| Additional Information |
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| Publication | August 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Advertisement | The Complete Baseball Joke Book (1 page) |
| Featuring | Stravon Publishers |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Advertisement | How to hypnotize |
| Featuring | Stravon Publishers |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | The 5 Lives of Otto Marlin (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mad scientist Otto Marlin poisons Vivian Lake to learn about her previous lives. When cornered by the police, he poisons himself and is reincarnated in the middle ages. Marlin meets Lake again. They chase each other back through time. |
| Featuring | Fate |
| Credits | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | A Hand of Fate Mystery #23 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "From the sinister interior of the Florida everglades, comes a haunting and almost unbelievable story..."
Two hunters trespass into Indian burial grounds, are cursed and killed by the ghost of an avenging Indian warrior. |
| Featuring | A Hand of Fate Mystery |
| Credits | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Horror-suspense |
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| Comic Story | Stampede of the Centaurs (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Archeologist Harlow Griffith releases a horde of living centaurs from a cave at Mt. Pindus in Greece. He joins their ranks and commits acts of murder and plundering. Griffith and his centaurs are imprisoned in the cave again, this time guarded by their worst nemesis, Hydra. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Fate (host) |
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| Comic Story | A Hand of Fate Mystery #24 (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "The tale of 'the cave of the vampire bat' has been a topic of rapt discussion for years among the people of Mexico..."
When three men enter the forbidden cave, one of them remains there - changed into a gigantic bat. |
| Featuring | A Hand of Fate Mystery |
| Credits | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Horror-suspense | Characters: Bently |
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| Comic Story | Satan's Sinister Bargain (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tony Pascal, petty thief and murderer, comes into possession of the "Devil's Mirror". By looking into it, one is drawn into the realm of Satan. Pascal makes a deal and may return as long as he feeds the devil other souls. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
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| Text Story | Spectre in the Arena (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Boxing promoter Willy Martin arranges a foul fight. His late partner, Mike Kelly, returns from the grave and punches him to death. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Willy Martin |
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| Comic Story | High Priestess of the Snake People (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | In the Swiss Alps, a young american stumbles across a cult of snake-worshippers. He is bewitched by the beautiful snake queen Gilda. An old villager comes to his help and blows the whole bunch to kingdom come with a pack of dynamite. |
| Credits | Pencils: Frank Giusto | Inks: Frank Giusto |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense |
| Notes | Frank Giusto is the real name of the artist often called "Ace Baker" for his Matt Baker art style. |
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| Advertisement | Introducing Comfo-Gard (1 page) |
| Featuring | Malen Manufacturing Company |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
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| Advertisement | The Hour Glass Waist Nipper (1 page) |
| Featuring | Fashion Extras |
| Notes | On the back cover in black and white. |
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