(2010)
AC,
2005 Series
- Volume
- 9
- Price
- 29.95 USD
- Pages
- 140
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- AC Comics
- Brand
-
AC Comics [straight, star in A]
- Barcode
- 649241892588
- Editing
- Bill Black (credited) (editor)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Reprints
-
from Weird Tales of the Future (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #1 (March 1952) [Splash page only.]
-
Indexer Notes
Splash page from story "Ten Thousand Years Old!" used as cover. The story text has been replaced in this reprint.
Triumph Over Terror
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Thomas Alden; Joan Alden; Bill Grayson; Cleve Marston; John Spears; Clugg
- Synopsis
- A science fiction writer and his wife are captured by aliens who read their minds. The aliens decide not to invade Earth because they realize that humans would do anything to protect it.
- Reprints
- from Fantastic Worlds (Pines, 1952 series) #5 (September 1952)
-
[no title indexed]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Weird Tales of the Future (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #1 (March 1952)
-
Trip into Space
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Tales of the Future (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #1 (March 1952)
-
Ten Thousand Years Old!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Jerry Drago; Jill Johnson
- Synopsis
- Jerry Drago and Jill Johnson are abducted by a Venusian Doctor as Earth specimens. The doctor increases their life spans to an indefinite length. Jerry and Jill escape in a stolen rocket and return to Earth. Nobody believes their story, and the rocket disappears. The pair begin to use the Venusian technology they observed to improve the lot of mankind.
- Reprints
- from Weird Tales of the Future (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #1 (March 1952)
-
The Ghouls Who Ruled the World!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- In the year 2042 a group of gangsters are restored to life by a gamma life ray.
- Reprints
- from Weird Tales of the Future (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #1 (March 1952)
-
Super Rocket
text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It was a very exciting day at our house...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Weird Tales of the Future (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #1 (March 1952) [re-titled]
-
The Time Has Come
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Alan Moore (intro); Professor Manheim (intro); Professor Fenrir (intro); Desua (intro); Jana; High One, Ruler of Moon Men
- Synopsis
- Alan Moore sets forth on a journey to the Moon in a spaceship designed by Professor Manheim. He is surprised to see another spaceship. It belongs to space pirates led by Jana. Jana has captured Professor Fenrir and his daugher, Desua. Jana tells the High One, ruler of Moon Men, that the prisoners are spies. Fenrir convinces the High One that Jana is lying. The Ruler of Moon Men has Alan Moore fight Jana. The lower gravity of Earth gives him the advantage over Jana. Moore returns to Earth with Jana's ship and Fenrir and Desua in tow, planning to return them to their planet.
- Reprints
- from Weird Tales of the Future (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #1 (March 1952)
-
Survival of the Fittest
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Doctor Morris; Sandy; Arlene; Alpha
- Synopsis
- Alpha leads his fellow robots in a peaceful revolt against mankind. Sandy and Doctor Morris's daughter, Arlene, have inadequate records to prove they are human. The general is suspicious of the pair.
- Reprints
- from Weird Tales of the Future (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #1 (March 1952)
-
The Man from Outer Space
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Powell (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Powell (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A woman on a farm who is always complaining that she doesn't have six hands to do all the work that she is asked to gets her wish when an alien crash lands in the barn with the power to grow new limbs.
- Reprints
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #12 (September 1953)
-
Dead Reckoning!
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Andor; Kyt
- Synopsis
- Airman Andor is a police officer in space. He goes to a disturbance call. An elderly man is angry at his maid for attempting to steal his treasure map. She is a young and attractive blonde woman named Kyt. As Andor is interviewing Kyt, the oldster uses his electric whip on her. Andor shoots and kills him, citing resisting arrest. He kisses Kyt. He quits the force, going to the asteroid Klaxon to find the treasure.
- Reprints
- from Space Adventures (Charlton, 1952 series) #11 (May-June 1954)
-
More Deadly Than the Male
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Weird Mysteries (Stanley Morse, 1952 series) #7 (October 1953)
-
Love Story
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Maneely (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- The wife of an African guide plots with a doctor to murder her husband.
