BAFFLING MYSTERIES "Black Magic in a Slinky Gown"

Do spiders creep you out?

Maybe there's a legitimate reason for your fear...

Note: the original comic was water and mold-damaged, so the scans show a number of stains.

We hope this doesn't detract from your enjoyment of the story.

While the writer is unknown, the penciler of this tale from Ace's Baffling Mysteries #6 (1952) is clearly Mike Sekowsky.

Surprisingly, this story had never been reprinted before it's re-appearance in the new IDW anthology Haunted Horror!

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HORROR FROM THE TOMB "Absent-Minded Professor"

This 1954 comic series was so gruesome, it lasted only a single issue...

...but what an issue it was, as this never-reprinted tale, featuring their host character The Gravedigger, shows!

In late 1953, Premier Magazines entered the comic book field with seven titles, each in a different genre (romance, Western, crime, etc.), including Horror from the Tomb.

Unfortunately, the comic book "witch hunt" was in full swing and, in little over a year, Premier (along with almost 2/3rds of the industry) had ceased operations.

Horror from the Tomb changed it's name to Mysterious Stories with #2 and ran for five more toned-down issues under the Comics Code Authority, but the end was inevitable...

The writer is unknown, but the artists appear to be Mike Sekowsky and Frank Giacoia.

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featuring the cover from the one (and only) issue of
Horror from the Tomb!

OUT OF THE SHADOWS "Images of Sand"

It's over 100 degrees all over America, so let's tell a story set in a desert...

...featuring a beautiful woman, treasure, and a curse that will chill your blood...

A creepy classic from Standard Comics' Out of the Shadows #12 (1954), penciled by the legendary Alex Toth & inked by Mike Peppe (with what appears to be a penciling assist by Mike Sekowsky and inking assist by Don Heck).

The writer is unknown.

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FANTASTIC "Deadly Doodles of Dandy"

One of the funkiest versions of the "Everything I write comes to life!" concept...

...is this tormenting tale from Fantastic #9 (1952)!

While the writer is unknown, the art is by Edwin Goldfarb and Bob Baer...or is it?
Oddly, the duo of Goldfarb and Baer poped up all over the place, always working together.
Yet the quality of their art fluctuated wildly from barely competent to superb!
This story has a lot of the stylistic hallmarks of both Mike Sekowsky and Carmine Infantino, while the inking looks a helluva lot like Frank Giacoia.
Were "Goldfarb & Baer" pen-names?
We may never know!

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