Mysterious Adventures #1

Channing Wells, an investigator of the occult, is summoned to Coldwell, Virginia to help a caretaker uncover the supernatural terror plaguing the estate of Dayla Fair—a creature that feeds on blood and emerges from the family's private burial ground. Wells uncovers a curse born from a Civil War tragedy: a Northern soldier, rejected and murdered by Dayla's father, vowed eternal revenge on the Coldwell daughters. Now a vampire walks among them, and Wells must race to expose the truth before Dayla's impending marriage seals her fate.

In "The Horrible Fangs of Professor Prome!" from Mysterious Adventures #1 (1951), a chilling tale unfolds when Janet Spence delivers a frozen photograph of a bizarre, lizard-like creature to Professor Prome, sparking a dangerous experiment in the Arctic. When the monster awakens and kills Janet, Prome barely escapes—but days later, his body is discovered in his city office, his neck marked by unmistakable fang wounds.

When David Garvan rents a Lorenzo d'Medici costume for a masquerade ball, the mysterious shopkeeper insists on including an ornate dagger with a dark history—one that carries an ancient, murderous curse. As soon as David handles the blade, he's gripped by overwhelming urges to kill, compulsions he can barely resist, and when the dagger passes to others, they too fall under its sinister influence. David must race against time to understand the weapon's true nature before the curse claims more victims.