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| "The Keeper of the Flames" story is great. |
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| All the stories are great. This comic book is the best. |
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| All the stories are great. This comic book is the best. |
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| I rather liked The Amulet of Terror – excellent art from Mike Sikowsky and it’s good to see a vampire as the good guy. The Faustian tale called The Keeper of the Flames was the highlight of this issue. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | March 1951 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Synopsis | Issue contains Mike Sekowsky art. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Amulet of Terror (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | In Hungary, two treasure hunters steal a vampire's amulet out of its grave, thus releasing the beast. Following the men through half of Europe, the vampire finally retrieves his amulet and finds eternal rest in his grave again. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | True Tales of the Supernatural #5 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "In the year 1828, a young german lady of rank arrived in Paris..."
The ghost of a french naval officer commits suicide in her hotel room at night. In the morning, she can identify an unclaimed body in the morgue as the officer's. |
| Featuring | True Tales of The Supernatural |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Behind the Locked Door (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Maxwell Geis is haunted by recurrent nightmares. The people he dreams about, die. On the brink of insanity, he falls in love with a girl. Visiting her parents, he relives his dreams again. Maxwell is brought into an insane asylum, but is stabbed to death by the people he used to dream about. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | True Tales of the Supernatural #6 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "One evening, in 1903, John Platt was walking through the woods in Erie, PA. ..."
Seeking refuge from a storm, the man stays in a deserted house. There he witnesses a congregation of ghosts. |
| Featuring | True Tales of the Supernatural |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Keeper of the Flames (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A man makes a pact with death, not the devil. The consequences are the same: wealth and power for a span of years. Then death claims him at the appointed time. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Jim Vadeboncoeur referred to Frank Giusto as "Ace Baker" before his name was known. Giusto was a Matt Baker inspired artist, who worked solely for ACE.
Cover story. |
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| Text Story | Brew of Death (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A madman plans to torture a young couple to death with sulphuric acid, but is overwhelmed at the last moment. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Legend of the Long 3rd Finger (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The dying ex-wife of a rich man curses him and his family: her son is to become a werewolf (because he has a long third finger!) and kill him and his offspring. So it happens. Many years later the werewolf/son impersonates a music teacher and infiltrates the family. He can be exposed and killed before he can murder the lovely daughter of the house. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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