Mister Mystery #14

In "All, or Nothing At All!", a brilliant surgeon's obsession with her husband's affection spirals into something far more dangerous when she discovers he's involved with a nurse. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, the story unfolds with chilling precision as love turns to violence in a single, unforgettable moment.

In "True Love," Dr. Hyden of the Egyptian Museum devotes himself to two passions: his beautiful wife Susan and his obsession with finding the lost tomb of Queen Thesba—unaware that Susan harbors her own love for his assistant Lloyd, and that the two are plotting his demise in the desert. When the expedition finally discovers Thesba's hidden chamber beneath the pyramids, Hyden's world begins to unravel in ways he never anticipated, and the jealous Lloyd discovers that true love can exact a terrible price.

A government investigator radioing from a doomed freighter describes his hunt for ships vanishing in the Caribbean—a search that led him to a derelict schooner, gruesome discoveries below deck, and an encounter with a monstrous creature from the deep. In "Terror of the Deep," Phil Nichols races against time to warn authorities of the threat lurking in those waters, even as his own fate hangs in the balance.

Robert ventures into the mysterious East seeking answers to ancient riddles, only to collapse in the desert—where a beautiful, enigmatic woman named the Queen revives him in a hidden cave. As he recovers in her strange sanctuary, Robert must uncover what she truly wants from him and what secrets lie buried in this remote refuge.

When factory partners George Barth and Harry Phillips perish in a car accident, their fates diverge sharply—one ascending to heaven, the other consigned to purgatory—only to discover that their earthly obsessions have followed them into the afterlife. Years later, a chance moment of shared memory allows the two former friends to reconnect and swap stories, revealing an ironic twist on the labor troubles that once divided them. "Labor Force" twists the knife on ambition and greed with a darkly clever punchline that redefines what it means to work yourself to death.

A dying man named Silas Krane faces his final reckoning when death arrives, confronted with visions of damnation and forced to contemplate the cost of his choices. In this 1953 tale from *Mister Mystery*, the boundary between life and death becomes far more complicated than Krane ever imagined—and the stakes of his decision may follow him forever.