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Web of Mystery#9
Cover: Ken Rice

Web of Mystery #9

May 1952 · Ace Magazines [1940s-1950s] · 0.10 USD
“Lynx Man's Nine Lives”

In "Lynx Man's Nine Lives," art painter Victor becomes fixated on the elusive Odette, whose mysterious presence drives him to obsession. When she finally poses for him, his canvases twist into grotesque, living horrors—culminating in his sudden death. The cover by Ken Rice captures the eerie tension of the tale, while interior art by Jim McLaughlin brings Victor’s descent into dread to life in a 1952 horror tale from Ace Magazines.

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artist, inker Jim McLaughlin · cover Ken Rice

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artist, inker Jim McLaughlin
cover pencils Ken Rice

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Art painter Victor is obsessed with the mysterious Odette. He wants her to be his model, she eludes him. When Odette sits for Victor, the paintings undergo horrible transformations. Victor dies of shock, and Odette is revealed to be an artist-hating model who was driven to suicide forty years ago.

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