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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: Ace Magazines
Title: Baffling Mysteries
Page Count: 36
Genre: Horror-suspense
Era: Golden
Cover Price: 0.10 USD
Cover Date: November 1953
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Country: United States
An evil sculptress and a mad doctor create six clones of ex-G.I. Barney Phelps. As the clones commit crimes, the real Phelps is desperate to stop them.; Businessman Arthur Matlin discovers a magic sundial which summons Chronos, the spirit of time. With the help of Chronos, Matlin can travel some hours ahead into the future. He uses this ability to commit crimes. When the police catch up with him and destroy the sundial, Matlin is condemned to wander the future without ever returning.; A young couple free the ghost of an evil ancestor. He takes revenge on the bones of the people who sentenced him to death. Then he commands the man to murder his wife, as he did with his wife. The woman manages to destroy the evil spirit in the last moment. The couple lives happily ever after.; From an uranium valley in the Arctic rises a fog monster, taking on the form of Professor Charters. The fog travels to the US, but has to sustain its form by draining bodies off their blood. The vampire fog is overcome when set on fire.; "In a dingy warehouse of an opera house in Europe, hangs a life-size, almost human puppet, untouched for years..." When a mysterious, devil-like stranger plays his violin, a puppeteer turns into his own puppet.; "Years ago, when wild Nomad tribes roamed the Sahara desert, a leader appeared and tried to organize these people..." This man, El Kabir, is killed by an envious rival chief. But El Kabir's ghost still wanders the desert, helping people in trouble.