Dates
- Cover date
- September 1952
- On sale
- July 7, 1952
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Monster in Clay! · 7.67 pages
The sculptor Dwight Courtney models a bust of a black sorcerer from the past. He seems to gain uncanny abilities: whatever he makes is destroyed in real life. After the death of three of his colleagues, Courtney investigates the strange accidents.
- The Telltale Hand! · 6 pages
George Karyl kills his client John Putnam and hides the body but the lines on his palm begin to form a hangman's noose.
- Mysterious Princess! · 0.5 pages
Account of a vagrant who called herself "Caraboo."
- The Hidden Author! · 0.5 pages
An Ouija board dictates poetry.
- I Was a Ghost for Hire! · 5.67 pages
A medium and her aide stage elaborate seances and incorporate the dead very convincingly. The racket is brought down by frightening the ghost impersonators with a ghost impersonation.
- Can Your Mind Be Read? · 2 pages
Account about telepathy.
- The Devil Was My Partner! · 6 pages
Arthur Drake gets addicted to casino gambling in Naples, Italy. He signs a pact with the devil and now wins every time he gambles. Satan, however, is an impostor and casino owner who steals Drake's identity to continue his life in the US.
Reprinted in
The Hundred Comic Monthly (1956), Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (1956), The Unexpected (1968), Doomsday Album (1977)