Baffling Mysteries #5
"Volcano of Vengeance" delivers a wild, pulpy thrill from Baffling Mysteries #5 (1951), a 10-cent gem from Ace Magazines. Ken Rice handles both art and inks in this eerie jungle tale, where a hunter’s wife is transformed by a mad doctor’s experiment, unleashing a feral fury that blurs the line between man and beast.
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Bonita Jackson, wife to big-game-hunter Stuart, falls ill in the jungles of Western India and is brought to mysterious Dr. Zander, the only help available. Zander is mad and injects tiger blood into the veins of the unsuspecting woman. The lady turns into a tiger and runs off into the jungle. The worried husband follows her, gets in danger and is rescued by his tigeress. Husband confronts doctor, doctor draws gun, tiger leaps in and kills doctor.
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