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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: Ace Magazines
Title: Web of Mystery
Page Count: 36
Genre: Horror / Suspense
Era: Golden Age
Cover Price: 0.10 USD
Cover Date: May 1953
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Country: United States
In a French sea port the fishermen have to fight giant merman-creatures. Only old Fernande survives and puts a monster's severed finger on display.; Two scientists enter the realm of blackness, where demons dwell and the devil resides. They can fight their way back to our reality - scaring the devil off with a flashlight.; Exploiting the undead, Professor Skane uses a zombie for a stage show: "The man who can't be killed". Acting on behalf of the zombie's union, a female zombie companion arrives and puts a bloody end to the dishonorable display.; The scene is London in 1787. Drunkard Bertie comes into possession of the devil's harp. He rises to be a star musician, but when playing for king and queen, the demons of the harp appear and claim Bertie's soul.; "Circus life has always been the source of strange and haunting tales. The weirdest of these stories is still told among circus people..." Sideshow freak Bruno gets a new tattoo, depicting a devil's figure. It is a cursed tattoo that strangles Bruno to death.; "From the mysterious far east comes this eerie tale of greed and death. One day, a native guide led two European men into a deserted Indian temple..." Trying to steal jewels from the temple, the men are crushed by a stone idol guarding the exit.