Challenge of the Unknown #6
"High Priestess of the Snake People" delivers a classic pulp sci-fi twist in Challenge of the Unknown #6, a 1950 Ace Magazines gem. When a dying professor transfers his mind into the body of a convicted criminal, his former gangster associates kidnap him to uncover buried loot—leading to a tense showdown on an airfield. With art by Mike Sekowsky and Art Peddy, and a striking cover by Warren Kremer and Al Avison, this issue blends mad science and noir tension, leaving its monstrous protagonist quietly scribbling formulas in secret.
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To live on after his demise, the brain of a dying professor is planted into the body of an executed criminal. His gangster pals kidnap him to find the hidden money from their last robbery. Dramatic showdown on an airfield landing strip. The bad guys are killed, the professor's assistant regains control over the Frankenstein-like creature. Hidden from the public, it lives on scribbling formulas.
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