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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: Ace Magazines
Title: Web of Mystery
Page Count: 36
Genre: Horror / Suspense, Fantasy, War
Era: Golden Age
Cover Price: 0.10 USD
Cover Date: October 1951
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Country: United States
Curator Teleman from Chicago searches an ancient tapestry in a castle in Germany. He awakens the sleeping vampire duke Ludwig von Hohenstaufen. The fiend kills a number of people before he can be destroyed by sunlight. The tapestry is found in the vampire's coffin, depicting him as the monster he always was.; A gypsy boy flees the orphanage he lives in and travels with a salesman to a gypsy camp. They witness a gypsy wedding. In an outburst of jealousy the salesman kills the groom and drives away, burning down the camp. The boy escapes and is found by the police. The events he saw took place ten years ago, at the time when he was brought to the orphanage.; Beautiful Cambria is torn between two men. Unfortunately one of them is a werewolf stalking the english countryside of Cunliffe. In the end the werewolf lover gets stabbed to death.; Benedict tries to get rid of Bill, who has won the heart of the girl they both love. He shouldn't have chosen a mysterious valley in the Guatemalan jungle for his assault. The goddess of vengeance residing there sentences him to lose his mind, while Bill gets the girl anyway.; "When the french army was fighting its toughest battle of World War I, tales of heroic ventures became almost commonplace..." A lieutenant is killed leading an attack. His ghost returns to complete the task.; "In the late 19th century, Alex Jayson and his wife prepared to take an expedition into the malayan jungle..." Jayson starts his trip leaving his sick wife behind. When his whole party gets lost in the jungle and dies from fever, his wife's pet bird leads him back to civilization. Sadly his wife also has perished.