The Beyond #9

by Mario Rizzi, Ace Horror, Rocco Mastroserio

Ace Comics was the banner under which pulp magazine publisher Aaron A. Wyn and his wife Rose Wyn produced comic books between 1940 and the end of 1956. The Wyns had been publishing pulp fiction under the Periodical House and Magazine Publishers names since 1928. Like many comic book publishers of the day, Ace Comics earlier series included costumed superheroes, although as trends in the comic book market changed by the 1950s the focus shifted more to other genres, such as crime, horror, romance, and later, Westerns.

The Beyond started out as Challenge of the Unknown #6 which was to be Ace Comics first horror comic, and it would be fair to treat this like a The Beyond #0. Challenge of the Unknown #7 was renamed to The Beyond #1.

"Weird, Spooky, Supernatural Stories"...So warned by every cover page of The Beyond...One of the horror comics that gained notoriety in the Golden Age of comics.

BEYOND #9
March 1952
Cover: That’s a frightening costume! (0/1) – Ken Rice
“Horror Blown In Glass” (Ken Rice + ?)
“On The Other Side Of Death’s Door” (Jim McLaughlin + ?)
“The Vampire Of The Opera” (Lou Cameron + Rocco Mastroserio)
“The Face In The Mirror” (Mario Rizzi)

38 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 29, 2013