Dark Mysteries (1951) comic books

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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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Stories and art by Hy Fleishman and others. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. Marilyn calls off her wedding to Phil after learning he has a "strange madness" around dead bodies, but Phil swears revenge. Investigating shrunken heads in Africa, archaeologists Ted and Joyce encounter an unspeakable evil. The Dead Rise; The Corpse That Came Alive!; The Creatures of the Mist. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Among the best skeleton covers ever produced!

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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Cover by Bill Fraccio. Stories and art by Hy Fleishman, Lou Cameron and Doug Wildey. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. Student of folklore Arletta learns a little too much about zombies and vampires. After meeting a beautiful, mysterious woman at a museum, two friends find their novelty souvenir nooses have begun to grow. Settlers stranded in the Western frontier are aided by a ghostly apparition, in a story with art by Doug Wildey. Curse of the Prairie Ghost!; Haunt of the Ancient Castles; Ghost of the Golden Slipper; If the Noose Fits - Wear It!; Cannibal's Revenge. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Dismemberment and hypo blood draining stories

Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth, Jon DAgostino, and Harry Harrison. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. Dr. Parker's scheme to turn plants into humans only succeeds in giving plants a taste for human blood. A governor who refused to pardon an innocent man is haunted by a deadly disembodied hand that only he can see. An insanely jealous astronomer with failing eyesight murders his partner and harvests his eyes (haven't seen that one before). The Terror of the Killer Plant; The Hand of Death!; Strange Curse of the Mountain; The Eyes of Death!; Adventure in Death. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth and Jon DAgostino. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. While seeking a legendary lost pass through the mountains, a rail engineer enters a strange shack containing a madman and a woman's preserved corpse. The search for a horticulturist's secret orchid formula leads to murder and terror from beyond the grave. An antiques dealer visiting an old house agrees to marry a woman and learns a macabre secret, in a story with art possibly by Doug Wildey. Terror of the Phantom Trail!; Terror Comes in Threes; Terror in the Stars; Dead Man's Chest; Don't Marry a Dead One! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth and Hy Fleishman. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. Phony showbiz psychic Rita wants to know how a competitor speaks with the dead so convincingly. After agreeing to split his gains with the magical Dr. Wong, a successful writer reneges on the deal through murder, but his girlfriend pays the price. Sculptor Roland likes to create masks from the faces of the dead - but what is his link to a string of horrible murders? Voices of the Dead; A Murderer's Mask; Best Seller!; The Lamp of Doom; The Wish of Doom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Hy Fleishman. Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth, Jon D'Agostino and Hy Fleishman. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. A man snaps and disposes of his wife in a cement mixer, but her hands somehow survive to come after him. Redheaded Karen is saved from drowning by a skeleton whose whispered message seals his killer's doom. A convict successfully escapes prison by hiding in a coffin; too bad it's headed for the crematorium. Fingers of Doom; The Skeleton's Revenge; An Eye for an Eye?; Terror of the Boa Constrictor; Escape to Death! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Hy Fleishman. Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth, Jon D'Agostino and Hy Fleishman. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. A couple commits murder to inherit a farm, but a new miracle fertilizer brings their victim right up out of the ground. An abused boy is aided by the revived corpse of his dead father. A taxidermist finds an especially nasty revenge for his cheating wife and her boyfriend, a wealthy hunter. The Horror of the Walking Corpse; Terror Needs a Stage!; The Ghost in the Mirror; Time to Die; Terror of the Nightmares! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Skeleton cover by Hy Fleishman. Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth, Hy Fleishman and Jon D'Agostino. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. This issue is hosted by "The Old Gravedigger," a take-off on EC's Crypt Keeper and other horror hosts. In a typically boundary-pushing story, a vampire includes an infant in its list of victims. A ape-human hybrid terrorizes a city. Lady with the Mask of Death; Horror of the Fifth Corpse; Terror of the Man-Ape; Verdict of Terror. