(July 1954)

Ace Magazines, 1951 Series
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Volume
?
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
?
Brand
?
Editing
?
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock
Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
Was Ongoing Series

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim McLaughlin
Inks
Jim McLaughlin
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset (Leroy lettering)
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The Man Who Died Tomorrow (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Rice
Inks
Ken Rice
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre
horror-suspense; science fiction
Synopsis
The sorcerer Dallon travels through time back from the 21st century to the year 1954. He wants to kidnap the young woman Gloria, because women are sparse in the future. Gloria's boyfriend Hal objects and defeats Dallon in a fistfight.
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True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #49 (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Sy Grudko
Inks
Sy Grudko
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
"A tale of supernatural wonder that comes down through the ages tells of two Egyptian lovers in the year 1543 B.C. ..."
A princess loves a slave, which cannot be. The slave gets entombed but survives the ages in a state of supended animation. He finds his princess - as a mummy in the British Museum.
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Lair of the Silken Doom (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lou Cameron (signed)
Inks
Lou Cameron (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Silk merchant Stanley Raffel starts a business partnership with the mysterious and beautiful Lycia who provides him with the finest silk to be found. Little does Raffel realize that Lycia is a gigantic spider processing her victims' bodies into silk threads. But he will find out.
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True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #50 (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Sy Grudko
Inks
Sy Grudko
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
"Young Henry Ranse, because of his gambling and carousing, was in dire need of money..."
So he locks up his rich uncle, tortures him out of his mind and gets custody over his money. Visiting his uncle in the insane asylum, Ranse gets strangled by his uncle's hands - though they never leave the strait-jacket.

Mine Own Executioner (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jim McLaughlin ?
Inks
Sy Grudko ?
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
London 1751: "Sniveling lawyer" John Drummond strikes a deal with Baalzaar, Satan's first lieutenant. Drummond enters into a career as the highest judge at Old Bailey, if he sends as many souls as possible to the gallows. Having become an evil man, he is Baalzaar's biggest prize in the end.
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The Head of Krishna Sru (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
Typeset
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
Mr. Frobisher enters Mrs. Terry's house, with intent to drive her mad. One look at the severed head of Krishna Sru, the Indian god of madness, will do the trick. Mrs. Terry can stall him successfully until her husband comes home.

The Keeper of the Flames (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? [“Ace” Baker] (see notes)
Inks
? [“Ace” Baker] (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A man makes a pact with death, not the devil. The consequences are the same: wealth and power for a span of years. Then death claims him at the appointed time.
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Indexer Notes

Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. refers to this artist as “Ace” Baker, a Matt-Baker-imitator, who worked for Ace Magazines.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. The Man Who Died Tomorrow
  3. 2. True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #49
    True Tales of Unexplained Mystery
  4. 3. Lair of the Silken Doom
  5. 4. True Tales of Unexplained Mystery #50
    True Tales of Unexplained Mystery
  6. 5. Mine Own Executioner
  7. 6. The Head of Krishna Sru
  8. 7. The Keeper of the Flames
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