The Beyond
#30
(January 1955)
Ace Magazines,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Periodical House, Inc.
- Brand
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Ace
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
- 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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[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in PS Artbooks Softee: The Beyond (PS Artbooks, 2021 series) #6 (June 2021)
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Indexer Notes
Art credits from George Hagenauer via the GCD Error Tracker, who reports the preliminary sketch was in the Kremer estate and other Kremer fans have confirmed this to be his work.
Code of the Shadowmaster
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lou Cameron (signed)
- Inks
- Lou Cameron (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Carnival silhouette artist Linc Mars learns to cut magic silhouettes from a burial sackcloth. He uses his abilities to amass riches, but runs out of magic and has to die by his own scissors.
- Reprints
True Tales of the Supernatural [# 59]
True Tales of the Supernatural / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "The night was stormy and treacherous as two men motored from their country home seven miles out of London..."
Two surgeons, father and son, have a car accident, while underway to an operation. The son operates successfully under supervision of his father's ghost.
Indexer Notes
This one-page feature has not been numbered.
Therefore the number is put in brackets.
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
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from The Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #1 (November 1950)
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Indexer Notes
Last third of page is an ad: "What's the answer to these school problems?"
Provided by the National Citizens Commission for the Public Schools.
True Tales of the Supernatural # 60
True Tales of the Supernatural / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "Many men have tried to fathom the eerie realm of the supernatural only to be caught in its web of chaos..."
In his sleep, a French author explores the beyond. The experience drives him insane.
Slaves of the Undead Brain
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Reckless businessman Thorsen murders his partner to take over all of "Titronics" company, producing electronic relays and state-of-the-art technology. The mysterious "Nemo" runs his office by employing machines and robots. Thorsen's greed throws the electronic master brain "out of focus" and the whole shebang goes up in smoke.
The Vow
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Bart Redfern wants to go to sea and be a sailor. He seeks advice from his seafaring grandmother's brother. Old Andy tells him about a curse running in the family.
The Spell of the Hypnotic Chord
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Knife-throwing artist Zander is executed and swears revenge upon his judges. At the same time, a concert pianist loses his hands in a train crash and gets Zander's hands transplanted. The hands command him to kill, kill, kill. So it happens.
- Reprints
- from The Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #4 (May 1951)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Code of the Shadowmaster
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2.
True Tales of the Supernatural [# 59]
True Tales of the Supernatural -
3.
The Reluctant Ghost
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4.
True Tales of the Supernatural # 60
True Tales of the Supernatural -
5.
Slaves of the Undead Brain
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6.
The Vow
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7.
The Spell of the Hypnotic Chord
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