Adventures into the Unknown #9
American Comics Group
United States
- Published
- February-March 1950
- Page count
- 52
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/8066
Credits
- Editing
- Richard E. Hughes
Issue contents
Cover
Snow Monster
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Genre
- Horror
Credits
- Art
- Edvard Moritz
Notes
Indicia states "published bi-monthly... by B. & I. Publishing Co. Inc."
1Featuring
- Genre
- Horror
Credits
- Art
- Max Elkan
Reprint history
Synopsis
Robert Lewis comes up with a spray to bring things back from the dead, but when they do come back, they change form. A panther becomes a woman that he wants to marry, but he finds out that she never really stopped being a panther!
2Featuring
- Genre
- Horror
Credits
- Author
- Letters
- Typeset
Synopsis
Vinny kills a man, then gets a phone call through a disconnected phone.
3Featuring
- Genre
- Horror
- Characters
- John Mitchell; Undine
Credits
- Art
- Charlie Sultan
Synopsis
John Mitchell dives for gold, but finds a woman named Undine who haunts him for 50 years instead.
4Synopsis
Two letters and the winners of a writing contest are announced, including Nelson Bridwell, who's 3rd place story is in this issue.
5Featuring
- Feature
- True Ghosts
- Genre
- Horror; fact
Credits
- Art
- John Celardo
Synopsis
A Washington, D.C. boy is thrown around and noises follow him
6Featuring
- Genre
- Horror
Credits
- Art
- John Belfi
Reprint history
Synopsis
A night-watchman in a museum and his niece are protected from crooks by a statue of a Siberian Shaman.
7Featuring
- Genre
- Horror
Credits
- Author
- E. Nelson Bridwell [as Nelson Bridwell]
- Letters
- Typeset
Synopsis
Frank Clinton goes out hunting and kills a wolf that had been terrorizing a small French village, but when he gets home, the head of the wolf that he had kept as a trophy has turned into a human head.
Notes
Nelson Bridwell won third prize in a writing contest and had this story published. Most likely this is his earliest comic book work (approximately 19 years old).
8Featuring
- Genre
- Horror
Credits
- Art
- Charlie Sultan
9Featuring
- Genre
- Horror
Credits
- Author
- Letters
- Typeset
10Featuring
- Feature
- Statement of Ownership
Synopsis
No circulation figures. Owners are B. W. Sangor and Frederick H. Iger.
11Featuring
- Feature
- Adventures into the Unknown
- Genre
- Horror
Credits
- Art
- R. S. Pious [as R.S.P.]
Synopsis
A "crackpot" comes to the offices of Adventures Into The Unknown and forces the editor into a mirror world.
12Featuring
- Feature
- True Ghosts of History
- Genre
- Horror; fact
- Characters
- Dante
Credits
- Inks
- John Celardo
Synopsis
Dante returns as a ghost to tell where the 13th canto is.
13Featuring
- Genre
- Fantasy
Credits
- Art
- Bob Jenney
Reprint history
Synopsis
Bobby Wilson learns he can fly, a gift from his father.
14Synopsis
Ad for Blazing West #9 including a picture of the cover.
Notes
Inside back cover.
Notes
Indicia states "published bi-monthly... by B. & I. Publishing Co. Inc."
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.