Marvel Tales #98

In "A Man Named Satan," Emilio, a struggling sculptor, makes a desperate plea to Satan when his art goes unnoticed—only to see his latest creation, a demon, come terrifyingly to life. Compelled by the creature's dark will, he is drawn into a spiral of guilt and dread, haunted by the consequences of his bargain. When he finally finds a slab of flawless white marble, he crafts a new sculpture meant to trap the demon, turning his greatest fear into his final act of defiance.

In "The Black Cat," Farnum's cruelty takes a dark turn when he exploits Charles's superstition about black cats, bringing one home to torment him. As fear and dread grow in the house, Charles finds a way to trap Farnum—and something far worse—within the vault, leaving the cat to watch over the sealed fate.

In "I Saw To-morrow," Bal stumbles upon an inventor whose mysterious crystal ball reveals glimpses of the future—visions that prove terrifyingly accurate. When Bal arranges the man's death and flees in his car, the crystal's final image shows his own demise as his vehicle plunges from a cliff.

In a forgotten age, the mad genius Xoldis harnessed gravity itself, altering the orbit of the planet Amerus—only to trigger a cosmic chain reaction that unraveled alien civilizations across the stars. Centuries later, his chilling log surfaces on Earth, a haunting record of power gone catastrophically wrong.