The Hand of Fate
#23
(June 1954)
Ace Magazines,
1951 Series
He Who Robs The Dead
Fate / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lou Cameron (signed)
- Inks
- Lou Cameron (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Grave robber Albert Torrence finds a treasure beneath a cemetery. As he spends the loot, Torrence learns that he has been framed by the dead. The jewels of a murdered woman lead him straight to the electric chair.
- Reprints
in A Hand Of Fate Mystery #31
A Hand Of Fate Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "The 'Affair of the Black Rose' was a true case of the supernatural that took place in England when knights were bold and feuds common among noble families..."
The curse of the Black Rose haunts the descendents and claims casualties centuries later.
Shattering The Time Barrier
Fate / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Philip Spayne, state executioner and operator of the electric chair, accidentally establishes a link between the worlds of the living and the dead. He employs a band of dead criminals to rid this world of all gangsters and dictators. A kind ghost pushes Spayne into the electrical current and thusly ends his tyrannical vigilantism.
A Hand Of Fate Mystery #32
A Hand Of Fate Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "In the files of the Paris police there can be found a case history of a crime that occurred over thirty years ago..."
A man dressed as a devil at a Hallowe'en party kills his ex-girlfriend, then dies after his costume fuses to him. - Reprints
Hell Beyond The Crystal Ball
Fate / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Richard Case
- Inks
- Richard Case
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Typeset (Leroy lettering)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Scientist Max Bronislaw is fascinated by the future. To travel there, he makes a deal with a strange apparition named Natas. Each look into future centuries holds disappointment and misery for Bronislaw. When he can't bear no more, Natas (=Satan) claims his soul.
The Grenoble Curse
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Ruthless Denise murders her husband, the old Comte de Grenoble. He curses her with his dying breath. Looking for his hidden treasures, she is locked into the family vault.
Thrust of a Ghost Lance
Fate / comic story / 6.66 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A medieval knight returns from the dead to avenge his unrightful death in a tournament.
[Statement of Circulation]
statement of ownership / 0.34 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
States publisher and business manager is A. A. Wyn, editor is M. J. Phillips. Owners are given as A. A. Wyn, Inc., A. A. Wyn and Rose Wyn.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Run! Run! We can wait!"]
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1.
He Who Robs The Dead
Fate -
2.
A Hand Of Fate Mystery #31
A Hand Of Fate Mystery -
3.
Shattering The Time Barrier
Fate -
4.
A Hand Of Fate Mystery #32
A Hand Of Fate Mystery -
5.
Hell Beyond The Crystal Ball
Fate -
6.
The Grenoble Curse
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7.
Thrust of a Ghost Lance
Fate -
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[Statement of Circulation]
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- Boris Ammerlaan
- Tillmann Courth
- Peter Croome
- Michael Hoskin
- Matt Tauber
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