Digital Comic Museum - Adventures into the Unknown 007


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Issue: #7
Published: October-November 1949, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes]
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)	The Swami's Secret
Synopsis:	Bill Carlton and Trudy Roland, reporters at the Graphic newspaper, team up to take down swindling spiritualists. They expose Swami Heshug, who uses burning herbs to raise the spirit of executed killer, "Cat" Harris. Accidentally getting a picture of the spirits of Heshug and Harris together, Bill plans to use a hazel twig to stop Heshug. Trudy is captured by Heshug. When Bill goes to the swami's lair, he loses the hazel. The herbs burn out, and Heshug loses control of Harris' spirit. Using a silver letter opener, he tries to show dominance, but ends up killing himself and Harris' spirit.
Credits:	Script: Frank Belknap Long \| Pencils: R. S. Pious \| Inks: R. S. Pious
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Swami Heshug Bill Carlton Trudy Roland "Cat" Harris

Text Story (1 page)	Ghost Mother
Credits:	Script: Mrs. J. Yakayima

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Ape Demon
Synopsis:	Dr. Vance, assisted by a woman named Jean and a man named Link, sets out in the jungles of Bengal to track down the legendary Hanuman Ape. This is in spite of native warnings to stay away from the supernatural creature, as it is said to be kept in the jungle by the god, Siva. Dr. Vance persists in the hunt and captures the. Jean and Link discover a bevy of statues in the jungle looking exactly like the ape. Taking the ape on board a ship, Dr. Vance is soon mastered by the creature. That is until Jean uses a talisman representing Siva to release his soul and return the ape to a stone statue.
Credits:	Pencils: Edvard Moritz \| Inks: Edvard Moritz
Genre:	Adventure Horror-suspense
Characters:	Dr. Vance Link Jean

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Mummy's Cloth
Synopsis:	A piece of cloth from an Egyptian mummy brings doom wherever it goes.
Credits:	Pencils: Pete Riss \| Inks: Pete Riss ? \| Letters: Ed Hamilton
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Dick Tom Winber Sesostris George Waverly

Text Story (1 page)	Timeless Is the Night
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Characters:	Michael Everett Michael Everett III

Comic Story (8 pages)	Drums of the Undead
Synopsis:	Illustrator Bill and his friend Sheila go to the museum to photograph the display on Haiti. There, the pair observe a woman stealing a drum. Bill takes a picture of the woman With the assistance of the museum's curator, Dr. Wenrod, they discover the woman is the Voodoo Goddess, Erzulie Bocor. Erzulie Bocor turns Sheila into a zombie in a bid to get the picture Bill took of the Zombie Goddess.
Credits:	Pencils: Pete Riss
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Sheila Bill Erzulie Bocor Dr. Wenrod

Letters Page (1 page)
Featuring:	Let's Talk It Over!
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (4 pages)	The World beyond the Mirror
Synopsis:	After reading a book on ghost stories from her uncle's library, Alice looks into the mirror. She is transported into the other side, where friendly ghosts fear the living.
Credits:	Pencils: Bob Lubbers \| Inks: Bob Lubbers
Genre:	Fantasy Horror-suspense
Characters:	Alice

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Case of the Roman Curse
Featuring:	Christopher Fenn
Synopsis:	Ex-GI Christopher Fenn takes up the dangerous occupation of ghost-hunter following the war. He confronts the ghosts of ancient Roman soldiers after they murder a man named Alf on the property of one Pamela Hogarth. Ghosts of Druids, enemies of the Romans, assist Fenn. To defeat the Romans, Fenn uses a blade wrapped in a yew sprig.
Credits:	Script: Frank Belknap Long \| Pencils: Jon L. Blummer \| Inks: Jon L. Blummer
Genre:	Horror-suspense
Characters:	Christopher Fenn Alf Pamela Hogarth Penny Marcus

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