House of Mystery #4

In "The Man with the Evil Eye!" from House of Mystery #4 (1952), mobster Jim Keene, blinded in a violent act, kills his neighbor Bob—only to discover too late that the man’s right eye, cursed by a mysterious hex, grants him the power to kill with a stare when enraged. As he’s haunted by guilt after accidentally killing his girlfriend Nancy, Keene’s unraveling mind leads him to confess, only to learn the terrifying truth: the hex was a ruse, a psychological trap set by G-Men to break him.

In "Friday the 13th Club," a group of skeptical individuals—13 men and women bound by their disbelief in superstition—gather to prove fate has no power. But as their experiments turn deadly, each member meets a grim end not by chance, but after touching a poisoned gavel meant to shatter a cursed mirror.

In "Nightmare," John Howell’s carefully constructed alibi unravels when he’s forced to confront the chilling reality of his crimes—first by a series of staged accidents, then by the haunting echoes of his own fabricated dreams. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, this 1952 tale from House of Mystery weaves a tense psychological thriller where guilt and illusion blur.

In "His Double— In Doom?", twins Dennis and David Stanton use their eerie psychic bond and uncanny resemblance to pull off a string of crimes, each serving as the perfect alibi for the other. As their criminal spree reaches its peak, fate delivers a chilling, simultaneous end—both men fall dead at the same instant, miles apart, their shared fate as inescapable as their twin connection.