Mystery Tales #21
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The 13th Floor!", Hugh Carter, a man burdened by his wife’s illness and his own failing health, finds himself on an elevator that takes him to a floor that shouldn’t exist. There, he confronts a mysterious figure claiming to be Death, who offers him a chance to return to his wife—if he accepts a life extended by thirty years. The story unfolds with quiet dread, as Harry Anderson and John Forte’s art brings a haunting stillness to the moment when Hugh descends and sees his wife ascending toward the same fate. Cover by Harry Anderson.
In "The 13th Floor!" from Mystery Tales #21 (1954), Hugh Carter, a man burdened by a frail heart, faces a chilling encounter when his elevator stops at a floor that shouldn’t exist. There, he meets a figure who claims to be Death—offering him a chance to return to his ailing wife, Jo, if he agrees to live another thirty years. As the elevator descends, he sees her ascending, and the horrifying truth begins to unfold.
In "Helen's Hubby!" from Mystery Tales #21 (1954), Jo, a woman who killed her husband for his money, tries to secure his will by summoning his spirit through a medium—only to find herself trapped in his coffin, face-to-face with the dead man she thought she’d outsmarted.
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Reprinted in Mystic #44 (1964), Mystic #45 (1964), Uncanny Tales #78 (1971), Dead of Night #7 (1974), Vault of Evil #16 (1974), Weird Wonder Tales #7 (1974), Thor #23 (1976), Relatos Salvajes #44 (1977), Astounding Stories #193 (1988), Creepy Worlds #243 (1988), Gorilla Man #1 (2010), Gorilla Man #[nn] (2010), Creepy Worlds #41, Misterios del Gato Negro #83
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