Dates
- Cover date
- October 1962
- On sale
- July 12, 1962
- Pages
- 84
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Gleam of Evil · 10 pages
Circus big cat handler Kay Spencer has come into possession of Ophelia, an Egyptian cat rumored by superstitious circus folk to have an "evil eye". Ophelia gets jealous of anyone (man or beast) that captures Kay's attention. Trapeze artist Bud Marvel, who's become romantically linked with Kay, dismisses the notion of Ophelia's powers... until the talented aerialist meets with an uncharacteristic accident while performing. Bud survives but now realizes he is at war with the evil-eyed cat.
- The Crystal Ball · 11 pages
French Underground Resistance members, Houdon (a thief) and Old Cambert (a fortune-telling charlatan), have exposed a nest of Nazi collaborators, who have left behind a trove of currency and pearls after their arrest. Cambert's crystal ball "informs him" of the abandoned treasure, and they raid the quarters of the collaborators to take the riches as a "reward" for their actions. Houdon frames Old Cambert as a Nazi collaborator to keep the entire treasure for himself. The fortune teller is arrested and imprisoned, vowing his revenge on Houdon declaring "My crystal ball will seek you out!"
- The Man Who Vanished · 1 pages
Farmer David Lang disappears while crossing an open field.
- The Green Monkey · 11 pages
Unscrupulous fortune hunter Marty Hober removes a jade statue of a monkey from the ruins of an island temple and undergoes rapid and debilitating aging. Later in the United States, his equally unscrupulous pal, Max Burke, steals the artifact from Hober to some startling effects.
- A Haunted Honeymoon · 11 pages
Newlyweds Ted and Jane think it's romantic to spend their honeymoon night in an old English castle. However, the castle is haunted by a couple who spent their honeymoon in the same castle two hundred years ago.
- Vengeance of the Frigorifique · 2 pages
In a dense fog at sea the Rumney unintentionally rams and dooms the Frigorifique, whose crew is saved and pulled aboard the Rumney... but has the Rumney seen the last of the Frigorifique?
- Past and Present Danger · 8 pages
In New Orleans for the Mardi Gras, Beth Lawrence finds the hotels are full. A chance meeting with Peter Norville leads to a strange experience.
- The Hand in the Wall · 11 pages
Scheming Horace Pendish plans to get all the saved money from his simple cousin Sidney's antique shop for himself, by driving Sidney mad.
- Nightmare Scoop · 2 pages
Out of boredom, newspaper reporter Ed Sampson concocts a fictional news story about a cataclysmic volcano eruption in the south seas. His editor runs the story, which is picked up by other newspapers and the wire services. ...But how "fictional" did it prove to be?
- Into the Blue · 1 pages
Military planes disappear without a trace.
- The Plague of Gornau · 11 pages
A medieval witch hunter's greed eventually leads to his undoing... but was his fate brought about by the supernatural?
- The Dream · 1 pages
Myrna has recurring nightmares of Stanislaus, her betrothed, trapped in a ruined castle, despite the official records listing him as having been killed in World War I.
- The Tracks · 1 pages
Huge reptile tracks appear on a Florida beach in 1948.
Characters
Reprinted in
Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Archives (2009), Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery (1963), Mystery Comics Digest (1972), Boris Karloff Thriller (1960), Gold Key Select: Boris Karloff Thriller (2025)