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Dark Mysteries comic books issue 3

  • Issue #3
    Dark Mysteries (1951) 3
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4710058013
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION. Minor color touch. Cover coming loose at staples, 2" cumulative spine split.
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    • INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, affects art and story. Severe spine split, staining and tears throughout interior.
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    "The Dread Book of Betarin," pencils by Edward Goldfarb, inks by Bob Baer; Eugene Gordon dabbles with black magic and tries spells out of a "grimore", the black book of Betarin; After summoning some elemental creatures and dead people, Gordon encounters Betarin himself. "Ghosts From Mars," art by Vince Napoli; Tiny dead ghostlike Martian creatures are raining down on earth and cause chaos and destruction; Only scientist and "authority on the occult" Don Blant may help by contacting the ghost of his dead brother Allen. "The Occult Notebook of Dark Mysteries" article; Methods of divination, superstitions about were-animals, voodoo dolls and the evil eye. "The Unwilling Witch"; Bob and Jane are haunted by an old witch who was an ancestor of Jane's; Under the witch's bidding Jane turns into a were-cat and tries to kill her fiancé. "Bargain With a... Worm"; Jim Thomas enters into a pact with a strange entity; Looking like a sack, the being offers Jim help in financial matters; In exchange the being can read Jim's thoughts. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $575 DARK MYSTERIES #3 CGC VG+ 4.5; CM-OW; UFO story! rare!

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  • Issue #3-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics Softee: Dark Mysteries TPB (2024 PS Artbooks) 3-1ST


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    Volume 3 - 1st printing. "March/April-December 1953!" Collects Dark Mysteries (1951-1955) #11-15. The third collection of Dark Mysteries boasts totally tub-thumping yarns from Hy Fleishman, A.C. Hollingsworth, Dick Beck and Jon D'Agostino, plus a whole host of other wacked-out-of-their-grounds luminaries. So buy today and flash back to when comics were... well comics, fer cryin' out loud! Softcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

  • Issue #3-1ST
    Criminal Macabre Omnibus TPB (2011-2015 Dark Horse) The Cal McDonald Mysteries 3-1ST

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    Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Criminal Macabre: No Peace for Dead Men (2011 Dark Horse), Criminal Macabre: Final Night - 30 Days of Night Crossover (2012) #1-4, Criminal Macabre: Eyes of Frankenstein (2013) #1-4, and Criminal Macabre: The Iron Spirit HC (2012 Dark Horse). Written by Steve Niles. Art by Christopher Mitten and Scott Morse. Cover by Justin Erickson. Teamed with his undead partner Mo'Lock and some unlikely allies, the pill-popping, alcoholic antihero Cal McDonald protects the streets of Los Angeles against an infestation of vampires, werewolves, and one very powerful occultist. The events will leave Cal changed . . . forever. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 368 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

  • Issue #3-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics: Dark Mysteries HC (2018 PS Artbooks) 3-1ST


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    Volume 3 - 1st printing. "August 1953 to June 1954!" Collects Dark Mysteries (1951-1955) #13-18.

    Two names on this book say it all: Joe Orlando and Wallace Wood. If you don't know why that should mean something, then you're in the wrong alternative universe, George. Go put it right, pronto.

    Hardcover, 216 pages, full color. Cover price $54.99.

  • Issue #3-1ST
    Pre-Code Classics: Dark Mysteries HC (2018 PS Artbooks) Limited Slipcase Edition 3-1ST


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    Volume 3 - 1st printing. "August 1953 to June 1954!" Collects Dark Mysteries (1951-1955) #13-18.

    Two names on this book say it all: Joe Orlando and Wallace Wood. If you don't know why that should mean something, then you're in the wrong alternative universe, George. Go put it right, pronto.

    Hardcover (with slipcase), 216 pages, full color. Cover price $59.99.