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(May 1953)

Ace Magazines, 1951 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
A. A. Wyn, Inc.
Brand:
Ace
Editing:
?
Color:
Color
Dimensions:
Standard Modern Age U. S.
Binding:
Saddle-stitched

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils:
Ken Rice
Inks:
Ken Rice
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre:
horror-suspense
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The Moon Was Red (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:
In a French sea port the fishermen have to fight giant merman-creatures. Only old Fernande survives and puts a monster's severed finger on display.
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True Tales of Unexplained Mystery # 35 (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:
horror-suspense
Synopsis:
"Circus life has always been the source of strange and haunting tales. The weirdest of these stories is still told among circus people..."
Sideshow freak Bruno gets a new tattoo, depicting a devil's figure. It is a cursed tattoo that strangles Bruno to death.
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Out of Blackness They Come! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
Dick Beck
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre:
horror-suspense
Synopsis:
Two scientists enter the realm of blackness, where demons dwell and the devil resides. They can fight their way back to our reality - scaring the devil off with a flashlight.
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True Tales of Unexplained Mystery # 36 (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre:
horror-suspense
Synopsis:
"From the mysterious far east comes this eerie tale of greed and death. One day, a native guide led two European men into a deserted Indian temple..."
Trying to steal jewels from the temple, the men are crushed by a stone idol guarding the exit.

Corpses on Cue (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jim McLaughlin
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre:
horror-suspense
Synopsis:
Exploiting the undead, Professor Skane uses a zombie for a stage show: "The man who can't be killed". Acting on behalf of the zombie's union, a female zombie companion arrives and puts a bloody end to the dishonorable display.
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Wail of the Ice Dead (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset
Genre:
horror-suspense
Synopsis:
Mountain climber Hugh Kennedy reaches the summit of Mt. Kelna and meets snow goddess Kelna herself and her ice creatures. They plan to encase him in a block of ice, but Kennedy escapes by lighting his trusty blowtorch.

Evil Twangs the Devil's Harp (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ken Rice
Inks:
Ken Rice
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre:
horror-suspense
Synopsis:
The scene is London in 1787. Drunkard Bertie comes into possession of the devil's harp. He rises to be a star musician, but when playing for king and queen, the demons of the harp appear and claim Bertie's soul.
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. The Moon Was Red
  3. 2. True Tales of Unexplained Mystery # 35
    True Tales of Unexplained Mystery
  4. 3. Out of Blackness They Come!
  5. 4. True Tales of Unexplained Mystery # 36
    True Tales of Unexplained Mystery
  6. 5. Corpses on Cue
  7. 6. Wail of the Ice Dead
  8. 7. Evil Twangs the Devil's Harp
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Dan Kurdilla
  • Tillmann Courth
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • James Ludwig
  • Keith Smith
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