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A colorful comic book illustration featuring two scenes: on the left, a muscular superhero with a yellow costume and wings is flying, holding a frightened woman in a red dress; on the right, a heroic man in a red and yellow costume is saving a woman whose hands are tied, both characters expressing intense emotions.

Super-Mystery Comics: The 1940 Fight Over Comic Book Page Rates

Wyn's Ace Magazines, a publisher who is best remembered for his paperback publishing endeavors.  The title lasted 48 issues from 1940 to 1949, launching as a superhero series, then veering into crime and horror as those genres rose in the late 1940s.  It's not an easy run to put together, and we've known collectors who[...]
Challenge of the Unknown #6 (Ace Magazines Inc., 1950)

The NY Legislature Hated 1950s Challenge of the Unknown #6, at Auction

Ace Magazines published Challenge of the Unknown #6 in 1950, and for reasons discussed elsewhere, it is a one-shot The book continued the numbering from the series Love Experiences from 1949, and was rebooted as The Beyond This one is also controversial for the decapitated heads that can be seen in two places on the[...]
Ace Magazines Painted Covers, 1950-1951.

Ace Magazines Painted Romance Comic Covers, up for Auction

We recently discussed the covers of little-known artist Alice Kirkpatrick for the Ace Magazines comic book romance line, but unfortunately, most artists on this line have remained unidentified.  This is unfortunate, because although the publisher is best remembered today for its superhero titles like Super-Mystery Comics and Lightning Comics, plus its Pre-Code Horror titles such[...]