1
/
of
1
Ace Comics
The Hand of Fate Comic Books Issue No 19
The Hand of Fate Comic Books Issue No 19
Regular price
$1.00 USD
Regular price
Sale price
$1.00 USD
Shipping calculated at checkout.
Quantity
Couldn't load pickup availability
Publication August 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: bi-monthly
Credits Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror
Comic Story The 5 Lives of Otto Marlin (7 pages)
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.
Featuring Fate
Credits Pencils: Lou Cameron (signed) | Inks: Lou Cameron (signed) | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror
Comic Story A Hand of Fate Mystery #23 (1 page)
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.
Featuring A Hand of Fate Mystery
Credits Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Occult; Fact
Comic Story Stampede of the Centaurs (7 pages)
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.
Credits Pencils: Jim McLaughlin | Inks: Jim McLaughlin | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror | Characters: Fate (host)
Comic Story A Hand of Fate Mystery #24 (1 page)
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.
Featuring A Hand of Fate Mystery
Credits Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror; Fact
Comic Story Satan's Sinister Bargain (7 pages)
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.
Credits Pencils: Louis Zansky | Inks: Louis Zansky | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Occult
Text Story Spectre in the Arena (2 pages)
Synopsis Boxing promoter Willy Martin arranges a foul fight. His late partner, Mike Kelly, returns from the grave and punches him to death.
Credits Letters: typeset
Content Genre: Horror
Comic Story High Priestess of the Snake People (7 pages)
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.
Credits Pencils:? [“Ace” Baker] (see notes) | Inks:? [“Ace” Baker] (see notes)
Content Genre: Horror
Notes Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. refers to this artist as “Ace” Baker, a Matt-Baker-imitator, who worked for Ace Magazines.
If you have a black-and-white e-reader, or if you're not able to read or expand the pictures, you might have a better viewing experience on the Nook App for iPad, Android, or PC. If you use the Nook App for PC, you can capture screenshots for use in crafting or digital artwork.
The data here in the description content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a CC Attribution License. More details about this comic book description can be found at Grand Comics.
Credits Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror
Comic Story The 5 Lives of Otto Marlin (7 pages)
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.
Featuring Fate
Credits Pencils: Lou Cameron (signed) | Inks: Lou Cameron (signed) | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror
Comic Story A Hand of Fate Mystery #23 (1 page)
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.
Featuring A Hand of Fate Mystery
Credits Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Occult; Fact
Comic Story Stampede of the Centaurs (7 pages)
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.
Credits Pencils: Jim McLaughlin | Inks: Jim McLaughlin | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror | Characters: Fate (host)
Comic Story A Hand of Fate Mystery #24 (1 page)
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.
Featuring A Hand of Fate Mystery
Credits Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror; Fact
Comic Story Satan's Sinister Bargain (7 pages)
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.
Credits Pencils: Louis Zansky | Inks: Louis Zansky | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Occult
Text Story Spectre in the Arena (2 pages)
Synopsis Boxing promoter Willy Martin arranges a foul fight. His late partner, Mike Kelly, returns from the grave and punches him to death.
Credits Letters: typeset
Content Genre: Horror
Comic Story High Priestess of the Snake People (7 pages)
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.
Credits Pencils:? [“Ace” Baker] (see notes) | Inks:? [“Ace” Baker] (see notes)
Content Genre: Horror
Notes Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. refers to this artist as “Ace” Baker, a Matt-Baker-imitator, who worked for Ace Magazines.
If you have a black-and-white e-reader, or if you're not able to read or expand the pictures, you might have a better viewing experience on the Nook App for iPad, Android, or PC. If you use the Nook App for PC, you can capture screenshots for use in crafting or digital artwork.
The data here in the description content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a CC Attribution License. More details about this comic book description can be found at Grand Comics.
Share
