Spook #26

In "Face of Death," mobster Tony Zucco orders the execution of one of his own, but the dying man’s final vow of vengeance takes a terrifying turn—his spirit returns as a vengeful wraith, haunting Zucco and his crew in the shadowed offices of the Lincoln Building. The story unfolds with a chilling sense of dread, as the past refuses to stay buried.

John Westmore purchases a mysterious jewel from a curio shop—an otherworldly gem imported from Tibet with a molecular structure unlike anything known to science—only to discover that night that it glows in the dark and reveals terrifying visions within its polished surface. As grotesque images materialize before his eyes, Westmore learns the jewel's true nature and realizes he may have opened a doorway to something far more sinister than he bargained for.

In "The Mystery of the Three Dials," boy sleuth Jerry teams up with his spectral partner, Captain Spook, to solve a puzzling riddle left behind in a wealthy uncle’s will. With only three mysterious dials and a locked safe to crack, the duo must unravel the clues before time runs out.

Reporter Larry Davis didn't believe in monsters—until his editor sends him to investigate a patient's wild tale of a creature roaming Alaska's frozen wastes. When a second victim arrives with a similar story, Davis joins a university expedition to the remote burial ground where both encounters occurred, determined to uncover the truth behind the shape-shifting thing that guards the cursed land. What he discovers in that desolate place will test whether skepticism alone can protect him from something genuinely unknowable.

Arnold Creg, a British naturalist, ventures into the ancient Roman catacombs alongside his African guide Nabola, only to stumble upon something far more remarkable than he bargained for. What awaits them in those shadowed passages sets the stage for a mystery that will test both their nerve and their understanding of what lurks beneath the city of Rome.

When correspondent Jack Andrews arrives in South America to investigate reports of strange creatures emerging from a newly opened chasm on the Chilean-Bolivian border, he joins Professor Vickers and Sergeant Rizales on an expedition into the mysterious underground passage. As the party descends miles into the earth, they encounter increasingly hostile creatures—beings that seem neither fully human nor animal—who watch them with clear malevolent intent. With their lights failing and the creatures closing in, the explorers must find a way to survive the depths and escape the demons that dwell below.