(September 1954)

Ace Magazines, 1950 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Unity Publishing Corp.
Brand
Ace
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jim McLaughlin ?
Inks
Jim McLaughlin ?
Colors
?

Keywords
candles

Nightmare Carnival (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Rice
Inks
Ken Rice
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Somewhere in France, the brothers Lebrun wage a private war against Jules du Mort. The cemetery on his property shall yield for the expansion of the Lebrun's carnival ground. Du Mort sends an army of undead zombies to battle the greedy brothers.
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True Tales of the Supernatural #55 (Table of Contents: 2)

True Tales of the Supernatural / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sy Grudko
Inks
Sy Grudko
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
"From the fragmentary notes of Dr. Abel Friess, renowned scientist of the early 20th century, can be put together a story that still defies explanation..."
Friess switches his brains with a gorilla, trying to overcome animal instincts. But the ape-brain goes berserk within Friess' body.

Invitation from a Ghost (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Louis Zansky
Inks
Louis Zansky
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
The author Peter Verold fights beliefs of superstition, traveling the country and debunking supernatural hoaxes. Until he meets the evil spirit of Ella Mae Lea.

True Tales of the Supernatural #56 (Table of Contents: 4)

True Tales of the Supernatural / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sy Grudko
Inks
Sy Grudko
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
"Young Bauer was an apprentice to Hugo Lenz, a German puppet-maker in the early part of this century..."
Master Lenz had forfeited his soul, as Bauer finds out when he carves a devil-puppet.

Waves of the Creeping Death (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim McLaughlin
Inks
Jim McLaughlin
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Inventor George Parks builds an ultra-sonic device which can destroy things and raise the dead from their graves, too. With a gang of zombie cutthroats at his command, Parks executes revenge against all who have troubled him. In the end the undead turn against their master.

Transformation Macabre (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
Typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Professor Schmitt, incurably ill at 83 years, transports his brain into his young assistant's body and murders the poor fellow. The joy over his success doesn't last long. The police convict him of his crime and Schmitt is sentenced to death.

The Persevering Mummy (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Giusto
Inks
Frank Giusto
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
In an American museum a mummy comes alive. Dramid cheated Egyptian death-god Osiris for 5.500 years and walks the earth again. Police cannot stop him. A mysterious stranger comes to help, disrobes and reveals himself to be Osiris - claiming Dramid for the realm of the dead.
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Indexer Notes

Frank Giusto is the real name of the artist often called "Ace Baker" for his Matt Baker art style.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Nightmare Carnival
  3. 2. True Tales of the Supernatural #55
    True Tales of the Supernatural
  4. 3. Invitation from a Ghost
  5. 4. True Tales of the Supernatural #56
    True Tales of the Supernatural
  6. 5. Waves of the Creeping Death
  7. 6. Transformation Macabre
  8. 7. The Persevering Mummy
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Tillmann Courth
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Steven Rowe
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Steven G. Willis