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Periodical House Inc. |
Periodical House Inc. |
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Printed |
Printed |
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 Ace |
Ace |
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| Publication Date |
March 1953 |
March 1953 |
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1953-03-00 |
1953-03-00 |
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bi-monthly |
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0.10 USD |
0.10 USD |
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36 (note: total sum of story page counts is 33) |
36 (note: total sum of story page counts is 33) |
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| Notes |
Some information for this index from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker, August 2010. |
Some information for this index from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker, August 2010. |
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| 0. no title (no feature) cover, 1p |
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Jim Vadeboncoeur refers to this artist as "Ace" Baker, a Matt-Baker-Imitator, who worked for ACE. |
Jim Vadeboncoeur refers to this artist as "Ace" Baker, a Matt-Baker-Imitator, who worked for ACE. |
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| 1. The Dead Are Never Lonely (no feature) comic story, 7p |
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The Dead Are Never Lonely |
The Dead Are Never Lonely |
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Jim McLaughlin |
Jim McLaughlin |
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Actress Nolita is killed in an argument with her husband. She flees the crypt, hoping to escape death. As her body withers away in the world of the living, she returns to death and finds peace with her late husband. |
Actress Nolita is killed in an argument with her husband. She flees the crypt, hoping to escape death. As her body withers away in the world of the living, she returns to death and finds peace with her late husband. |
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| 2. Baffling Mysteries #22 (Baffling Mysteries) comic story, 1p |
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Baffling Mysteries #22 |
Baffling Mysteries #22 |
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"There is a man today, in Spain, who has in his possession two macabre paintings..."
People die gazing upon paintings of horror. |
"There is a man today, in Spain, who has in his possession two macabre paintings..."
People die gazing upon paintings of horror. |
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| 3. Prowl of the Stalking Terror (no feature) comic story, 7p |
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Prowl of the Stalking Terror |
Prowl of the Stalking Terror |
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A surgeon believes in vampires. To prove his theory he drags his uncle from the crypt who was a vampire! The bloodthirsty vampire rampages through the hospital and infects his nephew. After more killings, the surgeon overcomes his vampirism by means of a blood transfusion and both uncle and nephew fall struggling with each other out of a window to their death. |
A surgeon believes in vampires. To prove his theory he drags his uncle from the crypt who was a vampire! The bloodthirsty vampire rampages through the hospital and infects his nephew. After more killings, the surgeon overcomes his vampirism by means of a blood transfusion and both uncle and nephew fall struggling with each other out of a window to their death. |
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| 4. Baffling Mysteries #21 (Baffling Mysteries) comic story, 1p |
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Baffling Mysteries #21 |
Baffling Mysteries #21 |
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Baffling Mysteries |
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"On the desolate coast of Nova Scotia, there stands a lighthouse..."
All lighthouse keepers vanish. Two tourists staying the night find out that all of them cruise the sea at night - in a rowboat. |
"On the desolate coast of Nova Scotia, there stands a lighthouse..."
All lighthouse keepers vanish. Two tourists staying the night find out that all of them cruise the sea at night - in a rowboat. |
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| 5. Beware the Graveyard Clay (no feature) comic story, 7p |
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Beware the Graveyard Clay |
Beware the Graveyard Clay |
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Charles Nicholas |
Charles Nicholas |
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The sculptor Clatrow forms voodoo dolls out of graveyard clay. Ridding himself with this mystic power of his mentor, Clatrow plans to marry the daughter of the house. Visions of the murdered man haunt Clatrow, he breaks his own voodoo image by accident and dies. |
The sculptor Clatrow forms voodoo dolls out of graveyard clay. Ridding himself with this mystic power of his mentor, Clatrow plans to marry the daughter of the house. Visions of the murdered man haunt Clatrow, he breaks his own voodoo image by accident and dies. |
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| 6. The Curse of Bell's Rectory (no feature) text story, 2p |
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The Curse of Bell's Rectory |
The Curse of Bell's Rectory |
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A treasure hunter digs up gold and silver in the well of an old rectory. The deacon's ghost (to whom the treasure belongs) appears and kills the thief. |
A treasure hunter digs up gold and silver in the well of an old rectory. The deacon's ghost (to whom the treasure belongs) appears and kills the thief. |
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| 7. Slaves of the Orchid Goddess (no feature) comic story, 7p |
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Slaves of the Orchid Goddess |
Slaves of the Orchid Goddess |
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Howard Larsen |
Howard Larsen |
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Howard Larsen |
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In the jungle of Bengali, two adventurers encounter the orchid goddess and her man-eating orchids. They escape to the new world, bringing along a small plant. As it grows, it turns their florist business into a little shop of horrors. |
In the jungle of Bengali, two adventurers encounter the orchid goddess and her man-eating orchids. They escape to the new world, bringing along a small plant. As it grows, it turns their florist business into a little shop of horrors. |
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