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Cover: Bernard Baily
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Weird Mysteries #6

Aug 1953 · Stanley Morse · 0.10 USD
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In the year 2252, Earth's dominance extends across the stars, but a mission to a distant galaxy reveals a shocking truth: the so-called "beasts" of a foreign world are not mindless creatures, but a highly intelligent civilization. When two astronauts arrive, their instinct to destroy leads to their capture and display—turning the tables on humanity’s supposed superiority. Weird Mysteries #6 (1953), with art and inks by Vince Fodera, features a chilling tale of perception and prejudice, its cover by Bernard Baily capturing the eerie grandeur of the alien world.

Contains 5 stories
Life Sentence
6 pp · Horror-Suspense

In "Life Sentence," a desperate professor and his ambitious assistant uncover a long-buried Aztec tomb holding a fabled elixir of life—only for their rivalry to turn deadly. As the final door slams shut behind him, the victor is trapped in eternal darkness, his fate sealed by the very power he sought.

Full Moon
4 pp · Horror-Suspense

In "Full Moon," a man haunted by a monstrous secret takes a desperate ride out of town, only to be picked up by a striking woman whose calm demeanor hides a dark truth. As the full moon rises, his transformation begins—but so does her own, flipping the tables in a chilling game of predator and prey.

Big Game
3 pp · Horror-Suspense

In "Big Game," a seasoned hunter in Africa grows overconfident after decades of taking down mighty beasts—until nature turns the tables. When a relentless swarm of terrifying ants overwhelms his traps, he finds himself hunted in a way he never expected, facing a death he can't shoot down.

Begin to Live
6 pp · Horror-Suspense

In a future where crime has vanished and science reigns, a visionary scientist unleashes a radical experiment with a cathode ray capable of resurrecting the dead—bringing back a 20th century gangster from the past. Now, in a world unprepared for violence, the reanimated criminal plots to seize control with the only weapon he remembers: his old gun. The scientist, aware of the danger, sets a trap to outwit a man who never learned how to live in peace.

Civilized
5 pp · Horror-Suspense

In the year 2252, Earth’s reach extends across the stars, but a mission to a distant galaxy reveals a shocking truth: the so-called "primitive" lifeforms they exterminate are not mindless beasts, but a highly intelligent, civilized species. When two astronauts arrive on a planet of towering purple reptiles, their assumption of danger leads to a deadly miscalculation—one that ends with them captured and displayed as the barbarians in a world they failed to understand.

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Raw (Good) $631
CGC 8.0 · 2 in census $6,116
CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $2,595
CGC 7.0 · 3 in census $2,402*
CGC 6.5 · 4 in census $1,811
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 · 3 in census $1,579*
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CGC 5.0 · 2 in census $1,579*
CGC 4.5 · 7 in census $1,579
CGC 4.0 · 10 in census $1,033
CGC 3.5 · 6 in census $921*
CGC 3.0 · 7 in census $758
CGC 2.5 · 4 in census $608
CGC 2.0 · 3 in census $545
CGC 1.5 none in existence
CGC 1.0 · 2 in census $361*
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Full credits

artist, inker Vince Fodera
cover pencils, inks Bernard Baily

Reprints

↩ Reprints Weird Tales of the Future #1 (1952)

Reprinted in Shock #4 (1970)

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