BAFFLING MYSTERIES #22 * CGC 5.0 * Fricaseed Fools * Hottie from Hell

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Title: BAFFLING MYSTERIES No. 22
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Publisher:Ace [Indicia: Periodical House Inc.]
Date Published: September, 1954
Description: CGC certified: VG/Fine (5.0). Off-white to white pages. Grader notes: Moderate cover tanning; moderate creasing to cover; moderate spine stress lines to cover; small missing piece page(s) 2 does not affect story.

GPAnalysis: A 5.0 sold for $267 in 7/23.

Credits: Cover: Jim McLaughlin? Art: Ken Rice, Sy Grudko, Jay Scott Pike, Lou Cameron, Mike Sekowsky. Hottie from Hell: Fire Queen fricasees fools looking for a hot time; satanic sculptress steals subjects' souls; toff tosses dough around like a reverse Scrooge McDuck ("Shillings? Pence? Take this gold coin! Be off with you! Your services are no longer needed!"), then morphs into a vampire and drains veins ("Only your blood will warm me! Die... you wretched worm... Die!").______________________________________________________________

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