(December 1949-January 1950)
American Comics Group,
1948 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- B. & I. Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
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American Comics Group ACG
- Editing
- Richard Hughes (editor)
The Evil Ones!
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense; science fiction
- Characters
- Mary; George Bailey; Bud Palmer
- Synopsis
- George Bailey takes an experimental rocket faster than anyone has previously reached. He sees ghost-like creatures called the Evil Ones. Good spirits try to help George, but they can do little. The Evil Ones show him disastrous events like his friend dying in a fight, his fiance Mary falling off a cliff, and a devastating explosion at the airfield. George awakes from his unconscious state to find he survived the crash of his plane, but he is powerless to stop the events foretold to him by the Evil Ones.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- experimental airplane; ghosts
Indexer Notes
Interesting to note the protagonist's name is George Bailey. This is the same as Jimmy Stewart's character from the film, It's a Wonderful Life. George Bailey's paramour in the film is also named Mary. This may be a coincidence, but it may be interesting to note for some.
The Ghost from Algol
comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Robert Pious (signed as R.S. Pious)
- Inks
- Robert Pious (signed as R.S. Pious)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense; science fiction
- Characters
- Ken; Nancy; Terry
- Synopsis
- Terry is a scientist working on a "spectroscope", a device that creates stellar rays. Terry wants to eliminate Ken, Terry's rival for Nancy's affections. Terry's rival for Nancy's affections, Terry sets the spectroscope on high. His plans to have Ken trapped in a burst of stellar rays backfires, and Terry dies instead. Terry's ghost is infected by a creature of evil from the planet Algol. The ghost from Algol hounds Ken and Nancy, and they crash their car. Ken is turned into a ghost, yet is able to save Nancy when she is trapped by the spirits controlled by the Ghost of Algol in Terry's home.
- Reprints
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in Adventures into the Unknown Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (March 2013) - in Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books (IDW, 2020 series) (September 2020)
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- Keywords
- ghosts
Indexer Notes
Story title corrected via GCD Errors list, March 2008.
[no title indexed]
Let's Talk It Over! / letters page / 1 page
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters from Lynneal H. Diamond, Nelson Bridwell, and A. R. Polcari.
Spirit of Frankenstein [Part 3]
comic story / 10 pages
- Characters
- Dan Warren; Marcia; Professor Pardway; Dr. Enslow
- Reprints
The Little Fellah
text story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Johnny Ransome; India; Little Fellah; Big Bull; Bobby; Ellen; Ed Collins
- Reprints
The Sargasso Specter
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Cora Bryce; Neil; Spike
- Synopsis
- Cora Bryce predicts the next appearance of the Sargasso Sea, the graveyard of lost ships, but it's not easy to plunder their treasures due to the Sargasso Specter.
- Reprints
-
in Shrouds of Mystery (Gredown, 1979 ? series) ([1979] ?) - in Blind Despair (Gredown, 1982 series) ([1983])
- in Adventures into the Unknown Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (March 2013)
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #34 (2017)
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The Man Who Went to the Devil
comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- The Devil; Wendy; Karen; Ted Harper
- Reprints
-
in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #64 ([circa 1967-1968]), #240 ([circa 1987 - 1988]) - in Adventures into the Unknown Archives (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (March 2013)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
The Evil Ones!
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2.
The Ghost from Algol
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3.
[no title indexed]
Let's Talk It Over! -
4.
Spirit of Frankenstein [Part 3]
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5.
The Little Fellah
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6.
The Sargasso Specter
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7.
The Man Who Went to the Devil
This issue was modified by, among others
- Gregory Fischer
- Kevin Olson
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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