Adventures into the Unknown #44

Jake Conners, an escaped convict fevered and desperate in the jungle, is rescued by Felina, a mysterious girl with a strange power over wild animals—and a glowing ruby she guards with her life. As Jake recovers and begins to understand the unearthly secret behind Felina's supernatural control, he schemes to steal the red stone for himself, setting in motion a reckoning he never saw coming. This tale of greed and jungle horror reveals the terrifying truth hidden beneath the jungle night's red moonlight.

A lonely house harbors something far worse than the supernatural when Mr. Brail lures secretary Amy Martin and her driver Gordon Stewart to his isolated home, claiming he needs witnesses to the inexplicable entity he calls the Creeper—a ravenous, formless thing that feeds on whatever living matter crosses its path. As Gordon and Amy discover the horrifying truth about their host's true purpose, they must fight for survival against a hunger that Mr. Brail himself can barely contain. "The Creeper" is a masterfully claustrophobic tale of psychological terror and impossible choices, crafted for Adventures into the Unknown #44.

When a patient in a mental hospital claims to be Senator Josiah Phinley—fresh off declaring his presidential bid—Dr. Patton and Miss Cummings dismiss him as delusional, until he reveals a terrifying truth: a demon from the netherworld has possessed the real senator's body to seize ultimate power. Now the only people who know the horror must find a way to stop the fiend before his hypnotic influence puts him in the White House—all while the creature jumps from body to body to escape capture.

In "The Devil and the War Bride," newlywed Phil Carter struggles to reconcile his skeptical nature with his wife Coreen’s deep belief in the supernatural—until her faith becomes the key to a chilling game of wits with the Devil himself. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, this 1953 horror-suspense tale unfolds with quiet dread as Coreen’s conviction is tested in ways neither she nor Phil could have imagined.