Cuentos de Misterio #1
"El hombre de las mil caras" introduces a mysterious stranger whose very existence threatens to unravel reality, all while a group of friends unwittingly become his only hope. With Nick Cardy handling both pencils and inks, the story unfolds with a haunting, otherworldly tone, while Bob Brown’s cover captures the eerie essence of the giant’s shifting visage. A 1960 MXP comic with a 0.10 USD cover price, it stands as a striking early example of supernatural suspense in Mexican pulp storytelling.
In "El prisionero de la región vacía," a corrupt surveyor schemes to steal treasures from a Middle Eastern nation he's mapping, but ancient magical forces stand in his way—unseen, relentless, and far older than his greed. The story unfolds with quiet dread, where every step toward theft brings a deeper entrapment in a land that remembers what he seeks to erase.
In "El super-prisionero de la Tierra," a group of friends unwittingly rescue a colossal being from another dimension, unaware that their act of kindness has set off a chain reaction of unintended consequences. As the giant’s desperate search for a way home begins to unravel across Earth, the friends must confront the weight of their choice in a story that blends wonder with quiet urgency.
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↩ Reprints House of Mystery #80 (1958)
Reprinted in Titanes Planetarios #322 (1970), Marvila, la Mujer Maravilla #288 (1982)
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