The Beyond
#26
(April 1954)
Ace Magazines,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1954-01-27
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Unity Publishing Corp.
- Brand
-
Ace
- Editing
- M. J. Phillips
Issue Notes
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
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in PS Artbooks Softee: The Beyond (PS Artbooks, 2021 series) #6 (June 2021)
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When Icy Fingers Clutch
comic story / 6.66 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- In northern Africa, the beggar Mejm shanghais men to do slave work for the building of a railroad. A mystic glove robbed from a sorcerer helps him to the dirty work. The glove is cursed and the sorcerer returns with a vengeance.
Indexer Notes
Bottom of last page has statement of ownership signed by A. A. Wyn, identifying Wyn as publisher and business manager and M. J. Phillips as editor.
True Tales of the Supernatural # 51
True Tales of the Supernatural / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "When man searches into the deepest secrets of nature, he often comes face to face with problems no mortal can cope with..."
German scientist meddles with a growth serum to revive mortally wounded soldiers, but breeds a gigantic rat that lacerates him.
Death Writes the Horoscope
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- The gangster Vince Yorga learns to command the "demons of the zodiac" and abuses this ability to amass riches. The supernatural powers disapprove of Yorga's methods and claim his soul for all eternity.
- Reprints
-
in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #35 (June 2018)
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True Tales of the Supernatural # 52
True Tales of the Supernatural / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "Sir Leland Ames was a man of wealth and position in England at the turn of the century. But his fame came from a strange, awesome source..."
Sir Ames operates his own private torture chamber where he tantalizes his servants. One night, he himself gets to be the victim.
The Secret Fear of Thurman Renauld
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lou Cameron (signed)
- Inks
- Lou Cameron (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Thurman Renauld is afraid of the full moon. When his wife goes missing, he turns to psychiatrist Dr. Wingard for help. In daily therapy sessions Renauld unearths a dark secret and learns to accept that - he is a vampire.
- Reprints
- in Halloween Horror (Eclipse, 1987 series) #1 (October 1987)
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The Color of Blood
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Count Ferrara has killed a man whose son played in his rose bushes. At a party, a strange magician appears and conjures up a living bull who tramples the count to death in those rose bushes.
Me - Beast!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Jay Harlow comes into possession of a magic pair of spectacles. Looking through them, Harlow recognizes the beast in every man. He sees pigs and vultures, dogs and donkeys. When the glasses are turned on Harlow himself, he stands revealed as a gorilla.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
When Icy Fingers Clutch
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2.
[no title indexed]
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3.
True Tales of the Supernatural # 51
True Tales of the Supernatural -
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Death Writes the Horoscope
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5.
True Tales of the Supernatural # 52
True Tales of the Supernatural -
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The Secret Fear of Thurman Renauld
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7.
The Color of Blood
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8.
Me - Beast!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Pat Conolly
- Tillmann Courth
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Dan Kurdilla
- Jeremy Patterson
- Jim Van Dore
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