The Hand of Fate Comic Books Issue No. 16 1953

Publication February 1953 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: bi-monthly
Notes Most information for this issue from Darci, November 2008.

Cover "I warned you...there are no shortcuts in life...now you must pay for your folly!"
Credits Pencils: Frank Giusto | Inks: Frank Giusto | Letters: typeset
Content Genre: Horror
Notes source: Giusto's interview in Matt Baker: the Art of Glamour (2012) Jim Amash and Eric Nolen-Weathington, editors.

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Featuring Master Art Helper
Notes Ad for Master Art Helper self-teaching method on inside front cover.

Comic Story Specters Stalk the Bloody Tower (7 pages)
Synopsis England, 1940, height of the "blitz". A german collaborator is brought to justice and hanged by the ghosts of the London Tower.
Credits Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror | Characters: Fate (host)

Comic Story A Hand of Fate Mystery #17 (1 page)
Synopsis "In 1907, Peter Bauer, a resident of a small bavarian village..." A puppet maker assembles a devil puppet supposed to be cursed. The puppet comes alive and strangles the man.
Featuring A Hand of Fate Mystery
Credits Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Occult; Fact

Comic Story The Clock of Doom Strikes Loud! (7 pages)
Synopsis A "selfish man" dies and meets Fate, leading him to the afterlife. The man tries to cheat his demise by entering three doors back into life, labeled "Money", "Power" and "Love". Three times his new attempts at life fail miserably. In the end he has to accept his fate.
Featuring Fate
Credits Pencils: Mike Sekowsky? | Inks: Mario Rizzi? | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror

Comic Story A Hand Of Fate Mystery #18 (1 page)
Synopsis "The strange tale of death and mystery shrouds the small fishing village on the coast of Mexico"... Two fishermen murder their companion out at sea. A strange glow emanates from the water. The ghost of the murdered man drags one of the others into the deep.
Featuring A Hand of Fate Mystery
Credits Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror; Fact

Comic Story The Black Curse of Rhan Giva (7 pages)
Synopsis After the death of Mr. Wingate, his indian servant tries to get control over his lovely daughter. He traps her in a magic doll house. Doctor Lithencourt, a friend of the family, can overwhelm the evildoer.
Credits Pencils: Louis Zansky | Inks: Louis Zansky | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Occult

Text Story The Sapphire of Destiny (2 pages)
Credits Letters: typeset
Content Genre: Horror

Comic Story Havoc on the Midway (7 pages)
Synopsis A circus stage hand makes pact with the devil. He gets the magician's act, the strongman's girl and inherits the whole operation. But is he satisfied and lucky?! The devil collects his due when the man throttles his wife to death.
Credits Pencils: Sy Grudko? | Inks: Sy Grudko? | Letters: typeset (Leroy lettering)
Content Genre: Horror

Advertisement Lt. Henry A. Comiskey, USMC Medal of Honor (1 page)
Synopsis Discusses the heroics of Lt. Commiskey.
Featuring U.S. Defense Bonds
Credits Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset
Content Genre: Fact | Characters: First Lieutenant Henry A. Commiskey
Notes Ad for U.S. Defense bonds, on inside back cover.

Featuring Spot Reducer
Notes On back cover.

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