Mysteries comic books issue 5

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"The Demoiselle D'Ys" a short story by Robert Chambers.

Volume 5, Issue 1 - November, 1942. Cover by Virgil Finlay. "The Mouthpiece of Zitu" by J. U. Giesy, "Into the Infinite" (part 2 of 4) by Austin Hall, and "The Demoiselle D'Ys" by Robert Chambers. Illustrations by Frank R. Paul and Virgil Finlay. 6.75-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 146 newsprint pages. Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.25.

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"The Golden City" a book-length novel by Ralph Milney Farley.

Vol. 5, No. 2 - December 1942. Published by Frank A. Munsey. 6.75" x 9.75", 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 5, No. 3 - March 1943. 6.75" x 9.75", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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"The Iron Star" a book-length novel by John Taine, plus "Doorway into Time" a novelette by C.L. Moore, and "The Yellow Sign" a novelette Robert W. Chambers.

Vol. 5, No. 4 - September 1943. Published by Popular Publications. 6.75" x 9.75", 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 5, Issue 5 - December, 1943. Cover by Lawrence Stevens. "King of the Gray Spaces" by Ray Bradbury, and other stories by J. Leslie Mitchell, William Hope Hodgson, and Robert W. Chambers. Illustrations by Hannes Bok. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 148 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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March 1944. Cover and illustrations by Lawrence. "The Man Who Was Thursday (A Nightmare)" by G. K. Chesterton and "The Ghost Pirates" by William Hope Hodgson. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. Stories and art by Steve Ditko and Joe Gill. Charlton's popular series features tales of science fiction and fantasy with twist endings. Most of the stories in this issue feature art by Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko. A soldier invades a family's dream house, in a story with a Twilight Zone-like ending. An escaped prisoner fleeing across the desert finds an oasis populated by beautiful women...or is it a mirage? A rocketship crew is displeased to discover a young stowaway. Live for Reunion; Stranger in the House; Stowaway; A Dreamers World; The Mirage. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by Matthew Cody. Art and Cover by Puste. Dr. Kirk Langstrom believes the cure for his monstrous alter ego lies in studying the infamous Dr. Jekyll. When Batman accompanies him to Jekyll's abandoned lab, they're attacked by the ghost of Mr. Hyde himself! The Mystery Inc. gang has a history with this so-called spook, so Batman calls for their help. But, like, no one told them they might be facing Man-Bat, too! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.

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Written by Ivan Cohen. Art and Cover by Randy Elliott. When Bane kidnaps Ras al Ghul, only one detective can help the assassins daughter, Talia, track him down. But its not Batman or guest-star Huntress. Its…Velma? Mystery Inc. joins the chase in a globe-spanning adventure! 32 pages, full color. Rated E Cover price $2.99.

By Paul Castiglia and Fernando Ruiz. Based on the all-new animated series from DIC airing on the PAX network! "Time Space Conundrum": When Archie and his friends go back in time to try to prevent all the weird happenings that have been plaguing Riverdale, they give new meaning to the expression, "time warp!" Caught in a cosmic hiccup, they've aged - while their parents and faculty have reverted back to being teenagers! Can they make it back to the present with their teenage status intact, or are they forever doomed to be middle-aged? FC, 32pgs. Cover price $1.99.

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Written by Sholly Fisch. Art by Dario Brizuela. Cover by Dario Brizuela. Pro tennis player Bette Kane asked Batman for help, and Mystery Inc. is coming to Gotham to join the search for a priceless collection. She has snacks, so Shaggy and Scooby are on board...at least until they hear that they're chasing a pack of motorcycle-thieving rat people! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $2.99.

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Volcano of Vengeance, pencils by Mike Sekowsky; Tod Sloane, field man for the North American Museum, investigates Mount Pataxo, located in a small Central American country; In this volcano, an age-old but benign cult of godlike "goatmen" has survived. The Lady was a Tiger, art by Ken Rice; Bonita Jackson, wife to big-game-hunter Stuart, falls ill in the jungles of Western India and is brought to mysterious Dr. Zander, the only help available; Zander is mad and injects tiger blood into the veins of the unsuspecting woman; The lady turns into a tiger and runs off into the jungle. Terror in the Coal Pits, pencils by Gene Colan. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

3 Famous Mysteries, 5th Printing, Line Drawing Cover. (HRN 70, no price or date).

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Cover by Bill Fraccio. Stories and art by Hy Fleishman and Doug Wildey. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. Mona discovers that her husband Frank has made an unholy pact with the demonic creature called Bobo. The ghost-crew of a ship lost on an uncharted island waits only for a new captain to lead them. Steve seeks a friend who vanished in a South American town, and the trail leads to the deadly Cat Woman, in a story with art by Doug Wildey. The Strange Affair with...Death!!; The Vigil of the Ghost Pirates!; Chimes of Death; Terror of the Cat-Men; Horror of the Ghostly Statue. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by Kim Newman and Maura McHugh. Art by Tyler Crook. Cover by Julian Totino Tedesco. Sir Edward Grey digs deeper into the shocking truth about Unland even as the city drowns in the rising waters. With the help of a mysterious woman, Grey faces raging waters and the eel assassins that have haunted his every step! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.50.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Collects Batman and Scooby-Doo Mysteries (2024 DC) #1-6. Written by Matthew Cody, Ivan Cohen, Amanda Deibert, Sholly Fisch, and J. Torres. Art by Puste, Dario Brizuela, Megan Huang, and Scott Jeralds. Cover by Dario Brizuela. Batman's back, working with old friends and new to protect his city! First, Nightwing investigates dangerous events at Haly's Circus, then Batman and the gang from Mystery Inc. head into the swamps to confront Solomon Grundy! When Catwoman is accused of a string of burglaries, the only one on her side is Batman! Softcover, 128 pages, full color. Cover price $12.99.

