Baffling Mysteries #25
In "Riddle of Pete Dunn's Last Fight," a mysterious encounter in the Pennsylvania hills sets Nurse Jarvis on a strange journey when she meets a mine foreman who leads her to a group of men trapped in a cave-in—men who, according to town records, died a decade earlier. As she and the mine owner’s son follow the clues to a hidden entrance, the past and present begin to blur in ways neither can explain. With art by Gene Colan and a striking cover by Louis Zansky, this 1955 mystery from Ace Magazines blends suspense and the supernatural in a tale that lingers long after the final page.
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Nurse Jarvis encounters a mine foreman in the Pennsylvania hills, who leads her to a group of men, caught in a cave-in. They give her instructions about a hidden, rich vein. Reporting this event in town, she if baffled to hear that the cave-in took place ten years ago, all the men were lost and the mine expired. The nurse and the mine owner's son investigate and discover an entrance to the cave-in. They marry and strike it richly.
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