Mystery Tales #2

In the shadowed stillness of his mortuary, cold-hearted mortician Kovak stumbles upon a gruesome standoff between a vampire and a werewolf, each claiming a corpse as their own. When he mocks their feud and insists they split the body—blood for the vampire, flesh for the werewolf—he unwittingly becomes the real prize in their deadly dispute.

In "The Crawling Horror," grief-stricken Frank turns to science in a desperate bid to understand death, only to unleash monstrous creatures from the very germs he sought to study. As the horrors grow beyond control, Frank sets fire to his home in a last attempt to stop them—yet one remains, creeping ever larger in the shadows.

In "The Gold Gorilla!" from Mystery Tales #2 (1952), Kip’s greed leads him to steal a rare golden gorilla, eliminating Paul to keep it for himself. On his flight home, he charms a woman named Murnah—only to face a terrifying transformation when she reveals her true identity upon landing.