- Reprints
- from Spellbound (Marvel, 1952 series) #14 (April 1953)
-
Under Glass
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense; science fiction
- Reprints
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #14 (June 1952)
-
An Appointment with a Corpse
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Chamber of Chills Magazine (Harvey, 1951 series) #5 (February 1952)
-
Undertaker
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Doxy
- Synopsis
- Doxy's father, the undertaker, refuses to let him go outside.
- Reprints
- from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #24 (April 1954)
-
A Promise Kept
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Black Cat Comics (Harvey, 1946 series) #49 (April 1954)
-
Death at the Carnival
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from The Clutching Hand (American Comics Group, 1954 series) #1 (July-August 1954)
-
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Witchcraft (Avon, 1952 series) #5 (December 1952-January 1953)
-
The Ugliest Man in the World!
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Tales of Horror (Toby, 1952 series) #1 (June 1952)
-
The New Tenants
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man works for a miser who cheats people on real estate deals until he gets so fed up with his boss selling run down dumps to kindly old folks that he kills him and shores up the floor support in the cellar with the man's body.
- Reprints
- from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #12 (September 1953)
-
The Reluctant Witch
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Lorna Starr [Lorna Hayes]; Satan; Lon Terry
- Reprints
- from Out of the Night (American Comics Group, 1952 series) #10 (August-September 1953)
-
Volcano of Doom!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mala; Tani
- Synopsis
- Mala, god of the volcano, is angered when a village sacrifices his representatives to the volcano and causes the dead to return from their graves to haunt the village.
- Reprints
- from Tomb of Terror (Harvey, 1952 series) #6 (November 1952)
-
Phantom of the Seas
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Captain Wolfson; Orfeo; Stephen Knowles; Joan Knowles; Betty Knowles; Bobby Knowles
- Synopsis
- A family buys a ship in a bottle for the son. They soon become aware of the ghost of Captain Wolfson, executed by his crew for his brutality, haunting the miniature vessel.
- Reprints
- from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #2 (December 1948 - January 1949)
-
Silence!
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #14 (June 1952)
-
Fatal Steps
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Jenks; Rama; Allen Lucas; Joan
- Synopsis
- Allen Lucas is granted two wishes by Rama, in exchange for his soul.
- Reprints
- from Witches Tales (Harvey, 1951 series) #9 (April 1952)
-
The Bogey Man
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A young orphan is left in the care of his shady aunt and uncle. When the boy is convinced he sees a "bogeyman" in the coal bin in the basement, the couple convince the boy that it's real so he will go insane with fright and have to be institutionalized, thus allowing them to cash in on his inheritance with him being incapacitated. After the deed is done, the couple plan on spending the money. Problem is, there really was a monster in the coal bin who then proceeds to slaughter them.
- Reprints
- from Weird Chills (Stanley Morse, 1954 series) #3 (November 1954)
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
Triumph Over Terror
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3.
[no title indexed]
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4.
Trip into Space
-
5.
Ten Thousand Years Old!
-
6.
The Ghouls Who Ruled the World!
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7.
Super Rocket
-
8.
The Time Has Come
-
9.
Survival of the Fittest
-
10.
The Man from Outer Space
-
11.
Dead Reckoning!
-
12.
More Deadly Than the Male
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13.
Love Story
-
14.
Under Glass
-
15.
An Appointment with a Corpse
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16.
Undertaker
-
17.
[no title indexed]
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18.
A Promise Kept
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19.
Death at the Carnival
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20.
[no title indexed]
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21.
The Ugliest Man in the World!
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22.
The New Tenants
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23.
The Reluctant Witch
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24.
Volcano of Doom!
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25.
Phantom of the Seas
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26.
Silence!
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27.
Fatal Steps
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28.
The Bogey Man
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29.
[no title indexed]
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30.
[no title indexed]
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