(January 1958)

American Comics Group, 1948 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Best Syndicated Features Inc.
Brand
American Comics Group ACG
Editing
Richard Hughes (credited as Richard E. Hughes) (editor)

Annals of the Occult! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
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Keywords
ghosts; hypnotism

Pie In the Sky! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton

Characters
Cliff Walters
Synopsis
A private investigator discovers aliens who take jaded and disenfranchised people to a world where all their dreams come true. The planet is shaped like a giant pie in the sky.
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Mirror of Magic (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Edward Robbins; Viola Harris
Synopsis
A sickly couple enter a magic mirror into a world of paradise.
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Annals of the Occult! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks
Kurt Schaffenberger
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton

Characters
Frederick Forbes; Eddie Forbes
Synopsis
Banker Frederick Forbes vanished in 1867 with a great amount of the townspeoples' money. Nearly a hundred years later, his great-grandson agrees to undergo hypnosis to solve the mystery, and learns that it was accidental death, not villainy, that caused Forbes to disappear, and the money is finally recovered.
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Indexer Notes

Cover story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Let's Talk It Over! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
? (header)
Inks
? (header)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's something about this season that...
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Indexer Notes

Letters from Richard W. Boyd, Leonard Karlen, Charles M. Jones, Steve Fisher, Tom Smith, and Brian Hannafey.

Da Vinci's Wig! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Pete Costanza
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton

Characters
Joe Mineo; Teresa Mineo; Leonardo Da Vinci
Synopsis
An engineer who feels inadequate dons a wig that was purportedly worn by Leonardo Da Vinci. Suddenly he becomes an incredible inventor believing he's possessed by Da Vinci. It turns out he is the reincarnation of Leonardo Da Vinci himself and was just hampered throughout his life by lack of confidence.
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Keywords
Mona Lisa

Cave Drawing (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton

Synopsis
Explorers stumble into an ancient cavern and discover a cave drawing of a futuristic city.
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Explanation, Please! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Rosenberger
Inks
John Rosenberger
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton

Characters
Kee-Waydin (Indian Chief); Running Elk; Yellow Knife; Pop Frazer
Synopsis
The ghost of a kindly Indian chief saves three white ranchers from drowning.
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Annals of the Occult!
  2. 1. Pie In the Sky!
  3. 2. Mirror of Magic
  4. 3. Annals of the Occult!
  5. 4. ["There's something about this season that..."]
    Let's Talk It Over!
  6. 5. Da Vinci's Wig!
  7. 6. Cave Drawing
  8. 7. Explanation, Please!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jay Flash
  • Gary Henderson
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Mike White