The Beyond
#1
(November 1950)
Ace Magazines,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Ace Magazines Inc.
- Brand
-
An Ace Magazine
- Editing
- ?
The Werewolf Strikes!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- Keywords
- werewolves
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
The Werewolf Strikes!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Professor Drago is a werewolf, but working on a formula to keep his human form. But time runs out and Drago gets cornered.
- Reprints
-
in Baffling Mysteries (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #19 (January 1954)
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Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Frank Giusto is the person behind the pseudonym "Ace" Baker we used for years.
Cover story.
True Tales of the Supernatural #3
True Tales of the Supernatural / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "In 1873 there occurred a strange incident in Ireland..."
Innkeeper Riordan foresees a murder in his dreams and leads the police to the killer's lair.
The Reluctant Ghost
comic story / 6.66 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- At a seance, three people command spirits from the beyond to supply them with beauty, knowledge and money. Their wishes come true, but the price to pay is high.
- Reprints
- in The Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #30 (January 1955)
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Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Last third of last page is editorial "Sur-Prize Contest" ad.
True Tales of the Supernatural #4
True Tales of the Supernatural / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "Oliver Chapman lived on his private estate in the suburbs of London..."
For fear of being buried alive, Chapman puts a foghorn next to his coffin in the crypt. When he dies, his relatives hear the sound of the foghorn and witness a walking ghost.
The Phantom Puppet
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Puppet master Lucas creates a wooden doll of Jack The Ripper. To his astonishment the doll comes alive and goes on a murder spree. When no one believes him, Lucas (stabbed by his devilish doll) sets the house on fire. Puppet and master perish in the flames.
- Reprints
- in Web of Mystery (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #20 (September 1953)
- in Terror Tales (Eerie Publications, 1969 series) #v3#3 (May 1971) [reworked] which is reprinted
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in Maze of Monsters (Gredown, 1976 ? series) #4 - in Weird (Eerie Publications, 1966 series) #v6#5 (August 1972), #v8#4 [5] (October 1974)
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Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
The Mummy's Curse
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Synopsis
- Egyptian Whodunit: Archeologist sets deadly trap for his employer by springing a mummy's poisoned ornament on him. Egyptian detective can put the blame on him.
- Reprints
- in Baffling Mysteries (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #7 (March 1952), #26 (October 1955)
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Master of the Undead
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Mystery writer Peter Brandon has to do research for a book on zombies. Though flying to Haiti and experiencing a wild zombie chase, he wakes up in his own New York room a week later. Was it all just a nightmare?
- Reprints
- in Baffling Mysteries (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #17 (September 1953) which is reprinted
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Indexer Notes
Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Werewolf Strikes!
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1.
The Werewolf Strikes!
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2.
True Tales of the Supernatural #3
True Tales of the Supernatural -
3.
The Reluctant Ghost
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4.
True Tales of the Supernatural #4
True Tales of the Supernatural -
5.
The Phantom Puppet
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6.
The Mummy's Curse
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7.
Master of the Undead
This issue was modified by, among others
- Tillmann Courth
- Dave Redmond
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- Mike White
- Steven G. Willis
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