(January 1952)
American Comics Group,
1948 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Best Syndicated Features Inc.
- Brand
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American Comics Group ACG
- Editing
- Richard Hughes (Editor); Fred Iger (Business Manager)
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Keywords
- cemeteries; graveyards; scythes; skeletons; supernatural; tombstones; vampires; zombies
The Lost Lives of Laura Hastings
comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- Laura Hastings; Neil Travers
- Synopsis
- Laura Hastings has visions of her past lives after brain surgery but can she prove they are real?
- Reprints
- Keywords
- pirate; reincarnation; time travel
Indexer Notes
Inks credit per Greg Theakston. Pencils credit per 36th Edition Overstreet Pricing Guide.
Strange Revenge
text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ed Hamilton (header); typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Trempy
Dolls of Doom
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Zambarta; Floyd Sartoris; June Sartoris; Andrew Sartoris; Madge Sartoris
- Synopsis
- Floyd Sartoris seeks the service of Zambarta, the voodoo witch in order to kill his brother's family.
- Reprints
-
in Haunted Horror (IDW, 2012 series) #30 (October 2017)
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[no title indexed]
Let's Talk It Over! / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Richard Hughes ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Fan letters from: Roger Dard (Perth, Western Australia); Jack Sahl (Lincoln, Neb.); Phyllis Opiopio (Honolulu, Hawaii). Includes header drawn by Dan Gordon and lettered by Ed Hamilton, from earlier issues.
Warding Off Witches
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #56 - in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #126 ([circa 1971 - 1972]) [first page only]
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The Shape of Evil
comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Arlene Milford; Monstro; Don Cummings; Swami Seeruti; Achilles
- Synopsis
- Arlene is the top ranking performer at Cummings Colossal Circus, and the fortune tellers predicts evil will come close.
The Frenzied Sisters
True Ghosts of History / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Isabeau de Frencheville; Margot de Frencheville
- Synopsis
- Isabeau and Margot constantly fought with each other, and they were killed in 1685 during a fight. Their ghosts continue to fight.
Indexer Notes
Set in the Hagg House, Staveley, Derbyshire; which was built as a "hunting seat" in 1630 by Sir Peter Frecheville (note spelling). The building and estate was sold out of the family in 1681. Sir Peter did have a daughter, Margaret (1608-?)and his second wife was named Isabel (1582-1642).
Vicious Circle
text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ed Hamilton (header); typeset
- Characters
- Count di Montefeltro
The Buried Brain
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Inks
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ed Hamilton
- Genre
- detective-mystery; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Patsy Ames; Dr. Dundea; Fred; Dr. Ames
- Synopsis
- Dr Ames is acting strange after the dead of Dr. Dundea.
The Citadel of Evil
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; science fiction
- Characters
- Joe; Johnny Parks; Klathia (Priestess of the Citadel of Evil); Ellen; Horko (Chief Guard of the Temple of Evil)
- Synopsis
- Johnny and Ellen planned to go to outer space, but their rocket went deep inside the earth - to the Citadel of Evil.
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
The Lost Lives of Laura Hastings
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2.
Strange Revenge
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3.
Dolls of Doom
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4.
[no title indexed]
Let's Talk It Over! -
5.
Warding Off Witches
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6.
The Shape of Evil
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7.
The Frenzied Sisters
True Ghosts of History -
8.
For Reccomended Reading ...
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9.
Vicious Circle
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10.
The Buried Brain
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11.
The Citadel of Evil
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12.
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- Mark Gordon
- Paul Green
- Merlin Haas
- Edgar Loftin
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
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