(November 1956)

American Comics Group, 1948 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
Monthly except March and May
Indicia Publisher:
Best Syndicated Features, Inc.
Brand:
American Comics Group ACG
Editing:
Richard E. Hughes
Format:
Color; Standard US format; saddle-stitched; Newsprint; #1-33: 52 pages; later issues 36 pages; mostly monthly series

Beware the Ides of March! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Horror

Rosie and Red Russia! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction
Characters:
Rosie; Vanya Tchekov
Synopsis:
Russian scientists capture an alien with special powers, but it turns out the alien was studying the scientists just as much as the scientists were studying the alien.

Fabulous Animal (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction
Characters:
Adam Collier
Synopsis:
Adam Collier, an archeologist, proves that unicorns existed.

The Case of the Vanishing Indian (Table of Contents)

Uncanny Mysteries / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Pete Costanza ?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction
Characters:
Ed Morris; Os-Kee-Da
Synopsis:
Ed Morris, a rancher, gets into an accident and is saved by the ghost of an Indian with a withered arm.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Beware the Ides of March (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
John Rosenberger [as John R]
Inks:
John Rosenberger [as John R]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction
Characters:
Tony Blake [Julius Caesar]
Synopsis:
Tony Blake goes through life having accidents on the 15th of March every year, and knows Latin without having been taught it. He becomes a brilliant military strategist and everything he does echoes the life of Julius Caesar.

Let's Talk It Over! (Table of Contents)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
Letters to the editor.

The Second Mrs. Manion! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel ?; Emil Gershwin ?
Inks:
Creig Flessel ?; Emil Gershwin ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Science Fiction
Characters:
Bill Manion; Lady Cynthia Conway
Synopsis:
Lady Cynthia Conway gets into a car accident on her way to meet Bill Manion and can't meet him. Strangely, though, her spirit somehow gets split in two and half of her lies in a hospital bed in England, the other half goes to the United States and marries Mr. Manion.
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Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks:
First indexer stated: Creig Flessel
Jay Kinney stated (http://errors.comics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7408): Emil Gershwin


What's Behind That Superstition? No. 1: The Broken Mirror (Table of Contents)

What's Behind That Superstition / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Pete Costanza ?; ?
Inks:
Pete Costanza ?; ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Fact; Science Fiction
Characters:
Dr. Orin Blakely; Al Barrone
Synopsis:
Dr. Orin Blakely of the Institute of Psychic Research explains the origins of the superstitions surrounding breaking mirrors.

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Rosie and Red Russia!
  2. 2. Fabulous Animal
  3. 3. The Case of the Vanishing Indian
    Uncanny Mysteries
  4. 4. Beware the Ides of March
  5. 5. Let's Talk It Over!
  6. 6. The Second Mrs. Manion!
  7. 7. What's Behind That Superstition? No. 1: The Broken Mirror
    What's Behind That Superstition
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Per Sandell
  • Peter Croome
  • Gary Henderson
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Gene Reed
  • Lou Mougin
  • Rolf Gerdau
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Mark Gordon
  • Peter Croome
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Darrel McCann