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Challenge of the Unknown #6
"High Priestess of the Snake People" delivers a classic pulp sci-fi twist in Challenge of the Unknown #6, a 1950 Ace Magazines gem. When a dying professor transfers his mind into the body of a convicted criminal, his former gangster associates kidnap him to uncover buried loot—leading to a tense showdown on an airfield. With art by Mike Sekowsky and Art Peddy, and a striking cover by Warren Kremer and Al Avison, this issue blends mad science and noir tension, leaving its monstrous protagonist quietly scribbling formulas in secret.