Web of Mystery #26
"Spell of the She-Bat" delivers a chilling 1954 tale of possession and supernatural vengeance, where the cursed spirit of the wicked Alexander Black seeks eternal life through a desperate takeover of a surgeon’s body. With moody art by Kenneth Rice, the story unfolds with eerie precision, blending medical suspense and occult dread in a classic Ace Magazines horror entry.
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The "unmourned ghost" of evil Alexander Black is doomed to walk the earth forever, but he has a cunning plan. During heart surgery upon Dr. Anders, Black slips into his body and takes over. An indian colleague manages to extract the evil spirit again, so that Dr. Anders can return rightfully into his own body.
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