(November 1956)

American Comics Group, 1948 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly except March and May
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 (editor)

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Beware the Ides of March! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints
Keywords
ancient Rome; cameras; swords

Rosie and Red Russia! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Marya; Svorsky; Rosie; Vanya Tchekov; Natasha Tchekov
Synopsis
Russian scientists capture an alien with special powers, but it turns out the alien was studying the scientists just as much as the scientists were studying the alien.
Reprints

Fabulous Animal (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Adam Collier; Dr. Farrand; Hugh Joiner
Synopsis
Adam Collier, an archeologist, proves that unicorns existed.

The Case of the Vanishing Indian! (Table of Contents: 3)

Uncanny Mysteries / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Characters
Ed Morris; Os-Kee-Da
Synopsis
Ed Morris, a rancher, gets into an accident and is saved by the ghost of an Indian with a withered arm.
Reprints

Beware the Ides of March! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Rosenberger (signed as John R.)
Inks
John Rosenberger (signed as John R.)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Tony Blake [Julius Caesar]
Synopsis
Tony Blake goes through life having accidents on the 15th of March every year, and knows Latin without having been taught it. He becomes a brilliant military strategist and everything he does echoes the life of Julius Caesar.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters to the editor from Barnet Hollis, Betty Jean Perotti, Leo Killian, August Henline, and F. S. Goodman.

The Second Mrs. Manion! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Creig Flessel ?; Emil Gershwin ?
Inks
Creig Flessel ?; Emil Gershwin ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Bill Manion; Lady Cynthia Conway; Alfred Conway
Synopsis
On her way to meet Bill Manion, Lady Cynthia Conway gets into a car accident. In England, Cynthia comes out of a coma, certain she was Mrs. Bill Manion and living in Kansas. After five years she slipped into a coma again, but Bill, having received a letter from her, arrives to retrieve her. He insists Cynthia has been with him in Kansas the last five years. She awakes and the pair head home.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Original indexer credited art to Flessel; via the GCD Error Tracker, Jay Kinney suggested Gershwin.

No. 1 The Broken Mirror (Table of Contents: 7)

What's Behind That Superstition? / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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

Genre
non-fiction; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Dr. Orin Blakely; Al Barrone
Synopsis
Dr. Orin Blakely of the Institute of Psychic Research explains the origins of the superstitions surrounding breaking mirrors.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Beware the Ides of March!
  2. 1. Rosie and Red Russia!
  3. 2. Fabulous Animal
  4. 3. The Case of the Vanishing Indian!
    Uncanny Mysteries
  5. 4. Beware the Ides of March!
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Let's Talk It Over!
  7. 6. The Second Mrs. Manion!
  8. 7. No. 1 The Broken Mirror
    What's Behind That Superstition?
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Gary Henderson
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Matt Tauber
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore