Dates
- Cover date
- February 1954
- On sale
- December 23, 1953
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Monster in the Fog · 8 pages
Two men take a rich man out on their boat fishing and run into a strange old boat. They make the mistake of boarding the boat looking for gold.
- The Old Gold Ring · 1 pages
The story of an old gold ring that was coveted by two cousins, and the depths they would go to so they could possess it.
- The Year of the Bat · 8 pages
Taking Norma Stanhope home, Chris sees a vampire fly out of a house. He discovers a dying man in the house who becomes a vampire. Chris kills the vampire, and then he and Norma go to Norma's father, the head of military intelligence with their story. At Maj. Stanhope's house, they see a vampire; they shoot and kill it. It turns out to be Maj. Stanhope in disguise. Norma tells Chris about a secret investigation of the major's: the Reds have moved an ancient Mandarin vampire tomb to Hong Kong and are using it to produce vampires. Chris and Norma then figure out how to stop the Red plot.
- Till Death Do Us Part · 7 pages
Ethan's wife Fay dies when the local doctor can't save her. Old Liza (a magic healer) comes and says she can bring her back to life if Ethan will pay enough. Ethan does and Old Liza lets a demon enter her body. Ethan thinks it is Fay brought back to life but when there are many killings around them the local people come looking for Fay and the unfortunate truth comes out.
- The Clairvoyant Girl · 2 pages
The story of a young girl with great extra-sensory perception and her eventual fate.
Reprinted in
Collected Works: Adventures into the Unknown (2011), Deep Dimension Horror (1994), Forbidden Worlds (1951), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Crypt of Horror (2005)