The Beyond #30

(January 1955)

Code of the Shadowmaster (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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:

• in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #12 (August 2014)
• in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (IDW, 2010 series) #16 - Haunted Horror: Candles for the Undead! and Much More! (Volume 4) (August 2016), #23 - Lou Cameron's Unsleeping Dead (July 2018)

True Tales of the Supernatural [# 59] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sy Grudko

Inks:

Sy Grudko

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset (Leroy lettering)

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 (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6.66 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ken Rice

Inks:

Ken Rice

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

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:

• from The Beyond (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #1 (November 1950)

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 (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sy Grudko

Inks:

Sy Grudko

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset (Leroy lettering)

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 (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Louis Zansky

Inks:

Louis Zansky

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset (Leroy lettering)

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 (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

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 (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Louis Zansky

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

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)