The Hand of Fate #19

(August 1953)

The 5 Lives of Otto Marlin (Table of Contents)

Fate / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lou Cameron (signed)

Inks:

Lou Cameron (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

Mad scientist Otto Marlin poisons Vivian Lake to learn about her previous lives. When cornered by the police, he poisons himself and is reincarnated in the middle ages. Marlin meets Lake again. They chase each other back through time.

A Hand of Fate Mystery #23 (Table of Contents)

A Hand of Fate Mystery / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Content Information

Genre:

occult; non-fiction

Synopsis:

"From the sinister interior of the Florida everglades, comes a haunting and almost unbelievable story..."
Two hunters trespass into indian burial grounds, are cursed and killed by the ghost of an avenging indian warrior.

Stampede of the Centaurs (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jim McLaughlin

Inks:

Jim McLaughlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Characters:

Fate (host)

Synopsis:

Archeologist Harlow Griffith releases a horde of living centaurs from a cave at Mt. Pindus in Greece. He joins their ranks and commits acts of murder and plundering. Griffith and his centaurs are imprisoned in the cave again, this time guarded by their worst nemesis, Hydra.

A Hand of Fate Mystery #24 (Table of Contents)

A Hand of Fate Mystery / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction; horror-suspense

Synopsis:

"The tale of 'the cave of the vampire bat' has been a topic of rapt discussion for years among the people of Mexico..."
When three men enter the forbidden cave, one of them remains there - changed into a gigantic bat.

Satan's Sinister Bargain (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Louis Zansky

Inks:

Louis Zansky

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset (Leroy lettering)

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Synopsis:

Tony Pascal, petty thief and murderer, comes into possession of the "Devil's Mirror". By looking into it, one is drawn into the realm of Satan. Pascal makes a deal and may return as long as he feeds the devil other souls.

Spectre in the Arena (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

Boxing promoter Willy Martin arranges a foul fight. His late partner, Mike Kelly, returns from the grave and punches him to death.

High Priestess of the Snake People (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? [“Ace” Baker] (see notes)

Inks:

? [“Ace” Baker] (see notes)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

horror-suspense

Synopsis:

In the Swiss Alps, a young american stumbles across a cult of snake-worshippers. He is bewitched by the beautiful snake queen Gilda. An old villager comes to his help and blows the whole bunch to kingdom come with a pack of dynamite.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Challenge of the Unknown (Ace Magazines, 1950 series) #6 (September 1950)

Indexer Notes

Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. refers to this artist as “Ace” Baker, a Matt-Baker-imitator, who worked for Ace Magazines.