Adventures into the Unknown #37

At a Manhattan costume party, Pete displays the mummified head of Bent Arrow, a long-dead Indian chief, as part of his elaborate décor—but when the relic tumbles into the fireplace, a vengeful spirit emerges from the flames, mistaking Sally (dressed as Pale Shadow, the princess Bent Arrow once coveted) for his lost love and spiriting her away into the night. Pete and Professor Graves race against time to stop a supernatural force that no ordinary weapon can touch, armed only with knowledge of an ancient legend and a desperate gamble involving another mysterious relic from the museum.

Elaine Johnson possesses an unsettling gift—she can see a phantom harbinger of doom that appears before disasters strike, warning of impending tragedy that no one else can perceive. When her visions prove accurate, saving lives but marking her as either a visionary or unstable, the specter's attention turns toward her, and she realizes the entity may be coming for her next. In "The Eyes of Doom," Elaine must navigate skepticism and growing danger as the line between her supernatural foresight and the creature's true nature begins to blur.

When Paul marries the beautiful Lorna Faro, he discovers she's been secretly using forbidden Egyptian texts in the attic to summon Akhzar, an ancient evil god—and she's determined to complete the ritual no matter the cost. As the supernatural horror materializes and Lorna reveals herself as something far more sinister than human, Paul faces an impossible choice to stop her from unleashing catastrophe on the world. A haunting 1952 tale of obsession, betrayal, and the price of love when darkness wears a beautiful face.

When Gary Owens cuts his hand on a cliff face, his blood awakens something ancient in a cave below—a vampire woman who has been waiting centuries for human blood to revive her dead beloved, whose skeletal remains still lie entombed beneath. Now bound by the creature's supernatural power, Gary must find a way to break her hold before he's drawn back to the cave for good, armed only with the knowledge of a mysterious bloodstone that once sealed a vampire's fate. This pulse-pounding 1952 tale pits a climber against forces of darkness that no amount of courage alone can overcome.