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Issue: Weird Mysteries #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1952
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Issues: #1 of 12 Issues
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Publisher: FlagStanley Morse
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Gillmor Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): ? (girl)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A witch watches zombies approach a woman.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHaunted Horror #2 published December 2012
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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High Voltage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A man with an irrational fear of electricity kills his electrical engineer brother. He's then sentenced to death and is executed by the electric chair.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Tales of the Future #8 published July 1953
as High Voltage [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Planet Eaters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Earthmen land on a planet and find only ruins of what was once an advanced civilization. They notice the planet is overrun with living plant life. The men manage to make it back to their ship and return to Earth. A scientist had brought a sample on board for study, but it begins to grow at an enormous rate and takes over the ship. They realize it was the plants that destroyed that planet's civilization and if they land, this specimen will grow and destroy Earth's civilization to. They decide to blow up their ship before they land, but bits and pieces of the plants drift down towards the city.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Tales of the Future #8 published July 1953
as The Planet Eaters [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Chills #2 published September 1954
as The Missionaries [Story on Interior Page(s)]rescripted/reworked
In Content Item: FlagWeird Worlds v1 #10 published December 1970
as The Green Horror [Story on Interior Page(s)]reworked
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Reworked version retitled "The Green Horror."

Initials "LW" on the splash page.
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Death Takes a Holiday

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A man who works for a holiday novelty company is framed by his partners for embezzlement. He escapes from prison and vows revenge on his partners by killing them on holidays. One he shoots with an arrow on Valentine's Day. One he kills with an axe on Washington's birthday, and the last one he blows up on Independance Day. When the cops track him down, he gets crushed by a tank during a parade for Armstice Day!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Tales of the Future #8 published July 1953
as Death Takes a Holiday [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagChilling Tales of Horror v1 #2 published August 1969
as Death Takes a Holiday! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWitches Tales v2 #1 published February 1970
as Weird Vengeance [Story on Interior Page(s)]reworked
In Content Item: FlagGhoul Tales #1 published January 1979
as Death Takes a Holiday! [Story on Interior Page(s)]redrawn from original
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Redrawn reprints retitled "Weird Vengeance."
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A Stone's Throw From Eternity

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Paul is obsessed with the secrets of life. He tracks down the mysterious Punja who gives him a book showing his previous life before he was reincarnated but warns him not to read the last page as it will reveal his destiny. Later when Paul tries to kill his father, his father defends himself by throwing a projectile at him killing him. The last page of Punja's book shows Paul was Goliath in a previous life.
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In Content Item: FlagWeird Tales of the Future #8 published July 1953
as A Stone's Throw From Eternity [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTerror Tales v2 #1 published January 1970
as Reincarnation [Story on Interior Page(s)]reworked
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Spirits From Outer Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: Spirits from the dead on planet Kyblos have been attacking spacemen from Earth so they can eventually take over humanity by possessing thier bodies. One spaceman finds out that they don't like pain and will flee a human host if attacked. After freeing his buddy from a spirit that was possessing him, the two men rally the troops and attack Kyblos stopping the malevolent spirits at their source.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWeird Tales of the Future #8 published July 1953
as The Spirits From Outer Space [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWeird Worlds v2 #1 published February 1971
as Space Spirits [Story on Interior Page(s)]reworked
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6

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