Strange Mysteries (1951 Superior) comic books 1953-1955

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $490.00 View scans Paper: Off white Slab: Scratch on front of case; Scratch on back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Label #3886194003

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Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Zombie Vengeance"; An aviator crashes in Haiti. He finds a house of zombies who welcome him in; He and a zombie woman escape the other zombies and their zombie dogs. "Death Thumbs a Ride"; A man learns that his wife is having an affair; He kills her and her lover and buries them in the basement. "Was It a Dream?" text story by Charles James. "You Can't Cheat a Ghost"; Three criminals search for pirate gold; One fools the others into thinking he's the ghost of the pirate. "Night of Horror"; A writer of horror books has writer's block; He goes to a movie to steal an idea; He falls asleep and when he wakes he's alone in the theater so he runs a movie. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $699.95 or Best Offer View scan 5" spine split from bottom of comic. Book-width tear in front cover (partially taped). Cover detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Dial 'C' for Corpse"; A cataleptic has a phone installed in his coffin; He dies and, after one month, calls his wife who is planning to marry another man; This man drives a stake into the buried man. "Recipe for Horror"; A scientist asks a detective to find out who is stealing blood from him; They suspect the assistant but it's really a vampire masquerading as a pretty woman. "Gift of Doom" text story by John Martin. "If the Coffin Fits..."; A man named Mr. Death tries to sell a coffin from a coffin catalog to an oil tycoon; He kicks him out of his office but meets the man again and again. "Date with the Devil"; A singer with a scarred face hides behind a mask; He falls in love with another singer. His manager rips his mask off while he's singing and everyone sees his face. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $1,490.00 View scans 1" Cumulative spine split. Cover coming loose at one staple. Water spotting. Cover oxidation.

Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "The Golden Skeletons"; A cemetery caretaker and his wife discover that the cemetery's skeletons have turned to gold; They take them to their house and grind them into gold dust. "One Second to Live"; A convicted murderer relives his life in the second of his hanging; He sees his mother murdered and his discovery that his father was the murderer. "Fatal Proof" text story by John Martin. "No Escape from Evil"; A woman marries an old man for his money; She pushes him off a cliff. The old man although dead returns to kill the widow's new boyfriend. "Devil's Festival"; The village of Walpurgen in Austria, destroyed by Turks, reappears every 100 years; An American couple chances upon it, sees hangings, torture and stonings, and is almost burned at the stake. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Fraternity of Doom"; A man returns to college for a fraternity reunion; He tells the passenger next to him about a curse that has killed a fraternity member each year. "Death Takes Four"; A veteran with an injured face schemes to inherit his aunt and uncle's money and marry his second cousin; He pretends to be crazy and kills his aunt and uncle, and his cousin accidentally dies. "Terror Town" text story by John Martin. "Grim Awakening"; A defense contractor who makes defective equipment kills an inspector who plans to report him; His nephew dies because of the shoddy work. "Graveyard Terror"; A village idiot frees the monk of revenge from his grave; A padre goes to send the monk back to Satan; He succeeds by driving a cross into the monk's grave. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart GD 2.0 $299.95 or Best Offer View scans 2" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Horror in the House"; A woman kills her uncle who is an engraver, making it look like suicide; His ghost tells the police to inspect the bullets. "The Evil Stranger"; A woman tries to burn her husband to death to collect the insurance money; He escapes, gets a new plastic face, comes back as an insurance company employee, and marries her. "Haunted Hands" text story by John Martin. "Blood and Old Bones"; A man buys a cemetery to dig for oil. A man whose wife is buried in the cemetery kills one of the workers; That man is then killed by the man who bought the cemetery. "The Dead Speak!"; Two men try to revive corpses. One of the men kills the other. He leaves the country and works to perfect his reviving potion. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.8 $1,140.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white to white Slab: Scuffing on front of case; Scuffing to inner well of case Cover detached. Tape on interior cover & interior. Label #3697690024 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by humble cow

Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "The Corpse Comes Back"; A lawyer murders his partner and buries the body in 5 states; The dead man is stitched together and sent back to get revenge; His body falls apart and the lawyer tries to destroy him with acid and bury him in a trunk. "Black Pearls of Death"; Two men force islanders to dive for them to steal black pearls from a sunken idol; Once they get the pearls, they kill the islanders. "Horror's House" text story by John Martin. "Over His Dead Body"; A woman suspects that her husband returning from a business trip is abnormal; His skin is cold and he never sleeps; He refuses medical exams; She cheats on him. "Horror Unseen"; A scientist accidentally turns into a glass man; He steals money and wears makeup to fool his new bride; She is suspicious, discovers that he is glass, and is killed by him. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $139.95 or Best Offer View scan 3.5" cumulative spine split. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart PR 0.5 $99.00 View scan INCOMPLETE. Piece cut from one page, interrupts art and text story. Glue along spine, heavy oxidation. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

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Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "The Black Flame"; Zombies are found in the U.S. so a detective goes to Haiti; His girlfriend tells this to the commissioner, who is secretly behind the zombie conspiracy. "Skull House"; Two men are eager to get their old aunt's inheritance; One of the men poisons the aunt and frames the other man, who is killed by police. "Highroad to Doom" text story by John Martin. "Devil Mask"; A man has loved scaring people with masks since he was a boy; He scares his girlfriend to death; He steals a rare witchdoctor's mask. "Red Lightning"; A honeymooning couple stops in a town in which a vampire is said to live; While the man is out walking, he meets the vampire who turns him into a vampire. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $225.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s) Label #0347600033

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Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Death Deals a Hand"; Several people join a club in which one person kills another each meeting until only one is left; The remaining person inherits all the others possessions. "Heart of the Corpse"; A man kills himself because he is fired; Another employee kills the mean boss, and is executed; A doctor digs up the three bodies, and finds that the mean boss had a stone heart. "Vengeance Night" text story by John Martin. "Tomb for a Werewolf"; A tombstone engraver is a werewolf who kills villagers and then makes money by carving their tombstones. "Call from the Grave"; Two newlyweds crash off of a cliff; The wife is killed; The disconsolate widower is urged by his dead wife to kill himself and join her. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $285.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #4088784001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

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Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Preview of Chaos!"; A druid has been hired to make it appear that the moon is on a collision course with California so a crook can buy real estate cheap. "Was He Death-proof?"; A criminal sentenced to die promises to get revenge; The judge's daughter paints the criminal's picture; The dead man's ghost returns and kills the judge and tries to kill the daughter. "Terror in the Tomb" text story by John Martin. "I Am Murder"; A woman became photophobic because her fiancé broke up with her because she was too ugly; A blind man comes to her house during a storm. "The Playful Executioner"; An evil spirit causes discord between a nagging wife and her husband by moving objects around; The spirit kills the wife by causing her to trip on the stairs. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $299.95 or Best Offer View scans Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Tear seal. Residue. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Add to cart FR 1.0 $195.00 or Best Offer View scan Cover detached. Mold. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "The Living Corpse"; A wife has dreams about a man dead for 10 years; Her husband makes a deal with the devil to bring the corpse back to life; The corpse kidnaps his wife. "The Blood Curse"; A woman is killed by ghosts as a result of a curse; A psychic researcher investigates and ends the curse. "Fear of the Night" text story by John Martin. "The Lost World Below"; Two brothers take off in an experimental rocket ship and land inside the Earth in a frozen world; They find a woman in suspended animation. "Fangs of the Wolf Woman!"; A major in the army is sent to Hungary to help the resistance; He is shot but recovers with the help of locals; They learn that the resistance members are werewolves. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $155.00 View scans Cover detached. Staples added (not manufacturing). Water damage.

Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Death is My Hobby"; A man finds the Devil's Handbook at a bookstore. He summons a demon who obeys his wishes to kill evil heads of state; When his fiancé finds out, he asks the demon to kill her. "The Werewolf Lurks"; A werewolf is killing women in New York City. "Strange Search" text story. "Terror without Name"; Scientists discover a giant radioactive man whose legs are embedded in the ground; Efforts to destroy the monster are unsuccessful but enrage him so that he frees his legs. "Haunt from the Sea"; A castaway is saved by a sea creature who gives her a necklace; She escapes and sets sail on a raft but chokes to death because the seaweed used in the necklace shrinks in the sun. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.