Mystical Tales #7
In "The Secret of the Haunted Picture," a medium summons the spirits of a smuggler and his bride to reveal the location of buried gold—only for the smuggler’s spirit to return in body and spirit, stealing the treasure before vanishing. Years later, the bride’s spirit, now fallen in love with one of the diggers, finds her earthly form again during the London Blitz. Written by Carl Wessler and illustrated by Doug Wildey, with a haunting cover by Bill Everett, this eerie 1957 tale blends supernatural mystery with wartime fate.
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A medium brings the spirits of two living people, a smuggler and his intended bride, to meet with men who want to dig up his hidden gold. The smuggler's body follows its spirit and snatches the gold out from under the men's noses and disappears but the spirit of the intended bride falls in love with one of the men. She meets up with him years later in the flesh during the London blitz.
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