Baffling Mysteries #24

In "The Sacred Fingers of Princess Thais," jewelers' apprentice Norton Cross is drawn into a deadly game by the enigmatic sorceress Thais, who tasks him with retrieving three jade fragments across Java. As he follows her commands—killing to claim each piece—his obsession with her grows, unaware of the terrible truth behind the relics he’s gathered.

In the quiet halls of a forgotten English castle, young American art student Robert Fielding stumbles upon a hidden well—and in its still waters, a face that doesn’t belong to this time. The girl’s image, hauntingly familiar, seems to echo a forgotten lineage tied to the castle’s ancient past.

In the eerie depths of a forgotten jungle, Dr. Marston and his daughter Celia seek a cure for a deadly scorpion bite—only to stumble upon a hidden cult of scorpion-worshipers. As the cult’s eerie leader sets his sights on Celia as his queen, the desperate race for survival begins. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, this chilling tale from Baffling Mysteries #24 (1955) blends suspense and dread in seven haunting pages.

In "Baffling Mysteries #42," mountain climber Kurt Halle pushes his limits on the perilous Matterhorn—only to face disaster on the descent. Rescued by the spectral remains of a climber who perished long before, he’s drawn into a chilling encounter that defies the line between life and the grave.

In "The Phantom Snow Queen," ski-jump star Irma Monroe is haunted by a premonition of death just before her big performance at the New Hampshire Snowtop Lodge. While she seeks help from a psychiatrist in New York, a ghostly, skeletal figure takes over her routines—performing her jumps with eerie precision. Her boyfriend, frantic with worry, tracks her down only to find her comatose in a hospital after a fall down an elevator shaft. As his voice reaches her, she stirs back to life—leaving behind a chilling mystery.

In the shadowed hills of Cunliffe, Jo finds herself caught between two men—her heart pulled in one direction, her fate in another. When a beast prowls the countryside under the moonlight, she must confront the terrifying truth behind the man she loves. A chilling tale of passion and peril, rendered in haunting detail by the masterful hand of Leroy lettering.