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| Publication | September 1951 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-monthly |
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| Synopsis | A man in a cape who rules over shrunken men, brings in another victim. |
| Credits | Pencils: Jim McLaughlin |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Scourge of the Scorpion Cult (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Searching for a cure for scorpion's venom, Dr. Marston and "his lovely daughter Celia" run into a cult of scorpion people. Their leader wants to take Celia as his queen. Celia gets bitten, but can be cured by her loving father. |
| Credits | Pencils: Frank Giusto | Inks: Frank Giusto |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Frank Giusto is the real name of the artist often called "Ace Baker" for his Matt Baker art style. |
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| Comic Story | True Tales of the Supernatural #11 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "The mountains of northern Italy hold the secret of the strangest disappearance..."
A train carrying the coffins of executed murderers vanishes in the night. |
| Featuring | True Tales of the Supernatural |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Fantasy |
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| Comic Story | Riddle of Pete Dunn's Last Fight (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Boxer Pete Dunn is ready to win the lightweight championship. As his father dies, he promises him to win the fight and become champion. Dunn gets killed in a car accident, but manages to show up for his fight. He wins the championship, but vanishes in his dressing room. News arrive that Dunn has been killed. Everyone is quite baffled. |
| Credits | Pencils: Jim McLaughlin |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy |
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| Comic Story | True Tales of the Supernatural #12 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "In the late 19th century, a certain captain Morgan and a friend arrived in London and sought lodgings for two nights..."
In the night, Morgan is harassed by a ghost bird. Not dumb, he lets his friend take the room for the next night. In the morning, the friend tells of the same experience. |
| Featuring | True Tales of the Supernatural |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Fantasy |
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| Comic Story | Black Wings of the Demon Gondolier (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Police inspector O'Hare spends his honeymoon in Venice, where he can hunt the infamous vampire Triano. O'Hare and his wife embark on a dangerous adventure, when kidnapped by Triano, who seems to make a daytime living as a gondoliere. Triano is overpowered and falls to his death, after his vampire wings have been singed by fire. |
| Credits | Pencils: Maurice Gutwirth; George Appel | Inks: Maurice Gutwirth; George Appel | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Text Story | From Another World (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A first-person-narrator is caught in a showdown with insect-like half-people from outer space trying to conquer our world. At the foot of the Empire State Building, the narrator can bombard the alien ship with a field cannon. Having destroyed the alien threat, New York life springs up again. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Return From the Great Abyss (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Author Lathrop cannot finish his book about the bandito Fernand Chavez, because the ghost of said bandit keeps pestering him. Fate himself has to intervene bringing Lathrop down to Mexico, where he witnesses the more than justified killing of the phantom bandit. The book is written, the chapter closed, justice is served and strangeness as well. |
| Credits | Pencils: Gene Colan | Inks: Gene Colan |
| Content | Genre: Fantasy |
| Notes | Appearance of Fate, who'll be having his own Ace comic book soon... |
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