Adventures into the Unknown #22

When Wes inherits the mysterious Brockenhurst Hall—a property linked to his wartime bombing run over Germany's notorious Brocken mountain—Nancy grows uneasy; legend holds that witches have gathered there for thousands of years. Strange, moth-like creatures begin to haunt Wes on his way to the estate, and when he arrives at the old hall, he discovers the beings are far more sinister than they first appeared, along with a witch named Beltane who claims him as her own. Trapped inside with supernatural forces closing in and midnight approaching, Wes must uncover what Nancy hid in his suitcase—the only thing that seems to hold these creatures at bay.

Enid Parker recounts the dark memories of her childhood spent in a lonely house haunted by werewolves—mysterious creatures she grew up accepting as normal until a police investigator named Jim Seaford arrives seeking answers about graveyard attacks in the city. As Enid's foggy past begins to crystallize around sinister secrets her captors have kept hidden, she finds herself caught between the familiar horror of her upbringing and the sudden, terrifying clarity of what those "midnight visitors" truly are.

"Beliefs About Ghosts" explores the rich tapestry of ghost superstitions that have captivated cultures across history, from ancient Egypt to modern times. This educational piece examines why countless civilizations developed their own rituals and beliefs around the departed—whether opening windows to let spirits escape, carrying corpses feet-first to prevent their return, or burying treasures with pharaohs for the afterlife. You'll discover how these age-old fears still echo in everyday practices we follow today, often without realizing their supernatural origins.

When Dr. Kane's experimental formula produces a monstrous, uncontrollable creature, foreign spies—led by Igor Kolsky, alias Boris Novik—descend on his manor to steal the formula at gunpoint. Bart Dannon and Anita Kane find themselves trapped with the scientist in a cellar confrontation that spirals into chaos when the enlarged mole, enhanced by the formula, breaks free and turns the tables on everyone involved. Written by editor and scientist characters caught between science run amok and espionage, this 1951 tale asks whether genius can ever truly master the forces it unleashes.

In the frozen reaches of Banner Bay, Canada, young trapper Pierre Menton sets out one winter's night to visit his sweetheart Marie Farette—only to spot a luminous, ghostly skater on the ice who bears her likeness and leads him on a chase across the twisting French Creek instead of his planned route across the bay. As dawn breaks and the mysterious figure vanishes near Marie's house, Pierre discovers the terrible truth that will reshape everything he thought he knew about the night's strange journey.

When communist saboteurs arrive at Lost Creek Valley with a deadly cargo of disease-carrying bats, their scheme spirals into nightmare—the creatures transform into something far worse, and the terror spreads to young rancher Ginger Burnett, who finds herself drawn into a horrifying curse. Sheriff Slim Frisbee races to save the woman he loves from a fate worse than death, armed with nothing but silver bullets and desperate hope in this 1951 tale of vampiric horror from Adventures into the Unknown #22.

When two seamen, Henry Thomas and Alfred Baum, perish in a tragic accident aboard the tanker S.S. Hanville in 1925, their spirits seem unwilling to rest—appearing as phantoms off the ship's side at twilight, witnessed by crew and officers alike. Captain Adams takes the matter seriously enough to report the hauntings to the ship's owners and even captures photographic evidence on the vessel's return voyage. The mysterious images develop into something that challenges belief itself.

When the notorious safe-cracker Bruce Mannock is shot down by police and pronounced dead at Waverly Hospital, reporter Slim Cotter should be moving on to the next story—except robberies keep happening across the city, each one bearing Mannock's fingerprints. His investigation into the impossible crime leads Cotter to Pierre Gaston, a clairvoyant and occult author, and an eerie discovery that will force him to confront something far more sinister than ordinary criminal enterprise. Written and illustrated with mounting dread, "The Voice of Death" traps Cotter between the rational world and forces that defy it.