Dates
- Cover date
- January 1979
- On sale
- November 23, 1978
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #85 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Whitman edition
Whitman
Whitman branding on the cover.
Barcode 0335009020801 · shared with another edition
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Creators
Stories
- The Dead Hand · 7 pages
A greedy lawyer rewrites a dying man's will and inherits everything but is haunted by the dead man's ghostly hand until he finally confesses his crime and meets his punishment.
- Phantoms in the Mirror · 5 pages
While visiting an aged poet to discover the inspiration of his classic poems, Professor Jenkins witnesses a scene from the distant past in a mirror: a young Keating involved in the accidental death of his sweetheart's husband. As a result, the romance is forever doomed and the lovers can never see each other again. The poet confirms that, indeed, that incident was the dark source of his famous poems.
- The Tearful Ghost · 1 pages
- The Fatal Plunge · 6 pages
While riding along the rugged Irish coast, Fred Holmes sees a ghostly horse tumble over a cliff. Then, Fred sees a ghostly male also fall over the cliff. The innkeeper tells Holmes about how Michael Langley and his prize-winning stallion mysteriously vanished years ago and that Holmes has solved the mystery of the ghostly horse's repeated sightings. Both man and beast died falling over that cliff.
- Buried Treasure · 3 pages
An archeologist in Burma, skeptical of native superstition, is visited by the Guardian Spirit of a treasure. Appearing as an old woman during an earthquake, the Guardian Spirit convinces Tyler to abandon his dig.