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CATALOG RECORD

The Hand of Fate #22

Ace Magazines [1940s-1950s] · Series began 1951 · March 1954

Dates

Cover date
March 1954
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Lou Cameron, Sy Grudko, Chic Stone, Jim McLaughlininks: Lou Cameron, Sy Grudko, Chic Stone, Jim McLaughlin

Stories

  • To Behold His Doom · Fate · 7 pages

    Stanley Timor finds a mirror which predicts the future. He uses it to rob the victims of accidents and make money out of other people's misery. When shown his own demise by illness, Timor tries to run - and runs right in the middle of it.

  • A Hand of Fate Mystery # 29 · A Hand of Fate Mystery · 1 pages

    "The powers of the unknown have often played weird tricks with mortal man and the strangest one took place in New Orleans..." A medium wishes to be buried in her homeland, France. Because she can't afford a journey there, her coffin drifts across the Atlantic to the French shore.

  • Whom the Image Strikes · 7 pages

    Bart Westcott, "a struggling young lawyer", comes into possession of a statue of demon god Bael. With the help of this advocate's devil, Westcott becomes the famed owner of his own law firm. Until he gets challenged by the next struggling young lawyer...

  • A Hand of Fate Mystery # 30 · A Hand of Fate Mystery · 1 pages

    "Nearly one hundred years ago, when the Balkan countries of Europe were ruled by despotic royalty, an adventure in the realm of the supernatural occurred..." A Hungarian baron goes kill-crazy over the sound of a gypsy fiddle and kills the fiddler. But the music won't stop.

  • Curse of the Sapphire Fiend · 7 pages

    The cursed "yellow sapphire" brings wealth and riches to its owner, but only for a year. Then out crawls a demon who lacerates the owner and sends him to eternal damnation.

  • Return of the Ice Vampire · 2 pages

    A vampire, who has been kept frozen in a glacier for ten years, returns and seeks revenge.

  • The Night of Friday 13 · 7 pages

    Death takes a holiday and things get out of hand. A party of heirs waiting for the demise of old man Morgenson starts murdering each other.

Reprinted in

Haunted Horror (2012)

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