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Terror of the Burning Corpse"; Lovely Nikki is in love with the juggler Tony; Her colleague Corey, a brilliant impersonator, is jealous of Tony and devises an evil scheme: Corey murders Tony and takes his place. "House of Horror," art by John D'Agostino; A vampire from the spooky Tennant house on the hill terrorizes the town; The three councilmen burn down the building, but fall prey to further vampire attacks. Is young and mysterious Gena, last of the Tennants, the fiend - or someone else? "Horror of the Drowned" text story by Ellen Lynn. "Terror of the Stolen Legs," art by Gerald Altman; In a Nazi Concentration Camp Dr. Franz Burch experiments on finding the secret to bring the dead back to life; Most prisoners are too weak to survive the process, until Burch gets his hands on the handsome and healthy political renegade Rolfe. "Some Die Twice," art by Alvin Hollingsworth; Slave trader Barney Degris takes aboard a tribe of cannibals in Africa; His wife Marna detests his cruelty; When Degris murders a native witch doctor and Marna's friend Philip, Marna throws her husband between the cannibals. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Hy Fleishman . Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth and Jon D'Agostino. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. Marie tries to use her feminine wiles to get a good grade from her creepy medieval studies professor, in a story with some good-girl art, possibly by Hy Fleishman. A murdered couple gives birth to a zombie baby in the grave, and raises him to avenge their deaths, in a truly one-of-a-kind pre-Code story. A tow-truck driver has a terrifying experience during a blizzard. Rack of Terror!; Born in the Grave; Haunted Houses; Snow Madness; Never to Die! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Clutch of the Devil Fish"; A sadistic seafaring band of brothers kills whales; Some for money, some just for sport. This arouses the anger of the "devil fish", a giant octopus; Changing form, the octopus comes aboard as the lovely maiden Myra—killing off the brothers one after the other. "Flames of Hate," art by Gerald Altman; Pierre, an old executioner, hires a young assistant, Jean, to help him with his work; Which is to burn people at the stake; When Jean hits it off with Marianne, Pierre's lovely wife, Pierre seethes with jealousy and "accidentally" burns Jean on the pyre. "Shot by a Corpse" text story by Ellen Lynn. First-person-narrative of "a racketeer's moll": When the gang kidnaps a little boy, the woman goes soft and smuggles a confession to the police. "The Living-Dead," art by John D'Agostino; Ivor Blau, lost in the wintery woods of the Black Forest, comes to a lonely house; A lovely girl, Vania, takes him in; Something is strange; Soon Ivor learns that the house is populated with half-dead zombies (a result of a Nazi experiment) and he, Ivor (as the son of the evil Nazi doctor), has to pay with his blood. "Mountain Madness"; Ben and Alan are friends and work as lawyers in the same firm; When Alan gets to be junior partner, Ben is furious and plans his murder; On a mountain trip he pushes Alan into the abyss. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Myron Fass. Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth and Myron Fass. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. On a fog-shrouded night, an odd little man approaches a stranger and begins talking. His tale reveals the truth behind the strange deaths of rival magicians Mord and The Great Gobbo. Sinister Secret. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Hand of Destiny"; Archeologist Reid Cragg uncovers an Egyptian tomb and finds therein the "hand of destiny"; The mummified hand of the long-dead chief executioner; The hand can be commanded to kill. "Spectral Lighthouse"; On a sailing trip Bob and Ann Dart discover an abandoned lighthouse; They are greeted by ghostly pirates of the past, but can escape thanks to their modern outboard motor. "Haunted Voice"; Korean war veteran Mark Sterling has lost his hearing in the war; When he purchases a new hearing aid, a ghostly voice starts talking to him; The voice informs him of a crime and leads him to the scene. "When Witches Walked" article; facts about witches. "The Malignant Pearls" article; The pearl as malign omen. "Pal Trouble," art by Tony Tallarico; Two hobos are partners in crime; But Pete always beats Mike and one day throws him out of a freight train to die. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Hy Fleishman. Stories and art by A.C. Hollingsworth and others. A pre-Code horror series that is not as well-known other horror comics, but makes up for it with grue. When the old rivalry between two barons is revived by horse-racing and murder, a mysterious horse appears on a mission of vengeance. A Civil War soldier shares a magic charm with his sweetheart that will keep them united through life and death, but he didn't really think about what that means. Archaeologist Dr. Peale finds evidence of a race preceding the Native Americans, and awakens things that were better left in slumber. First issue to feature the Comics Code seal on the cover. The Mardenburg Curse; The Final Waltz; Shadow over Manton Farm; Don't Box Me In. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Give A Man Enough Rope"; Jim Westbrook learns the famous rope trick in India and is able to disappear into nothingness; This comes in handy when he kills a man some years later. "The Bigger They Come," art by Gerald Altman; The small-time crooks Sam and Shorty sell the wonder lotion "Growoo" with the promise to make people grow; Having made a fortune they go into hiding for some months. "The Racket That Failed," art by Max Elkan; A gangster blackmails shop owners; Police set up a trap and catch him. "Crime Does Not Pay" text story; A prison guard relates the last hours of a convicted killer before his execution. "Death On Tour," art by Gene Leslie; Queenie Starr and Lieutenant Gaines investigate a murder in show business. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.