Newspaper photographer Bill Carlton and reporter Trudy Roland work for a newspaper called Graphic. They team up to expose spiritualists who falsely claim to raise spirits of dead people. The pair discover Swami Heshug using fraudulent tricks. Heshug raises the ghost of the executed criminal, “Cat” Harris, to get revenge. Swami Heshug is adept at prestidigitation. He can mix chemicals and herbs to use in the ritual raising of dead spirits. He can also transmit his spirit in an intangible and translucent form.
Creators/Key Contributors Frank Belknap Long, R. S. Pious
First Appearance Adventures into the Unknown #7 (Oct. 1949)
First Publisher American Comics Group / ACG [CB+] [DCM] [GCD]
Appearance List Adventures into the Unknown #7
Sample Read Adventures Into the Unknown [DCM] [CB+]
Description Newspaper photographer Bill Carlton and reporter Trudy Roland work for a newspaper called Graphic. They team up to expose spiritualists who falsely claim to raise spirits of dead people. The pair discover Swami Heshug using fraudulent tricks. Heshug raises the ghost of the executed criminal, “Cat” Harris, to get revenge. Swami Heshug is adept at prestidigitation. He can mix chemicals and herbs to use in the ritual raising of dead spirits. He can also transmit his spirit in an intangible and translucent form.
