(July 1954)
Ace Magazines,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Periodical House Inc.
- Brand
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Ace
- Editing
- ?
The Horror of Hillory Hill
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lou Cameron (signed)
- Inks
- Lou Cameron (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Typeset (Leroy lettering)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- The Hillorys seem to be a nice family - father, son and a mother confined to a wheelchair. But when night settles, people from the village die under gruesome circumstances. Because the Hillorys are a family of monsters.
- Reprints
Baffling Mysteries #35
Baffling Mysteries / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "In the realm of the supernatural, no stranger tale of horror exists than that of Martin Londos, owner of a famous carnival that toured Europe in the early part of the century..."
Londos, cruel to his collection of animal freaks, is attacked by his creatures and transformed into a freak as well.
Doom Dancer
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- The ballerina Maria Sandow comes into possession of magic ballet shoes. She becomes the most famous dancer in the world, but has to dance for the cult of the horned Walpurgis goat men as well. Maria dies in a final dancing frenzy.
Indexer Notes
Original indexer Saltarella suggested this could be Lou Cameron.
Baffling Mysteries #36
Baffling Mysteries / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "From the area around the Gulf of Mexico came a weird tale of two fishermen unequaled in the annals of the supernatural..."
One kills the other to get the boat for himself, but suffers a visit from his dead partner and goes overboard.
Indexer Notes
One of a series of 1-page stories about supposedly true encounters with the supernatural.
This story is a variation of the "Hand of Fate Mystery #18" from Hand Of Fate #16 (February 1953). There three fishermen were involved in quite the same plot.
Arm of Vengeance
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Brutal and bitter hunter and safari tour guide Frank Meliss loses his right arm in a crocodile attack. Native wizard Lashim endows him with the arm of a gorilla. Meliss sinks down to a life of crime until he is caught and executed.
The Ghostly Chorus
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
The text story is missing from the available scan on DCM.
Valley of the Mayan Goddess
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Benedict tries to get rid of Bill, who has won the heart of the girl they both love. He shouldn't have chosen a mysterious valley in the Guatemalan jungle for his assault. The goddess of vengeance residing there sentences him to lose his mind, while Bill gets the girl anyway.
- Reprints
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from Web of Mystery (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #5 (October 1951)
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Indexer Notes
Original indexer Saltarella suggested this could be George Roussos.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Wow! They were right!"]
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1.
The Horror of Hillory Hill
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2.
Baffling Mysteries #35
Baffling Mysteries -
3.
Doom Dancer
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4.
Baffling Mysteries #36
Baffling Mysteries -
5.
Arm of Vengeance
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6.
The Ghostly Chorus
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7.
Valley of the Mayan Goddess
This issue was modified by, among others
- Tillmann Courth
- Peter Croome
- Kenneth English
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
- Jim Walls
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