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This is artful writing, folks.Ĭover: Freed from that cursed Mandarin’s chest (3) – Ken Rice “Beware Of Shiva’s Flaming Wrath” is about the Indian “suttee”-ritual, the cult of Siva and a curse of fire and blaze – with a cameo of Siva in person! All this executed on seven pages and involving five main characters. This cover is done so elegantly it has been wrongly credited to EC’s Johnny Craig for quite some time.Īgain the Ace writers unfold stories of high complexity, surpassing even EC’s literary yarns. Fate makes his appearance in the third story. Lettered again like the previous two issues mostly in Leroy. “Bride Of The Golden Skull” (Mike Sekowsky + Vince Alascia ?)
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“Beware Of Shiva’s Flaming Wrath” (Jim McLaughlin + ?) “One Awful Night With A Fiend” (Mike Sekowsky + Vince Alascia) “ Vengeance From A Restless Grave” is posted on the wonderful “The Fabulous Fifties“ blog – to read click on underlined title.Ĭover: No, father! You mustn’t meddle with fate! (0) – Ken Rice “ Secret Of The Witch’s Urn” is posted on Karswell’s fantastic blog “The Horrors Of It All“ – to read click on underlined title. HAND OF FATE will be presenting a distinguished line of horror, able to restrain itself.
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This series seems to reject all that drivel ordinarily passing as pre-code horror. HAND9 impresses with neatly knitted stories of a literary claim. Looks like it’s Mastroserio inking Rice now (and not Cameron as usual). This is going to be standard procedure.Īrtwork’s a puzzler here. Businesslike and in a stone-cold way Fate collects the gambler’s life. Have a look at “Strange Rendezvous At 17 Rue Noir”. Fate will be hosting stories (as narrator) or be actively involved in them.įate is not a nice guy, by the way. From now on the editors will mind their title’s promise. Probably no one noticed – or cared, knock on wood. In HAND8 they posted him big on the cover, but no Fate inside. Strange he doesn’t make an appearance not until this second issue. “It Is Written: I Die Tomorrow!” introduces the title’s feature character – Fate.įate is destiny, omniscient and cloaked in robe and hood. Lettered like the previous issue mostly in Leroy. “Vengeance From A Restless Grave” (Louis Zansky) “Strange Rendezvous At 17 Rue Noir” (Ken Rice ? + Rocco Mastroserio ?) “Secret Of The Witch’s Urn” (Mike Sekowsky + ?)
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“It Is Written: I Die Tomorrow!” (Ken Rice) So stay tuned…Ĭover: That’s my name on the stone (1) – Ken Rice ? Will be holding a conference on this matter. And we both agreed that there is too much Sekowsky credit in Ace books. again for an expertise, he thinks it’s probably Bill Walton. PS: Then again I thought it could be Norman Nodel inked by Vince Alascia. “ Monster Of The Bayous” is posted on my German website – to read click on underlined title.
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Could also be Bill Walton or Albert Tyler… They did work for the company and signed a story from CRIME MUST PAY THE PENALTY #30 (“A Death Mask For Scarpa”, Feb. Though credited to Mike Sekowsky & Vince Alascia I think this could be the artistic duo of Ben Brown & David Gantz (of „Purple Claw“ fame) as well. Looking at “Monster Of The Bayous” I can’t shake a sneaking suspicion. Premiere for a great artist (and a discovery I share with Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.) – Lou Cameron begins his Ace horror work! But he does so incognito and flanked by a trusty wingman: Rocco „Rocke“ Mastroserio will be his inker for over a year. One story and the one-pagers are handlettered. The Ace horror family’s ‘baby’ takes its first steps mostly in Leroy letters. “Monster Of The Bayous” (Mike Sekowsky or Bill Walton ? + Vince Alascia ?) “Death Howls By Moonrise” (Maurice Gutwirth) “Canyon Of The Living Dead” (Jim McLaughlin + ?) “The Revolt Of The Heads” (Lou Cameron + Rocco Mastroserio) Only appears from the second issue (#9) on: Fate