Mystic #19

In "Help Wanted!" from *Mystic* #19 (1953), a miserly department store owner slashes his help wanted ad to just "Demon Wanted" after a toy demonstrator quits over a one-dime Christmas bonus. When the ad draws a response far more literal than he expected, the man realizes too late that some job postings come with a price he never saw coming.

In the shadowed waters of a forgotten reef, a lone pearl diver ignores a native’s warning and ventures beneath the surface after dark—where unseen dangers lurk in the deep, and the only light comes from the moon above. With tension rising beneath the waves, the line between treasure and terror blurs in this chilling tale from *Mystic #19*.

In "Bong!", a man consumed by jealousy plots to eliminate his rival for a woman’s love—only to meet a grim end when he tumbles into the molten vat of a bell-maker. His final fate is a haunting irony: his soul is cast into the very bell he once despised, doomed to ring endlessly in the noisiest corner of the town.