House of Mystery #10
In "The Wishes of Doom!", Eli Thornton struggles to keep his Animal Theater afloat as creditors Mr. Redgrave and Mr. Kirkson close in. Desperate, he brings in a wild cat and a mysterious "werewolf" — a creature with a dark secret tied to the very men threatening him. With art by Bob Brown and a striking cover by Curt Swan and George Klein, this 1953 tale blends suspense and supernatural mystery in a story where appearances are dangerously deceiving.
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Eli Thornton runs the town's "Animal Theater" with exhibits of wildlife. Mr. Redgrave and Mr. Kirkson threaten to ruin him if he's not able to pay his debts. Thornton upgrades his theater with a wild cat and a genuine werewolf. The werewolf, however, is newspaper reporter Ed Baker. He was killed by Kirkson and Redgrave and framed as a werewolf, because he was about to expose them as frauds.
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