The Hand of Fate
#20
(October 1953)
Ace Magazines,
1951 Series
Death Was the Bridegroom
Fate / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Fate and Death
- Synopsis
- Beautiful Voris Denham marries rich men and poisons them. So Fate decrees her end and Death claims her body. Voris seeks shelter in the arms of a stranger - who reveals himself to be death in person.
- Reprints
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in Voodoo (L. Miller & Son, 1961 series) #3 ([no date]) - in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #26 (1962)
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A Hand of Fate Mystery # 25
A Hand of Fate Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "Of the many fascinating tales of circus life, the one which has astounded students of the supernatural most, occurred twenty years ago in the winter quarters of a famous circus..."
Aerialists' squabble under the big top. To catch or not to catch. One lets the other down, followed by a ghostly revenge.
The Phantom Gladiator
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lou Cameron (signed)
- Inks
- Lou Cameron (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset (Leroy lettering)
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Fate (host)
- Synopsis
- During their tour of Europe, Nat Murrano and his wife Grace are trapped in the ruins of Pompeii in Italy. They are the incarnations of a Gaul gladiator and a Roman noblewoman and have to fulfill deadly vows they made 2,000 years ago.
- Reprints
in A Hand of Fate Mystery # 26
A Hand of Fate Mystery / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- "A strange adventure in the realm of the supernatural took place thirty-seven years ago in a rundown section of London..."
A stranger pawns the Egyptian "amulet of death" which brings only misery. As the pawnbroker must learn when he goes broke and his shop burns down.
Long Shall the Undead Wail
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A ghoulish history lesson: after their assassination of kind Edward II. in 1327, his wife Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer are doomed to roam the earth as a ghoul and a female werewolf. In the year 1953 they cannot stand it any longer and tear each other to shreds.
- Reprints
The Macabre Find of Dr. Benton
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Out of curiosity Dr. Benton assembles the bones of a vampire's skeleton. The skeleton comes alive on the night of the full moon and locks Dr. Benton in a deadly struggle.
Dynasty of Disaster
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- The story of an Algerian family who ruled the land. The curse of a dying slave haunts each new successor to the throne. They can't shake off the curse and die horribly, one by one.
- Reprints
- in Voodoo (L. Miller & Son, 1961 series) #4 ([no date])
- in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #27 (1962)
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Table of Contents
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1.
Death Was the Bridegroom
Fate -
2.
A Hand of Fate Mystery # 25
A Hand of Fate Mystery -
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The Phantom Gladiator
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4.
A Hand of Fate Mystery # 26
A Hand of Fate Mystery -
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Long Shall the Undead Wail
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6.
The Macabre Find of Dr. Benton
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7.
Dynasty of Disaster
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