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Beyond Comic Books Issue No. 8 1952
Beyond Comic Books Issue No. 8 1952
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Publication January 1952 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: bi-monthly
Notes Indexed from a scanned copy at digitalcomicmuseum.com.
Cover "Look, that castle!"
Credits Pencils: Ken Rice | Inks: Ken Rice | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror
Comic Story Daughters of Doom (7 pages)
Synopsis Student Dan Revere works as a graveyard keeper to earn his college money. He meets a female vampire who looks like his fiancée Anne. It is in reality her twin sister Lydia trying to lure Dan into marrying her and becoming a vampire as well. Town folks hunt her down and Anne is happily reunited with Dan.
Credits Pencils: Louis Zansky | Inks: Louis Zansky
Content Genre: Horror
Comic Story True Tales of the Supernatural #15 (1 page)
Synopsis "In the mining towns of England, disaster and death ran high. Fire, poison gas and cave-ins took their toll on miners..." Young Johnny is caught in a cave-in, but rescued by the ghost of his father, who died in the same spot a week earlier.
Featuring True Tales of the Supernatural
Credits Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror; Fact
Comic Story The Winged Spectres of Dismal Swamp (7 pages)
Synopsis Gregg Damion crashes his car in the swamps and is rescued by a giant, heat-radiating moth. Finding overnight shelter, he meets swamp dweller Igor and his mysterious daughter Siri. Siri begs him to free a collection of humanlike butterflies. The house and evil Igor in it burn down in the process.
Credits Pencils: Lou Cameron | Inks: Lou Cameron
Content Genre: Horror
Notes Cameron solo? I doubt this very much, if he's in there at all! To me (and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. with whom I looked at this story, by the way) this was question marks all over. There's a Cameron collaboration piece in the next issue of Beyond - it looks different.
Comic Story True Tales of the Supernatural #16 (1 page)
Synopsis "In the late 19th century, a traveling circus made its way through central Europe. The highlight of the show was always Toto the clown..." But Toto is scorned by trapeze girl Vanya, therefore he kills her. After the deed his make-up won't come off. He goes mad and dies of shock.
Featuring True Tales of the Supernatural
Credits Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror
Comic Story Valley of the Macabre (7 pages)
Synopsis Roger Glenn, representing "an anti-superstition society", challenges Dr. Jacoby to proof his theory of plants spreading lycanthropy. They travel to a Balkan jungle valley, where Glenn gets infected, turns into a werewolf and rips the doctor's throat out. Trying to cover up his crime, Glenn is caught and killed by the Balkan natives, who know all about lycanthropy, of course.
Credits Pencils: Chic Stone | Inks: Chic Stone | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror
Text Story Dead Man's Revenge (2 pages)
Synopsis A man, killed by his business partner, suddenly inhabits the body of his trusty dog Major. At first he is happy to be around his wife and daughter, even in a dog's body. When he learns that his business partner wants to rob his family his mind snaps. Major attacks the man and lacerates his throat, but catching a bullet to his heart. Dying he wonders in which form he will return next...
Credits Letters: typeset
Content Genre: Horror
Notes Again high-paced sensationalism by our unknown Ace text author.
Comic Story Ancient Curse of the Medusa (7 pages)
Synopsis The Gordons, father and son and both archeologists, discover the lair of Medusa on a Greek island. Battling her henchmen, the son manages to chop Medusa's head off. The Gordons make their escape from this island of demons.
Credits Pencils: Jim McLaughlin | Inks: Jim McLaughlin?
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Notes Indexed from a scanned copy at digitalcomicmuseum.com.
Cover "Look, that castle!"
Credits Pencils: Ken Rice | Inks: Ken Rice | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror
Comic Story Daughters of Doom (7 pages)
Synopsis Student Dan Revere works as a graveyard keeper to earn his college money. He meets a female vampire who looks like his fiancée Anne. It is in reality her twin sister Lydia trying to lure Dan into marrying her and becoming a vampire as well. Town folks hunt her down and Anne is happily reunited with Dan.
Credits Pencils: Louis Zansky | Inks: Louis Zansky
Content Genre: Horror
Comic Story True Tales of the Supernatural #15 (1 page)
Synopsis "In the mining towns of England, disaster and death ran high. Fire, poison gas and cave-ins took their toll on miners..." Young Johnny is caught in a cave-in, but rescued by the ghost of his father, who died in the same spot a week earlier.
Featuring True Tales of the Supernatural
Credits Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror; Fact
Comic Story The Winged Spectres of Dismal Swamp (7 pages)
Synopsis Gregg Damion crashes his car in the swamps and is rescued by a giant, heat-radiating moth. Finding overnight shelter, he meets swamp dweller Igor and his mysterious daughter Siri. Siri begs him to free a collection of humanlike butterflies. The house and evil Igor in it burn down in the process.
Credits Pencils: Lou Cameron | Inks: Lou Cameron
Content Genre: Horror
Notes Cameron solo? I doubt this very much, if he's in there at all! To me (and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. with whom I looked at this story, by the way) this was question marks all over. There's a Cameron collaboration piece in the next issue of Beyond - it looks different.
Comic Story True Tales of the Supernatural #16 (1 page)
Synopsis "In the late 19th century, a traveling circus made its way through central Europe. The highlight of the show was always Toto the clown..." But Toto is scorned by trapeze girl Vanya, therefore he kills her. After the deed his make-up won't come off. He goes mad and dies of shock.
Featuring True Tales of the Supernatural
Credits Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror
Comic Story Valley of the Macabre (7 pages)
Synopsis Roger Glenn, representing "an anti-superstition society", challenges Dr. Jacoby to proof his theory of plants spreading lycanthropy. They travel to a Balkan jungle valley, where Glenn gets infected, turns into a werewolf and rips the doctor's throat out. Trying to cover up his crime, Glenn is caught and killed by the Balkan natives, who know all about lycanthropy, of course.
Credits Pencils: Chic Stone | Inks: Chic Stone | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror
Text Story Dead Man's Revenge (2 pages)
Synopsis A man, killed by his business partner, suddenly inhabits the body of his trusty dog Major. At first he is happy to be around his wife and daughter, even in a dog's body. When he learns that his business partner wants to rob his family his mind snaps. Major attacks the man and lacerates his throat, but catching a bullet to his heart. Dying he wonders in which form he will return next...
Credits Letters: typeset
Content Genre: Horror
Notes Again high-paced sensationalism by our unknown Ace text author.
Comic Story Ancient Curse of the Medusa (7 pages)
Synopsis The Gordons, father and son and both archeologists, discover the lair of Medusa on a Greek island. Battling her henchmen, the son manages to chop Medusa's head off. The Gordons make their escape from this island of demons.
Credits Pencils: Jim McLaughlin | Inks: Jim McLaughlin?
If you have a black-and-white e-reader, or if you're not able to read or expand the pictures, you might have a better viewing experience on the Nook App for iPad, Android, or PC. If you use the Nook App for PC, you can capture screenshots for use in crafting or digital artwork.
The data here in the description content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a CC Attribution License. More details about this comic book description can be found at Grand Comics.
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