Digital Comic Museum - Adventures into the Unknown 002


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Issue: #2
Published: December 1948 - January 1949, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes] (credited)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Credits:	Pencils: Edvard Moritz \| Inks: Edvard Moritz
Genre:	Horror-suspense

Comic Story (9 pages)	Kill, Puppets, Kill
Synopsis:	Turgot, the Puppet Master, animates and controls his autonomous and murderous dolls. His affections spurned by his young assistant Jeanne, he has his dolls try to kill her. Jeanne's brother, Pierre, comes to her rescue. Turgot dies trying to kill Pierre. Turgot's house remains empty until Ralph and Gloria purchase the house and ship it from France to the U.S. where they rebuild the house. Turgot returns as a ghost, and his puppets are again active. Ralph uses a flame gun to destroy them all.
Credits:	Script: Frank Belknap Long \| Inks: Edvard Moritz
Characters:	Turgot Jeanne Pierre Gloria Ralph Wellman

Text Story (1 page)	The Mermaid Mole
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Characters:	Tom Jenson Steve Miller

Comic Story (10 pages)	Out of the Unknown
Featuring:	Living Ghost
Synopsis:	The Living Ghost returns to kidnap Gail Leslie, in a new bid to make her his queen. Tony Brand consults with Dr. VanDyke, who suggests The Dark Phantom may be of aid. The Living Ghost and the Phantom hate each other. Professor Mavelli assists Tony Brand in contacting the minions of The Dark Phantom, who whisk Tony away to the phantom's Tibetan retreat. The Dark Phantom agrees to fight The Living Ghost, and is triumphant. He then turns on Gail and Tony, but Tony has a relic given to him by VanDyke to destroy the phantom.
Credits:	Script: Frank Belknap Long \| Pencils: Edvard Moritz \| Inks: Edvard Moritz
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Gail Leslie Tony Brand The Living Ghost Dr. VanDyke Professor Mavelli The Dark Phantom

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Old Tower's Secret
Synopsis:	Douglas Drew discovers the truth behind a lovers' triangle with the help of their ghosts.
Credits:	Script: Frank Belknap Long \| Pencils: Edmond Good (signed) \| Inks: Edmond Good (signed)
Genre:	Detective-mystery Fantasy
Characters:	Douglas Drew (ghost-breaker) Henry Masters Jane Masters Carter Robert Andrew

Text Story (1 page)	The Haunted Hoard
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Jimmy Severn William Denning Miss Scruggins

Comic Story (9 pages)	The Master's Hand
Synopsis:	Betty Saunders is a world renowned expert on the artwork of 15th century artist, Kees Van Ruyter. Van Ruyter's paintings depict monstrous creatures. In 1496, Van Ruyter killed himself by throwing his hands under the wheels of a moving oxcart, severing them. Betty recreates his horrific paintings with monstrous creatures depicted therein. A human looking ghoul hires Betty to go to his mansion in Belgium and paint pictures Van Ruyter's style. The ghost of Van Ruyer has Betty paint a picture of the ghoul. When the painting is revealed, the ghoul is destroyed.
Credits:	Script: Frank Belknap Long \| Pencils: Max Elkan \| Inks: Max Elkan
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Betty Saunders Kees Van Ruyter

Comic Story (8 pages)	Phantom of the Seas
Synopsis:	A family buys a ship in a bottle for the son. They soon become aware of the ghost of Captain Wolfson, executed by his crew for his brutality, haunting the miniature vessel.
Credits:	Script: Frank Belknap Long \| Pencils: Paul Reinman \| Inks: Paul Reinman
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Captain Wolfson Orfeo Stephen Knowles Joan Knowles Betty Knowles Bobby Knowles

Comic Story (2 pages)	The Grim Lady of Raynham Hall
Featuring:	True Ghosts of History
Synopsis:	A writer witnesses the ghostly Grim Lady, but only a photograph is proof.
Credits:	Pencils: King Ward [as K. W.] (signed) \| Inks: King Ward [as K. W.] (signed)
Genre:	Fantasy
Characters:	Lady Of Raynham Hall Captain Frederick Marryatt Sir Charles

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