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Mysterious Adventures (1951) comic books 1950-1952

  • Issue #2
    Mysterious Adventures (1951) 2
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #0235109012
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    Cover art by Ed Goldfarb. "Curse of the Witch"; John Cahill falls in love with Abigail Sheffield, cursed to walk the Earth sowing fire, death, and ash as a falsely-accused witch, until she finds true love. "The Cabinet of the Living Death"; Explorer Jim Bixon and newspaper reporter Marcy Merry investigate Ju-Ju dolls on a trip to South America; The fiendish Dr. Sharon knows how to produce them and shrinks Bixon and Merry to miniature size. "Mark of the Tomb"; Renowned Dr. Marsak is a vampire at night, as his colleagues Dr. Drexel and nurse Corbin find out. "A Midnight Ride with Death" text story. "The Unholy Quest," art by Ed Goldfarb; Alan Saxton inherits the house of his uncle Mat who dabbled in black magic; The undead sorcerer Zoltan tries to get his hands on the corpse of Mat - to walk the earth again. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #3
    Mysterious Adventures (1951) 3
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4351255001
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    Cover pencils by Ed Goldfarb, inks by Bob Baer. "Curse of the Salem Queen!"; Pirate Black Luke, scourge of the Atlantic, maroons a company of women and children on a flimsy raft; The young woman Lucille goes overboard and dies, but her ghost haunts Black Luke and his crew. "Return from the Dead!"; The coalminers Tom and Matty fight over the same woman, Ruth; Tom tries to slay Matty and leaves him to perish in an abandoned mine shaft; Some time later, however, Tom is trapped in a cave-in and comes across the mortal remains of his rival Matty. "Anger of the Devil," pencils by Ed Goldfarb, inks by Bob Baer; When geologist McIntyre watches a forbidden native ritual, he is marked for death; Strange things begin to happen in the household, as native woman Nagana presents McIntyre's daughter Betsy with a voodoo doll. "Ghost of the Mist" text story by Ellen Lynn. "The Manikins of Death!", art by Alvin C. Hollingsworth; The secret of his lifelike puppets is a simple one: Conrad Lebaron uses real bodies of beautiful women to create his famed manikins; But when he kills singer Regina Walters, he is being haunted by her ghostly apparition. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #5
    Mysterious Adventures (1951) 5

    Bondage cover by Bill Fraccio. "Ghouls Feast at Midnight," art by A. C. Hollingsworth; A father and his son are under suspicion to be grave-robbing ghouls. "The Pool of Eternity," art by Lou Cameron; Adventurer David Murstone crashes in the jungle and is severely injured; Jivaro goddess Konocry saves his life by letting him drink from the "Pool of Eternity" and thus giving him immortality; The Jivaro tribe disagrees with her action and tortures the couple. "Terror of the Sleeping Monster!", art by Bill Fraccio; Sculptor Lawrence Matthews is endowed with a magic chisel; In his dreams a strange man called Maroff commands him to sculpt his image; Maroff is a vampire who comes alive again to wreak vengeance on the townspeople. "Strange Grotto of Death" text story by Ellen Lynn. "Horror of the Walking Dead," art by John D'Agostino; The young woman Kathy pleads with her dead mother to help her against the cruel woman her father married recently; Rosamund, the new stepmother is found dead—mysteriously shot through the head. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Mysterious Adventures (1951) 7
    • 3" Cumulative spine split. Heavy cover oxidation.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3703630014
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    Cover by Bill Fraccio. Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth and Lou Cameron. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. While honeymooning in the South Pacific, Patty tries a native potion and soon develops a yen for human flesh. While seeking authentic English ghost stories, Tim encounters the armored zombies of Sleed's Castle. A captain who abandons his foundering ship and crew on the rocks is picked up by the legendary ghost vessel the Flying Dutchman, for a fate far worse than being shipwrecked. The Absent Minded Fiend; The Secret of Sleeds Castle; The Ghost in the Mirror; The Curse of the Flying Dutchman; The Terror of a Tattooed Man! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Mysterious Adventures (1951) 8
    • Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Heavy cover oxidation with chipping.
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    Stories and art by A. C. Hollingsworth, Ed Goldfarb, Bob Baer, Harry Harrison, Ernie Bache and Jon D'Agostino. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. A scientist has a parasitic worm in his eye socket, in a story featuring the infamous "injury-to-the-eye-motif." A botanist investigating a colleague's mysterious death learns the horrifying secret of beautiful Karen. Ellen likes to walk through the graveyard at night, where she meets handsome Harold and learns the story of the Addams vampire, in a story with art by future sci-fi author Harry Harrison. The Eyes of Horror; Horror of the Flowers of Death; The Bride of Death; Terror of the Vampire Kiss; Ghost with Two Faces. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $685 Mysterious Adventures #8 1952 Pre Code Horror 3.5/4.0

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  • Issue #10
    Mysterious Adventures (1951) 10

    Stories and art by Hy Fleishman and Doyle Cohen. Pre-Code tales of horror and the supernatural from Story Comics. A man murders his wealthy wife for her money, but a strange revenge awaits him. Alcoholic surgeon Luther is haunted by the friend whose death he caused through a botched cataract surgery - haunted first metaphorically, then literally. Big-game hunter Bert runs afoul of a voodoo tribe and their goat-god, in a story with the memorable title "Terror of the Speedy Goat!" The Death Head!; Blind Fury; Horror of the Drowned; The Gun That Fought Back; Terror of the Speedy Goat! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $600 Mysterious Adventures #10 CGC 3.0 Story Comics 1952 Golden Age Pre-Code Horror

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