Forbidden Worlds #27

When a rescue expedition into the African jungle finds itself hunting for the missing explorer Matt Maitland, Philo Kendrick and Jeff Gullen brush aside the warnings of village chief M'tambu about a forbidden, meteor-scarred plateau where "death still lives"—only to discover that the taboo land harbors something far stranger than any jungle beast. As the two men venture deeper into the eerie, otherworldly vegetation and uncover traces of Maitland, they begin to realize the true horror of what the meteor-struck soil has spawned. "The Thing with the Golden Hair!" is a creeping tale of cosmic dread that turns rescue into something altogether more sinister.

When Robert Parker buys a supposedly haunted mansion on the cheap, his young son Tommy discovers he can communicate with the lonely spirit said to haunt it—a man calling himself Uncle Henry who vanished over a century ago. As Tommy and his mysterious companion grow closer, a ghostly warning about an imminent dam failure forces the Parker family to confront whether the supernatural is real, leading them to an astonishing discovery hidden within the house's walls. A touching tale from Forbidden Worlds #27 (1954) about how a boy's willingness to listen to a restless spirit ends up saving his entire family.

When Walter Bascomb, once a celebrated circus performer, dies in poverty and obscurity, an ancient talisman from India grants him a vengeful return as a ghost—and he's determined to make every soul connected to his ruined life pay. As strange accidents begin plaguing Sally Knox's circus, performers are haunted by an inexplicable force that seems to know the secrets of their craft, turning their greatest skills into instruments of terror. Bascomb's spectral campaign of sabotage and fear builds toward a reckoning that will test whether anyone can stop a ghost who understands the circus better than any living soul.

A vampire stalks the Mardi Gras crowds in New Orleans, singling out a young woman named Maisie for his midnight hunger—but when she barely escapes, detective Mike and policewoman Gail realize they're dealing with something genuinely supernatural, and devise a daring trap to draw him out. With Gail disguised as Maisie and Mike positioned to strike, the two officers must outthink a creature that defies the laws of nature itself.