Beware! Terror Tales #5

When police inspector Hiram Castle stumbles upon a cursed clock that unleashes a nightmare dimension with every thirteenth stroke, he finds himself trapped between worlds—where every passing minute brings him closer to a fate beyond imagination.

When Derek Lane and William Frye embark on a polar expedition to the top of the world, they're warned that isolation in the frozen wilderness can shatter a man's mind—but Derek is confident he can protect his weaker companion through the ordeal ahead. As a brutal storm traps them in their igloo and William falls desperately ill, Derek must attempt an emergency surgery guided by radio instructions from a distant base, racing against impossible odds to save his companion's life. What the relief expedition discovers weeks later in the silence and snow reveals a horror far more terrifying than any blizzard—the true cost of being alone in the endless cold.

Jo, a quiet inheritor of the family estate, finds himself drawn into a haunting mystery at Eldritch Manor—where the silence of the mausoleum is broken by the eerie presence of a ghoul that returns each night. With no explanation and no escape from the dread that lingers in the stone halls, Jo must confront the unsettling truth behind the creature’s visits.

In "Return of the Dead!" from Beware! Terror Tales #5 (1953), the gypsy medium Cantina wields a chilling power: she can summon the dead and return them to life. When she resurrects the gangster boss Britt, her lover Jan is torn between loyalty and justice—and takes a stand that could change everything.