Adventures into the Unknown #20

When the mining operations of Blackburg drive the Little People from their ancient home, King Guldertag sets out to reclaim their valley—and he finds his weapon in Daggle Diggersdorf, a simple man scorned by the woman he loves. Guldertag offers Daggle a dark bargain: magical transformation into the perfect man in exchange for help driving the townspeople away, but the supernatural price of that deal may be far steeper than either of them realized.

A telephone operator and a disc jockey find themselves caught between a sinister entity named Necro and the shambling undead he commands in "The Zombie Death." When zombies begin prowling for the living under cover of darkness, Gail Thompson and Rex Stanford must uncover what drives these creatures and find a way to warn the public—before Necro's plan reaches its terrifying apex. A classic 1951 tale of supernatural terror where sunrise may be the only refuge.

In 1951, detective Gary Brennan is called to investigate the brutal death of Dr. Hugo Blodgett, a professor of occult sciences found clawed to death in a locked room—and the only suspect is the professor's missing daughter, Jeanne Blodgett. When Brennan tracks Jeanne down working as a manicurist, she reveals an extraordinary truth: both she and the lieutenant possess the physical signs of latent werewolves, and she's found an ancient grimoire that holds the key to transforming them at will. As Brennan grapples with the impossible, Jeanne explains the dark circumstances surrounding her father's death and makes an unexpected proposal about their shared supernatural heritage.

Sheila Duncan's recurring nightmare of an old man and winged creatures grows more terrifying when fortune-teller Madame Sykie dies under mysterious circumstances while attempting to divine the dream's meaning—leaving investigator Dennis Colby convinced that something genuinely supernatural is at work. As strange, sinister signs intensify around Sheila, Dennis employs unconventional methods to unlock what her subconscious already knows, racing against forces that seem determined to keep her from discovering a truth tied to her own past.

In "The Man Who Met His Own Ghost," a man revived after a near-death experience finds himself haunted by a spectral double—his own ghost, freed at the moment of his demise and determined to claim him once more. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, this chilling 1951 tale from *Adventures into the Unknown* #20 explores the terrifying idea that death might not be a final exit, but a beginning for something that’s always been watching.