Forbidden Worlds #18

A dismissed museum scholar has awakened an ancient Egyptian mummy, Rhames-Tut-Arkham, through forbidden magic—and now the two plot a vengeful rampage against those who wronged him. When murders begin and a young investigator discovers the truth, he must race to stop the reanimated terror before more victims fall, even as skeptics dismiss his fantastical claims.

Tommy Trent, a notorious killer condemned to death, finds himself judged by Satan himself—who sees potential in the unrepentant criminal and recruits him as an earthly agent of corruption. Decades later, Tommy's own son walks a dangerous path toward crime, setting the stage for a fateful encounter between two very different forces vying for the boy's soul. It's a tale of redemption, damnation, and the possibility that even the vilest man might find one last chance to do right.

When Captain Dirk Malone rescues a mysterious castaway during a summer cruise, the crew's troubles only begin—mysterious deaths soon plague the vessel, each victim drained of blood, and old sailor Jansen speaks of a terrifying legend: sea vampires, monstrous creatures that prey on ships. As the killings continue and suspicion spreads among the desperate crew, Malone must uncover whether the danger lurking aboard is truly a creature of legend, or something far more sinister hiding in plain sight. "Vampire of the Deep" pits mortal courage against an inhuman evil in this tense 1953 tale from *Forbidden Worlds #18*.