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Baffling Mysteries #24
Ace Magazines
January 1955
Golden Age Pre-Code Horror
Scarce late pre-Code horror issue featuring the memorable frozen Viking warrior cover.
Baffling Mysteries #24 is especially notable as the final pre-Code issue of the series. The title returned with issue #25 in July 1955 under Comics Code Authority approval.
Issue: #24
Publisher: Ace Magazines
Indicia Publisher: Periodical House Inc.
Cover Date: January 1955
Original Cover Price: 10ยข
Original Page Count: 36
Era: Golden Age
Genre: Pre-Code Horror / Supernatural / Mystery / Suspense
Format: Single Issue Comic Book
Language: English
Cover Artist: Ken Rice, attributed
Key Feature: Final Pre-Code issue of Baffling Mysteries
The cover depicts explorers discovering a Viking warrior seemingly alive despite having been trapped inside a glacier for approximately one thousand years.
Stories include:
The Sacred Fingers of Princess Thais
7 pages
Art by Jim McLaughlin
Scourge of the Scorpion Cult
The Phantom Snow Queen
The Menace That Stalked Brooding Cunliffe
The Sacred Fingers of Princess Thais was original to this issue, while the other full-length stories were reprinted from earlier Ace publications.
CONDITION:
Low-grade original copy that remains attached and presents well considering its age.
Front cover retains strong yellow, red, blue and green color with excellent eye appeal and an unusual frozen Viking/warrior image.
Visible defects include substantial spine wear and splitting, creasing, edge and corner wear, small tears, surface wear, discoloration and general age-related handling wear.
Back cover is present and exhibits age-related tanning, edge wear, creasing and general handling wear.
Interior pages remain attached and exhibit expected tanning and age-related wear while retaining strong color and readable artwork.
No numerical grade has been assigned.
An excellent affordable example of Ace pre-Code horror and a particularly interesting issue as the final Baffling Mysteries published before the title transitioned to Comics Code-approved material.
Please review all photographs carefully for exact condition and contents.
Sold exactly as pictured.
