Baffling Mysteries #24
In "The Sacred Fingers of Princess Thais," ski-jump sensation Irma Monroe is haunted by a vision of death before her daring performance at the New Hampshire Snowtop Lodge. As she races to New York to consult a psychiatrist, a mysterious skeletal phantom takes over her preparations—while her boyfriend frantically searches for answers. When Irma is found comatose after a fall down an elevator shaft, her recovery hinges on the voice of her lover in a moment of eerie, unresolved suspense. Penciled and inked by Maurice Gutwirth and George Appel, with a cover by Kenneth Rice, this 1955 Ace Magazines mystery blends cold mountain dread with uncanny coincidence.
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Ski-jump sensation Irma Monroe has a vision of death the night before her fabulous nightly ski-jump at the New Hampshire Snowtop Lodge. She races to New York to see a psychiatrist about this. Meanwhile a skeletal phantom does all the work for her. Her boyfriend is worried. Going to New York he finds her comatose in a hospital, where she was brought after falling down an elevator shaft. Hearing the voice of her lover, Irma recovers. Mystery!
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