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Pre-Code mystery and horror stories from Canadian publisher Superior. A crook soon regrets stealing a cursed gem from the coffin of his aunt's twin sister, leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. After the grisly murder of his wife (in an iron lung!), Bill is repeatedly visited by a woman who looks just like her. Watching a horror movie unleashes the beast within henpecked Horace, turning him into a werewolf with a taste for the ladies. Some horror-comics covers are symbolic, but this cover actually illustrates a scene from the comic, when gangster Big Jim visits a hellish nightclub called the Charnel House. Trapped in the Tomb; The Deadly Double; Mark of the Beast; Horror a la Mode; Call Me Monster. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Jack Kamen-ish art and stories. "Blood of the Zombie"; A man asks to be embalmed because a zombie colony will think that he has white blood and thus believe him to be a god. "Dead Men Never Die!"; A reporter covers his first execution, and sees the executed man alive later; He pretends to kill someone so that he will be executed. "The Ghost Came Back" text story by Michael Arthur. "Eyes of Evil"; A woman buys an idol which is missing its eyes; Her husband brings home two rubies which are the eyes of the idol. "Bury Us Not!"; A woman answers a classified ad for assisted suicide; Her husband's ghost convinces her to leave. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Written by Christina Rice. Art and Cover by Agnes Garbowska. The Crusaders have their biggest case yet when a priceless artifact belonging to superstar Songbird Serenade is stolen! Final issue! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Written by Christina Rice. Art by Agnes Garbowska. Cover by Philip Murphy. The Crusaders have their biggest case yet when a priceless artifact belonging to superstar Songbird Serenade is stolen! Final issue! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 10 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Christina Rice. Art by Agnes Garbowska. Cover by Konrad Kachel. The Crusaders have their biggest case yet when a priceless artifact belonging to superstar Songbird Serenade is stolen! Final issue! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Cover by Bernard Baily. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Edd Smalle and Walter Palais. Pre-Code tales of horror from Stanley Morse Publications. A scientist creates a solution that can dissolve anything. Beset by gambling debts, Pete plots to murder his wealthy aunt, who is terrified of bats. An escaped convict fleeing through a swamp has an encounter that turns him into a monster, in a story by comics legend Basil Wolverton. Weird "monkey brain" cover by Bernard Baily. Swamp Monster; Mind Over Matter; Mad Money; Still Life; The Old Bat. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Lance Storm and the cunning Professor Zarno match wits in "Claws of the Green Girl!" Also features "The Fantastic Dr. Foo," Queenie Starr in "Death on Tour," by Gene Leslie, and Jerry Jasper in "The Murder in the Club Chair," by Newt Alfred. Two page text story, "The Voice of the Dead." If the violent, creepy stories in this pre-code gem don't wow ya, there's also a scantily-clad Queenie Starr! Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 5 - 1st printing. "November 1960-July 1961!" Collects Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (1956) #21-25.

Cover by Steve Ditko.

PS Artbooks presents Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds.

It's all too easy to overlook Charlton's 40 year run and 6,000 issue contribution to comic book history! Because with their roster of writers and artists including Dick Giordano, Bill Molno, Bill Fraccio, Bill Montes, Charles Nicholas, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio plus many others and of course the truly remarkable one man creative genius Steve Ditko. Serving us with a never-ending concoction of fantastic fantasy-supernatural and horror tales and mind blowing science fiction stories, they really did keep the comic buying youth of the world well and truly satisfied.

All here, reproduced completely from cover to cover as they should be!

Softcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $32.99.

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Volume 5 - 1st printing. "November 1960-July 1961!" Collects Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (1956) #21-25.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio.

PS Artbooks presents Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds.

It's all too easy to overlook Charlton's 40 year run and 6,000 issue contribution to comic book history! Because with their roster of writers and artists including Dick Giordano, Bill Molno, Bill Fraccio, Bill Montes, Charles Nicholas, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio plus many others and of course the truly remarkable one man creative genius Steve Ditko. Serving us with a never-ending concoction of fantastic fantasy-supernatural and horror tales and mind blowing science fiction stories, they really did keep the comic buying youth of the world well and truly satisfied.

All here, reproduced completely from cover to cover as they should be!

Hardcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $46.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "November 1960-July 1961!" Collects Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (1956) #21-25.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio.

PS Artbooks presents Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds.

It's all too easy to overlook Charlton's 40 year run and 6,000 issue contribution to comic book history! Because with their roster of writers and artists including Dick Giordano, Bill Molno, Bill Fraccio, Bill Montes, Charles Nicholas, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio plus many others and of course the truly remarkable one man creative genius Steve Ditko. Serving us with a never-ending concoction of fantastic fantasy-supernatural and horror tales and mind blowing science fiction stories, they really did keep the comic buying youth of the world well and truly satisfied.

All here, reproduced completely from cover to cover as they should be!

Hardcover (with Slipcase), 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $56.99.

Vol. 5, No. 4 - July 1952. True crime stories illustrated with photographs. 8.5" x 11", 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Volume 5, Issue 1 - May, 1940. 6.75" x 9.5", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.