Horror From “The Beyond”: Horror Comic Book Stories From The 50’s (Stories From The Grave 1)
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Quite a blast for ! From then on it goes downhill…. Three of the four stories can be assigned safely because their titles are mentioned on the cover. We got the book now and can confirm our observation. He did the odd crime story and used to be an Ace regular in the late forties.
Doctor Melis Aldo Sassi That's all you need to know, their trail of death and destruction is as well know now I'd hope as it was in the post war period of the 50s. This procedure turns the rival into a werewolf. Add the first question. The Promise Worst Segment:
Unusual about this issue and only occurrence: Two of its stories run over 8 pages instead of the standardized 7 pages. First Ace horror story from the formidable Louis Zansky! Keeper of time 0 —??? Doubtful whether this is still Warren Kremer doing the covers. Completely handlettered — except for the third story. Like a month before in WEB4 a first Leroy-lettered story creeps in. Beginning with this issue it even spreads to the covers!
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Ace is working hard to style their title pages as unattractive as possible. Three months later he will be featuring his own comic book at Ace: The cover is really shameful. Compare that to the above posted cover of 1, please. And recoil from loathing. Only one story Leroy-lettered in this issue. Only one story therein is handlettered. Could this be work from outside to fill the book?
The castle in that horrible nightmare I had! Leroy lettering is still on the lookout. One story and both fillers now. In the first place, someone credited it to Lou Cameron which I refuse to believe. I imagine it could be Paul Parker on pencils. The first person narrative and the possible artwork by Parker leads me to believe that this could very well be a reprint.
Anyone out there can help?
The suspected Parker reprint is nonsense. And it maaaay be early and bad Cameron on pencils. He will play an artful second fiddle in the next years. His style blends perfectly in with the rest of the staff; he will remain faithful to the horror titles, and illustrate some striking stories. The cover depicts a scene which would have been suited to the first story. A popular filler plot is already chewed for the umpteenth time in this issue.
A person makes a promise, but dies before the promise can be redeemed. And this is really a low point in Ace horror: A kid, a horse, an accident… Sorry, nodded off there for a moment. First credit for Mario Rizzi.
This guy appeared to be just a phantom for a long while. There is no proof. Welcome to the pains of art spotting. Luckily Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Why must you drag us forth? Cover is based loosely on the second story, only the scenery is different. Which means it is up to date. He will contribute from now on as a regular. I find it hard to acquire a taste for Molno. However, his long faces with the blank expressions are easy to identify.
He wrecks his brain, he has a smoke and as he steps into the elevator, he is transported into the realm of dolls, who seek their master… Awwww, come on! The cover is not that easy to spot.
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I spontaneously attributed it to Ken Rice. Mike Sekowsky is twice involved here. A kid, a horse, an accident… Sorry, nodded off there for a moment. First credit for Mario Rizzi. This guy appeared to be just a phantom for a long while. There is no proof. Welcome to the pains of art spotting.
Luckily Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. Why must you drag us forth? Cover is based loosely on the second story, only the scenery is different. Which means it is up to date. He will contribute from now on as a regular. I find it hard to acquire a taste for Molno. However, his long faces with the blank expressions are easy to identify. He wrecks his brain, he has a smoke and as he steps into the elevator, he is transported into the realm of dolls, who seek their master… Awwww, come on!
The cover is not that easy to spot. I spontaneously attributed it to Ken Rice.
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Mike Sekowsky is twice involved here. Oddity in this issue: From spring to the beginning of Ace is putting out more books then ever before. But proves very entertaining in its imbecility. Blogger Karswell is posting the complete issue in February Click miniature splash above to read….
Crazy coachman… taking us to the cemetery 0 — Ken Rice? Land gain for handlettering: A person ends up on an isolated private island and is coerced to embark on a manhunt for his own life — staged by the maniacal ruler of the island. Kurtzman borrows massively from the original; the Ace writers invent a female antagonist and throw in Scottish myths as well. No one cheats death 0 — Ken Rice? This issue marks the fall of man: The other magazines can resist this trend for only a few weeks. Super Rizzi mystery issue. So we have a double-phantom-feature starring mysterious Mario Rizzi.
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One story lettered by hand again in this issue. Leave it on the rack! Just click the splash pages. The second Ace horror comic book to be completely lettered with Leroy. Grand Comics Database credits a certain John Chilly with the cover. Another phantom artist of comics history.
I never heard of this guy, but maybe we can hang those gruesome four worst ever! Another artist rumored to have been with Ace in is Doug Wildey. I did not come across him looking through the stories, but he could be involved in these off-beat covers. Good reference for Wildey is: The third Ace horror comic book to be completely lettered with Leroy.
On my second tour through these books I could spot him as Sy Grudko. Phoenix 1 — Gene Colan? A rule by now: The other horror books have now embarked on this course, too. Comics historian Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. It is unusual indeed. It is conceivable that Colan has been presented with this drawing — and signed it on the fly. He worked for the crime books as well. On pencils, probably, and inked by someone.
The same guy who did that mysterious cover drawing of the phoenix. So the mystery remains! This article is written like a personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic. Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style. December Learn how and when to remove this template message. Haunted 5, published by Fawcett Comics June Cover by Sheldon Moldoff. Examples of Fawcett's pre-code horror line ; artwork by Norman Saunders.
Speaking in an interview with Roy Thomas , Haunted's creator Sheldon Moldoff stated that Fawcett had been very reluctant to carry any horror titles, and only agreed to publish Haunted after the genre was too popular to ignore. See Alter Ego , vol.
Sennitt considers EC's narrative structure to be "formulaic" in comparison to Fawcett's approach. He did, however, rank EC amongst the highest quality publications of the period. A History of the Comic Book in America, arguing that horror comics were an outgrowth of the popular 'true crime' genre of the s. Gaines with two supernatural titles, signing a contract stipulating that he would be paid a commission if the books were successful.
Several months later, when EC's horror comics hit the newsstands, Gaines apparently reneged on the deal, threatening to blacklist Moldoff if he took legal action. Lovecraft 's notion of malevolent entities lurking in higher dimensions the so-called Cthulhu Mythos. The general concept of a spectral realm may be traced back even further to ancient sources, such as Sheol or the Greek underworld. Don Markstein notes in Toonopedia that part of Charlton's acquisition included unused artwork from a number of Fawcett titles.
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