(January 1953)
Ace Magazines,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Periodical House Inc.
- Brand
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Ace
- Editing
- ?
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Dr. Gueux's Nightmare Monsters
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Dr. Gueux wants to rule the world. With the help of monsters dreamt up by a mystery writer in his nightmares. The evil doctor can make these monsters manifest and unleashes them upon the city. The writer creates monsters even more powerful and battles the doctor to his defeat.
Baffling Mysteries #17
Baffling Mysteries / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "The validity of spiritualism has been a long debated subject through the years..."
A man kills a gypsy fortune teller and is apprehended by the police. They found him because the gypsy's crystal ball shows a vision of the man being hanged for his crime.
Indexer Notes
One of a series of 1-page stories about supposedly true encounters with the supernatural.
Greed's Grisly Treasure
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Adventurer runs an errand for the devil. He fights ghosts in a spooky tavern to get his hands on a pirate treasure. The devil tricks the man, he loses life and soul.
Baffling Mysteries #18
Baffling Mysteries / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "High in the mountains of Southern Italy, one may see the ruins of an ancient castle..."
A nephew murders his uncle to inherit the family castle. The uncle's ghost burns it to the ground.
Indexer Notes
One of a series of 1-page stories about supposedly true encounters with the supernatural.
Role of the Footlight Werewolf
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Ambitious actor goes method acting to portray a werewolf onstage. He joins a band of werewolves, supplies them with victims and learns their behavior and rites. He gets to be a success, but turns into a werewolf himself and is shot dead.
The Mark of the Leopard
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A were-leopard terrorizes a small village. It is Sonja, the doctor's wife. He puts a bullet through her forehead, although he loves her very much. But the leopard woman has been killing children and "scarring the breasts of beautiful young girls".
Black Horror of Druid's Glen
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- American tourists in Wales discover a druid ritual place. The druids come alive and sacrifice the intruders. One of the tourist group takes on the identity of the "Black Druid". He returns to the US to lure more tourists to Wales.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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[no title indexed]
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1.
Dr. Gueux's Nightmare Monsters
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2.
Baffling Mysteries #17
Baffling Mysteries -
3.
Greed's Grisly Treasure
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4.
Baffling Mysteries #18
Baffling Mysteries -
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Role of the Footlight Werewolf
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6.
The Mark of the Leopard
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7.
Black Horror of Druid's Glen
This issue was modified by, among others
- Tillmann Courth
- Peter Croome
- Kenneth English
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Walls
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