(December 1952)

Ace Magazines, 1951 Series
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Volume
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
A. A. Wyn Inc.
Brand
Ace

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
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Letters
typeset (Leroy lettering)

Today You Die! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Molno ?
Inks
Charles Nicholas ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
While robbing offices, petty thief Joe Billings discovers a 13th floor and therein the offices of the afterworld. He is let go, because his time has not yet come. Fleeing from the building, Billings is run over by a truck. Now his time has come.

True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #31 (Table of Contents: 2)

True Tales of Unexplained Mystery / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
"The mysterious orient has always been an inexhaustable source for tales of the supernatural..."
A chinese jade dragon is stolen from a shop. In the street, the dragon comes alive and kills its thief.

The Curse of the Horrible Hangman (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Nicholas
Inks
Charles Nicholas ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Ulrik the hangman awakes from 300 years of sleep in a sealed castle chamber in Germany. Grave robbers released him and are hanged on the spot. The hangman has vowed to hang 200 people before his soul can find eternal rest. One victim short of his task, Ulrik falls from a tower and hangs himself.

True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #32 (Table of Contents: 4)

True Tales of Unexplained Mystery / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
"From the lumber country of Siberia comes the almost unbelievable story of Igor Gola..."
While doing his work the lumberjack Gola is crushed by a falling tree. Yet his ghost returns and cheers on his fellow lumberjacks.

Terror Stalked the Secret City (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Discount (signed)
Inks
Bill Discount (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Two explorers come upon a secret city in the Cambodian jungle. They have to fight it out with an evil goddess and her animal creatures.

The Curse of Glauchen Hill (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Bruce Hengely buys a cursed manor on the Scottish countryside. When a stranger appears, Hengely believes him to be a vampire and kills him. In his bloodlust Hengely recognizes that he himself is the vampire who brought the curse over Glauchen Hill.

It Won’t Come Back Until Midnight (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Charles Nicholas
Inks
Charles Nicholas ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset (Leroy lettering)

Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
In a southern swamp an undead creature strikes terror into the heart of men. Professor Bates investigates and exposes Mrs. Corneley as "Wanda the swamp witch" commanding her zombie.
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Today You Die!
  3. 2. True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #31
    True Tales of Unexplained Mystery
  4. 3. The Curse of the Horrible Hangman
  5. 4. True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #32
    True Tales of Unexplained Mystery
  6. 5. Terror Stalked the Secret City
  7. 6. The Curse of Glauchen Hill
  8. 7. It Won’t Come Back Until Midnight
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Tillmann Courth
  • Jim Van Dore