Dates
- Cover date
- February 1953
- On sale
- December 16, 1952
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Mark of Evil · 6 pages
A ruthless reporter kills for a camera which is able to show future events. When the gadget shows his own doom, he flees - but is caught by the police.
- Death's Bridal Gown · 6 pages
Young Olga goes to the dance in a second-hand dress. Not only is she haunted by the ghost of the former owner, but dies wearing it - because it was drenched in embalming fluid.
- The Beast Wasn't Hungry · 2 pages
Two adventurers in Africa fight over a hidden treasure and try to feed each other to the crocodiles.
- The House That Jackdaw Built · 7 pages
Mr. Jackdaw entertains his guests in a futuristic "robot house". The electronic brain of the house tries to murder the guests, because Master Jackdaw taught it only to hate. When the brain realizes that there's also love, it turns against its inventor.
- The Fatal Strands · 5 pages
A janitor murders his bossy landlady – and is in turn being murdered by the landlady’s hair (he used to mop the floors with).
- The Twisted Hands · 5 pages
After a traumatic event at sea, a skipper retreats into the desert. But the ghost of a man (whom the skipper broke his hands) comes for him and drowns him with equal cruelty in a waterhole.
Reprinted in
Gwandanaland Comics (2016), Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954 (2011), Alex Toth: Edge of Genius (2007), Ghosts (2025)