The Beyond
#4
(May 1951)
Ace Magazines,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Ace Magazines Inc.
- Brand
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An Ace Magazine
- Editing
- ?
Trial by Ghost Light
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Playboy Weston is convicted and executed for a murder he didn't commit. The district attorney Dexter knew of his innocence, but used the case to become governor. Months later Dexter is poetically killed by a falling statue of justice and has to appear before a jury of ghosts. Dexter is sentenced to clear Weston's name - and does so.
- Reprints
-
in The Hand of Fate (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #25a (November 1954) - in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #24 (2015)
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True Tales of the Supernatural #7
True Tales of the Supernatural / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "Over a century has passed since old Andrew McCullough and his dog, Satan, used to stride down the hillside..."
When watchdog Satan dies, it is buried with precious gifts. Two graverobbers meet a grisly end, trying to retrieve the treasures. - Reprints
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #23 (2014)
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The Spell of the Hypnotic Chord
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Knife-throwing artist Zander is executed and swears revenge upon his judges. At the same time, a concert pianist loses his hands in a train crash and gets Zander's hands transplanted. The hands command him to kill, kill, kill. So it happens.
- Reprints
- in The Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #30 (January 1955)
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #24 (2015)
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Indexer Notes
Cover story.
True Tales of the Supernatural #8
True Tales of the Supernatural / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "Do the dead hold powers over the living? Some claim they do!"
Mr. Bentley wants to be buried near the cliff at his home. When he is given a burial at sea, his corpse mysteriously floats 2.000 miles back home. - Reprints
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #23 (2014)
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Cult of the Undead
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A gangster has set up an empire in the Peruvian andes, controlling Inca zombies. When Pat Knowlton comes to visit with her fiancé Gordon, they can thwart the gangster's evil plans.
- Reprints
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #24 (2015)
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The Living Brain
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure; horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Sadistic Dr. Kraus is testing an apparatus to melt human flesh and bones. A wild fight ensues in the laboratory.
It happened on Valentine's Eve
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Lost in the Florida swamps, a young couple drives up to an old colonial mansion where a masquerade seems to take place. It is in reality a reenacment of an old family tragedy, staged by ghosts. The couple escapes from the burning house and stands there, pondering.
- Reprints
- in Baffling Mysteries (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #23 (November 1954)
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #24 (2015)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Those hands are mine!"]
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1.
Trial by Ghost Light
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2.
True Tales of the Supernatural #7
True Tales of the Supernatural -
3.
The Spell of the Hypnotic Chord
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4.
True Tales of the Supernatural #8
True Tales of the Supernatural -
5.
Cult of the Undead
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6.
The Living Brain
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7.
It happened on Valentine's Eve
This issue was modified by, among others
- Tillmann Courth
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Dave Redmond
- Mike White
- Steven G. Willis
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