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| Why would you give this great comic book less then a 10? So far The Beyond has the best story's, and the art work is the best. |
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| I agree with Hermen – how could you possibly give this anything less than 10?
Terrific cover from Warren Kremer, this edition kicks off with The Mystery of Lunablanca and the stunning Countess Sinistra. Too good a character to waste, I hope the Countess returns in some new adventures soon. “What I leave of you, the rats will finish!” Ha ha ha – that’s the way to treat the paparazzi! There’s a neat twist near the end of the tale.
Clever art from Ken Rice on The Ghost Who Stole a Body - using images drawn on transparencies and applied as an overlay. Nice story too with hints of Dr Strange – and heart transplants more than a decade before they became reality!
Valley of the Scaly Monsters has got to have one of the all-time classic opening shots – as the scaly monsters descend upon the helpless blonde in a red skirt and rather daring plunging neckline (does anyone know her telephone number – just asking?). Luxuriant work from ‘Ace’ Baker.
Mike Sekowsky’s The Shrieking Terror bubbles with life and movement. A surprisingly enlightened morality tale that vents its spleen (or rather your spleen – heh heh) against animal cruelty – and remember, “The beats lurks beneath the skin of every man.”
Only seven days to Samhain. This morning as I glanced in the bathroom mirror, I swear I saw him standing behind me – but when I turned he was gone……. |
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| Thanks for sharing this series, it's a lot of fun. We produced a narrated fiction piece for "Valley of the Scaly Monsters" Check it out:
https:youtu.be/vopTisauPO0 |
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| Publication | January 1951 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Synopsis | A couple in a crypt watch a vampire rise from his coffin. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Mystery of Lunablanca (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The castle of Lunablanca, Spain, is haunted by vampire countess Sinistra. An american news-photographer falls in love with her and discovers that the girl is not the vampire, but controlled by one. Love reigns supreme - once the real vampire is killed. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | The Ghost Who Stole a Body (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The "unmourned ghost" of evil Alexander Black is doomed to walk the earth forever, but he has a cunning plan. During heart surgery upon Dr. Anders, Black slips into his body and takes over. An indian colleague manages to extract the evil spirit again, so that Dr. Anders can return rightfully into his own body. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Valley of the Scaly Monsters (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | In the steaming Amazon jungle, "Creature from the Black Lagoon"-like creatures kidnap a woman from an expedition. They drug her and want to make her the queen of the lizard people. Her boyfriend intervenes and buries the creatures under an avalanche of rocks.
(the movie came out three years later, by the way...) |
| 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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| Text Story | Bubble of Destruction (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A mysterious man-eating "bubble" stalks and devours two men in a grotto. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | A really harrowing, claustrophobic tale of unescapable horror. |
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| Comic Story | The Shrieking Terror (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A werewolf travels with a circus side show from town to town. The beast kills people who mistreat animals. Though framing the circus's freak, it's really animal trainer Rogers. The freak sacrifices himself and takes out the bad guy by hurtling him in a deadly embrace from a rooftop. |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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