Ace-Four Star Publications

Ace premiered in June of 1957, but it wasn't the Ace we're all familiar with. The first two issues were called Sport Adventure and the style was the men's adventure format. Issue #3 (October 1957) settled on the name Ace but maintained the original format. The girlie format started with the April 1958 issue (vol 1 no 6) and stayed with the magazine for the rest of its run, at least to December 1982. The magazine appeared sporadically, starting in 1974. Its last issue for that year was v16 n4 (May). The next issue was v20 n1 (Feb 1975). Never mind that it had been less that 18 years, anniversary issues sell.

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