(November 1952)

Ace Magazines, 1951 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
Periodical House, Inc.
Brand:
Ace
Editing:
?
Color:
Color
Dimensions:
Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock:
Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding:
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format:
Was Ongoing Series

Issue Notes

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[Sinister Return of the Priestess of Baal] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jim McLaughlin
Inks:
Jim McLaughlin
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset (Leroy lettering)
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Appointment in Hades (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
Gene Colan
Inks:
Gene Colan
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre:
horror-suspense
Synopsis:
Soldier Heath drowns while deserting his unit's fight on a beachhead. He returns to life, but is marked by the devil. The ghosts of his comrades catch up with him and drag him to hell, where he belongs.
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Baffling Mysteries #13 (Table of Contents: 2)

Baffling Mysteries / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset (Leroy lettering)
Synopsis:
"The great italian composer, Rondo Amadi, met an untimely death in the 18th century..."
Amadi's ghost performs his missing violin concerto in front of two fellow composers.

Step into my Grave! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jim McLaughlin
Inks:
Jim McLaughlin ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre:
horror-suspense
Synopsis:
On a plantation in Louisiana, a man stumbles upon a voodoo queen and her horde of zombies. The man's undead brother warns him, but all perish in a final show down ritual.
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Baffling Mysteries #14 (Table of Contents: 4)

Baffling Mysteries / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre:
fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis:
"High in the mountains of Mexico, in 1938, two young tourists completed a day's exploration..."
When the men get too tired to find their way back to the village, they are saved by a boy on a donkey leading the way. They learn that the boy was killed in an accident seven years ago.

Red Talons of Lupercalia (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
Louis Zansky
Inks:
Louis Zansky
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre:
horror-suspense
Synopsis:
A mother and daughter travel to Czechoslovakia, where the daughter is to meet her future husband, count Falco Lupercalia. The count and his father are both vampires, who can also transform into werewolves. Mad fighting ensues. The mother manages to stab the vampires. The price for the victory: She goes mad!
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The Curse (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset
Genre:
crime; horror-suspense
Synopsis:
Two men meet whose families have been cursed. One kills the other. But the curse demands that both die. So the first returns to his scene of crime where he is strangled by the specter of the other.

Sinister Return of the Priestess of Baal (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
Chic Stone
Inks:
Chic Stone
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset (Leroy lettering)
Genre:
horror-suspense
Synopsis:
An exploration team awakenes the soul of Ashmedah, cruel priestess of Baal. She takes over the body of girl explorer Wanda and starts sacrificing humans again. The undead Wanda overcomes her evil nemesis. Both die in flames.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Sinister Return of the Priestess of Baal]
  2. 1. Appointment in Hades
  3. 2. Baffling Mysteries #13
    Baffling Mysteries
  4. 3. Step into my Grave!
  5. 4. Baffling Mysteries #14
    Baffling Mysteries
  6. 5. Red Talons of Lupercalia
  7. 6. The Curse
  8. 7. Sinister Return of the Priestess of Baal
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