(April 1951)
Ace Magazines,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Ace Books Inc.
- Brand
-
An Ace Magazine
The Lorelei of Loon Lake
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A swimmer meets a mermaid-like woman in an underwater cave. She tells him to bring a message to a man on the surface. Investigating the incident, the two men find the remains of lovely red-haired Lola, who drowned ten years ago.
- Reprints
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in Baffling Mysteries (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #26 (October 1955)
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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.
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #3
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "It was a dreary day in London, on October 18th, 1902, when elderly Graham Hilliard passed away..."
At the reading of the will, the portrait of the deceased starts to frown when the name of his cook is mentioned. Turns out he was poisoned by this person.
Indexer Notes
Art credits by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Legacy of the Accursed
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- In a Scotch castle, a vampire comes to life. First posing as an attorney, he can be identified quickly and is destroyed in his coffin.
- Reprints
- in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v7#1 (April 1976) [reworked] which is reprinted
- in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v11#4 (December 1978)
- in Terrors of Dracula (Eerie Publications, 1979 series) #v2#1 (February 1980)
- in Weird Vampire Tales (Eerie Publications, 1979 series) #v5#2 (April 1981)
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Indexer Notes
Art credits by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #4
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- "On a cold winter's day in 1879 in the North Atlantic, the freighter Liverpool Lucy was cutting through the icy waters..."
A ghost appears in the captain's cabin and commands him to steer another course. In doing so, a boat full of shipwrecked men is found and saved.
Indexer Notes
Art credits by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
The Unseen Host
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Publisher Reynolds returns to his office after a week of vacation to find out that he is dead. He has been killed in his sleep in a train accident, now he wanders around getting used to being dead. He learns that his best friend Brad had staged the "accident" to get his hands on the Reynolds heritage. Though being a ghost, he can expose the evil-doer.
Indexer Notes
Art credits by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
A Killer's Brain
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A private eye is held captive by an evil brain-transplanting surgeon. Fighting ensues with an additional beast-like murderer and the in-the-nick-of-time-arriving police force.
Midnight Marauder
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A hunting party in the French Canadian wilds is attacked by a werewolf. One of the men is bitten and has to race time not to change into another werewolf. The man can kill the original werewolf - thus freeing their friend from the werewolf's curse.
Indexer Notes
Art credits by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
The Lorelei of Loon Lake
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2.
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #3
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery -
3.
Legacy of the Accursed
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4.
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #4
True Tales of Unexplained Mystery -
5.
The Unseen Host
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6.
A Killer's Brain
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7.
Midnight Marauder
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- Keith Smith
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