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CATALOG RECORD

The Hand of Fate #16

Ace Magazines [1940s-1950s] · Series began 1951 · February 1953

Dates

Cover date
February 1953
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Frank Giusto, Louis Zanskyinks: Frank Giusto, Louis Zansky

Stories

  • Specters Stalk the Bloody Tower · 7 pages

    England, 1940, height of the "blitz". A german collaborator is brought to justice and hanged by the ghosts of the London Tower.

  • A Hand of Fate Mystery #17 · A Hand of Fate Mystery · 1 pages

    "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.

  • The Clock of Doom Strikes Loud! · Fate · 7 pages

    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.

  • A Hand Of Fate Mystery #18 · A Hand of Fate Mystery · 1 pages

    "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.

  • The Black Curse of Rhan Giva · 7 pages

    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.

  • The Sapphire of Destiny · 2 pages
  • Havoc on the Midway · 7 pages

    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.

Reprinted in

The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! (2010), Classic Monsters of Pre-Code Horror Comics: Ghosts (2019)

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