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Publisher: Ace Magazines
Years in Operation: 1940 - 1956
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Country: Flag United States Web Site: Brands: 2 Indicia Publishers: 17 Series: 48 Printings: 668 Disclose Notes: Ace Magazines was a comic-book and pulp-magazine publishing company headed by Aaron A. Wyn and his wife Rose Wyn. The Wyns had been publishing pulp fiction under the Periodical House and A. A. Wyn's Magazine Publishers names since 1928, and published comics between 1940 and the end of 1956.

Its most successful and longest-running superhero title was Super-Mystery Comics featuring Magno the Magnetic Man and his boy partner Davey, who appeared in 28 issues of the title's 48-issue run. Magno is nearly unique among superheroes for having neither an origin for his powers or any apparent secret identity. Horror comics included Baffling Mysteries, Hand of Fate and Web of Mystery, while their contribution to the crime comics was Crime Must Pay the Penalty (the title later shortened to Penalty for the final two issues). Ace's longest running series were the company's romance comics Glamorous Romances, Love At First Sight, Love Experiences and Real Love, which began in the late 1940s as the superhero books faded away, and continued until the company ceased publishing comic books in 1956. Other long running romance titles such as Complete Love Magazine and Ten Story Love began as pulp-magazine titles before switching to comics format in the early 1950s.

A number of Ace stories were used as examples of violent and gruesome imagery in the 1950s U.S Congressional inquiries into the influence of comic books on juvenile delinquency that led to the Comics Code Authority, namely Challenge of the Unknown #6, Crime Must Pay the Penalty #3 and Web of Mystery #19. Western Adventures Comics #3 was used as an example in Fredric Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent, and in the United Kingdom Atomic War #4, Beyond #18 and World War III #2 were cited as examples by Geoffrey Wagner's 1954 book on the same subject, Parade of Pleasure — A Study of Popular Iconography in the U.S.A.   Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
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Series Name and Issue # View Issue Images Icon Publication Date Content Items
All Love #27 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 July 1949 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
All Love #28 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 September 1949 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
All Love #29 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 1949 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
All Love #30 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1950 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
All Love #31 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/2 March 1950 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
All Love #32 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 May 1950 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
All Love Romances #26 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 May 1949 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
All Romances #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon August 1949 10 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
All Romances #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 7 October 1949 10 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
All Romances #3 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon December 1949 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
All Romances #4 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon February 1950 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
All Romances #5 (Comic Book) April 1950 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)Public Domain
All Romances #6 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon August 1950 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Andy Comics #20 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 8/1 June 1948 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Andy Comics #[21] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 August 1948 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Atomic War! #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 7 November 1952 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Atomic War! #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 December 1952 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Atomic War! #3 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon February 1953 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Atomic War! #4 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 6 April 1953 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #5 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 1951 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #6 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1952 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #7 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 March 1952 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #8 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 May 1952 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #9 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 July 1952 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #10 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 September 1952 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #11 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 1952 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #12 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 December 1952 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #13 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1953 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #14 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 March 1953 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #15 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 May 1953 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #16 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 July 1953 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #17 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 September 1953 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #18 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 November 1953 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #19 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1954 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #20 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 April 1954 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #21 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon July 1954 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #22 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 September 1954 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #23 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 1954 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #24 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1955 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #25 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 July 1955 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Baffling Mysteries #26 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon October 1955 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Banner Comics #3 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 September 1941 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Banner Comics #4 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon November 1941 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Banner Comics #5 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1942 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
The Beyond #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 1950 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1951 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #3 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 March 1951 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #4 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 May 1951 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #5 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 July 1951 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #6 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 September 1951 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #7 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 1951 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #8 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1952 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #9 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 March 1952 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #10 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/2 April 1952 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #11 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon May 1952 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #12 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 June 1952 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #13 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 July 1952 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #14 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 August 1952 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #15 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 September 1952 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #16 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 October 1952 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #17 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 November 1952 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #18 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 January 1953 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #19 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 March 1953 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #20 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 May 1953 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #21 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 July 1953 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #22 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 September 1953 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #23 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 1953 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #24 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1954 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #25 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 March 1954 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #26 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/2 April 1954 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #27 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 July 1954 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #28 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 September 1954 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #29 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 3/1 November 1954 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
The Beyond #30 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 January 1955 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Captain Courageous Comics #6 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon March 1942 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Challenge of the Unknown #6 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 9 September 1950 15 (14 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v26 #2 [158] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 May 1951 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v26 #3 [159] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 August 1951 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v26 #4 [160] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 October 1951 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v26 #5 [161] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 December 1951 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v26 #6 [162] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon February 1952 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v27 #1 [163] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 9/2 April 1952 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v27 #2 [164] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon June 1952 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v27 #3 [165] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 July 1952 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v27 #4 [166] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon September 1952 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v27 #5 [167] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 1952 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v27 #6 [168] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1953 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v28 #1 [169] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 March 1953 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v28 #2 [170] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/2 May 1953 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v29 #3 [171] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 July 1953 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v29 #4 [172] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 August 1953 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v29 #5 [173] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 October 1953 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v29 #6 [174] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 December 1953 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v30 #1 [175] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 February 1954 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v30 #1 / 176 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 April 1954 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v30 #2 / 177 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/2 May 1954 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v30 #3 / 178 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 July 1954 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v30 #4 / 179 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 September 1954 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v30 #5 / 180 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 November 1954 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Complete Love Magazine v30 #6 / 181 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1955 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)Public Domain
Issues: 1 to 100 of 668 found.
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