Issue: #16
Published: February 1953, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Most information for this issue from Darci, November 2008.
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| Cover (1 page) |
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| Credits: |
Pencils: Frank Giusto | Inks: Frank Giusto | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Draw Instantly |
| Featuring: |
Master Art Helper |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Specters Stalk the Bloody Tower |
| Synopsis: |
England, 1940, height of the "blitz". A german collaborator is brought to justice and hanged by the ghosts of the London Tower. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Characters: |
Fate (host) |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
A Hand of Fate Mystery #17 |
| Featuring: |
A Hand of Fate Mystery |
| Synopsis: |
"In 1907, Peter Bauer, a resident of a small bavarian village..."
A puppet maker assembles a devil puppet supposed to be cursed. The puppet comes alive and strangles the man. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
The Clock of Doom Strikes Loud! |
| Featuring: |
Fate |
| Synopsis: |
A "selfish man" dies and meets Fate, leading him to the afterlife. The man tries to cheat his demise by entering three doors back into life, labeled "Money", "Power" and "Love". Three times his new attempts at life fail miserably. In the end he has to accept his fate. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Mike Sekowsky ? | Inks: Mario Rizzi ? | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
A Hand Of Fate Mystery #18 |
| Featuring: |
A Hand of Fate Mystery |
| Synopsis: |
"The strange tale of death and mystery shrouds the small fishing village on the coast of Mexico"...
Two fishermen murder their companion out at sea. A strange glow emanates from the water. The ghost of the murdered man drags one of the others into the deep. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
The Black Curse of Rhan Giva |
| Synopsis: |
After the death of Mr. Wingate, his indian servant tries to get control over his lovely daughter. He traps her in a magic doll house. Doctor Lithencourt, a friend of the family, can overwhelm the evildoer. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Louis Zansky | Inks: Louis Zansky | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Text Story (2 pages) |
The Sapphire of Destiny |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Havoc on the Midway |
| Synopsis: |
A circus stage hand makes pact with the devil. He gets the magician's act, the strongman's girl and inherits the whole operation. But is he satisfied and lucky?! The devil collects his due when the man throttles his wife to death. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Sy Grudko ? | Inks: Sy Grudko ? | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering) |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Lt. Henry A. Comiskey, USMC Medal of Honor |
| Featuring: |
U.S. Defense Bonds |
| Synopsis: |
Discusses the heroics of Lt. Commiskey. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: ? (photo) | Inks: ? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Characters: |
First Lieutenant Henry A. Commiskey |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Spot Reducer |
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