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Mystery Comics Digest#5
Cover: George Wilson

Mystery Comics Digest #5

Jul 1972 · Western · 0.50 USD
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"House Of Cards" in Mystery Comics Digest #5 (1972) delivers a tense, atmospheric tale of desperation and isolation, following Cecil Matthews, a disillusioned bank employee who flees with stolen money to a remote island he discovers in an old travel book. With Dan Spiegle handling both pencils and inks, the story unfolds with a stark, grounded visual style, while George Wilson's cover captures the eerie allure of the island's hidden danger.

Contains 13 stories
House Of Cards
15 pp
The Boy and the Beast
10 pp · Horror-Suspense
Phantom of the Films
10 pp · Horror-Suspense
Mr. Memory
5 pp
The Dream
1 pp · Horror-Suspense

In "The Dream," Myrna is haunted by visions of Stanislaus, her betrothed, trapped in a crumbling castle—visions that clash with the official records declaring him dead in World War I. Each night, the same dread pulls her back to the same crumbling tower, where shadows move and silence speaks.

The Eternal Prince
10 pp · Fantasy
The Island
13 pp
Letters WCL
Cecil Matthews (death)FredMr. JohnsonCharlie

Cecil Matthews, a disillusioned bank employee, flees with $30,000 and a desperate plan to reach Papinee—an island he discovered in an old travel book. After hijacking a mail plane to escape detection, he lands on the remote island, only to find it eerily deserted. What he doesn’t know is that Papinee’s isolation comes at a deadly cost.

The Man Who Stole Immortality
14 pp
The Ghost Treasure
15 pp
Possessed
11 pp
Of Inhuman Bondage
10 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Rainmaker
4 pp
The Thousand Faces Of Fear
15 pp

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Full credits

artist, inker Dan Spiegle
cover pencils, inks George Wilson

Reprints

↩ Reprints Boris Karloff Thriller #1 (1962), Boris Karloff Thriller #2 (1963), Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #5 (1963), Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #7 (1964), Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #8 (1964), Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #10 (1965), Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #11 (1965), Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #12 (1965), Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #15 (1966), Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery #17 (1967)

Reprinted in The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor Archives #1 (2010)

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