggles a confession to the police. "The Living-Dead," art by John D'Agostino; Ivor Blau, lost in the wintery woods of the Black Forest, comes to a lonely house; A lovely girl, Vania, takes him in; Something is strange; Soon Ivor learns that the house is populated with half-dead zombies (a result of a Nazi experiment) and he, Ivor (as the son of the evil Nazi doctor), has to pay with his blood. "Mountain Madness"; Ben and Alan are friends and work as lawyers in the same firm; When Alan gets to be junior partner, Ben is furious and plans his murder; On a mountain trip he pushes Alan into the abyss. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.
