The Beyond #16

(October 1952)

The Ghost on Television (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? [“Ace” Baker] (see notes)

Inks

? [“Ace” Baker] (see notes)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A murderous couple is haunted by their victim, which appears on their television screen. A broadcast from death in person announces their doom. The victim steps out of the TV and takes his revenge!

Indexer Notes

Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. refers to this artist as “Ace” Baker, a Matt-Baker-imitator, who worked for Ace Magazines.

True Tales of the Supernatural #31 (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

"In the annals of the supernatural, no case was more baffling than the one that occurred in the famous penal institution known as Devil's Island..."
Two escaped convicts meet a third one in the jungle who wants to help them. When they stab the unwanted partner, he turns into a skeleton.

Vault of the Winged Spectres (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lin Streeter

Inks

Lin Streeter

Colors

?

Letters

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

Two American engineers discover ancient Egyptian tombs and get in a fight with living mummies. Resurrected queen Neferti helps them escape, because she didn’t wish to be resurrected in the first place.

Reprints

• in Mummies!: Classic Monsters of Pre-Code Horror Comics (IDW, 2017 series) (June 2017)

Curse of the Midnight Piper (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lou Cameron

Inks

Lou Cameron

Colors

?

Letters

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

When a tomb in a Scottish castle is opened, ghostly clan wars flare up again. The army of ghosts can be repelled with fire.

True Tales of the Supernatural #32 (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

"In 1933, Richard Dore, a young American archeologist, was digging through some Aztec ruins in Central Mexico..."
In an underground torture chamber Dore finds a fountain from which still spurts human blood.

The Uninvited Guest (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

In Barcelona a crypt is opened and the ghost of Benedicto wakened. Benedicto stalks Don Lopez, the descendant of the man who killed him for gold.

They Burned a Witch (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Beck

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

On the English coast, a witch trapped in the body of a cat, can escape her confinement. She takes control of another woman’s body and starts her witching work again. She doesn’t rest until she has taken revenge on all of those who caused her predicament.