The Hand of Fate
#15
(December 1952)
Ace Magazines,
1951 Series
Dead Ringer
Fate / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Death and Fate take control on a France-bound airplane. They crash the plane, leaving a sole survivor. Hubert Newton takes on the identity of rich French heir Victor de Murrain and moves into his family castle. Fate doesn't approve of the personality switch and confronts Hubert with the ghosts of the Murrain family.
The Mystery Of The Tarot
Fate / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A husband kills his wife, who loves her tarot cards. The murderer is hunted down by Fate and the personifications of the tarot cards.
Ring Of Evil
Fate / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Nada Chenier steals an ancient mummy's ring commanding a genie. Fate warns her that she will not find happiness, but damnation. Nada wishes herself beautiful things, but they are tainted and crawling with spiders and scarabs. She drowns herself in the river Seine.
Indexer Notes
Frank Giusto is the real name of the artist often called "Ace Baker" for his Matt Baker art style.
A Hand Of Fate Mystery #15
A Hand Of Fate Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "Many strange tales of voodoo magic have come from the island of Haiti..."
American tourists witness a voodoo ritual. One of them gets turned into a zombie.
A Hand Of Fate Mystery #16
A Hand Of Fate Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- "The burning sands of the Sahara desert have taken many lives in its long history..."
Two French archeologists split up to search for water. The first one dies, but his ghost leads the other to a waterhole.
Bride Of The Devil!
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Satan searches for a bride and finds one in the fair land of Transylvania.
The Doom of the Lucky Devil
Fate / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Gangster "Lucky" Daniels is requested by Fate to change his ways. He denies and is led into a trap of greed. Finding gold in a mining ghost town he also encounters the miners' ghosts. Daniels falls into a pit and has to perish there.
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Table of Contents
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[Dead Ringer]
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Dead Ringer
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The Mystery Of The Tarot
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Ring Of Evil
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A Hand Of Fate Mystery #15
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A Hand Of Fate Mystery #16
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Bride Of The Devil!
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The Doom of the Lucky Devil
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