Strange Fantasy #2 [1]

In "The Ghoul and the Guest," a desperate tramp seeks shelter and food at a remote farmhouse, only to die moments later from exhaustion after being forced to chop wood. That night, he returns not as a man, but as a relentless, wood-chopping specter, bound to complete his final task. When he finally enters the house for his meal, the woman who once commanded him meets a fate as sudden as it is chilling.

In "Death Claws," investigator Emmet Blake finds himself tangled in a murder mystery during a quiet vacation, where a dead man and a raven with bloody feet point to a crime far from ordinary. As the case unfolds, Emmet’s growing distance from Sally adds a quiet tension to the mystery, leaving both the killer and the meaning of the raven’s clues still shrouded in shadow.

In "The Captain Who Wouldn't Die!" from Strange Fantasy #2 (1952), a drowned sailor's vengeful spirit takes control of a ship, forcing the living captain to face the deadly legacy of a rival lost at sea. When the ghost threatens to drive the vessel onto the rocks, supernatural investigator Zero steps in with his ghost-melting disintegrator to break the curse.

In "Primitive Peril!", two stranded men find themselves before a sun goddess in the heart of the jungle, sentenced to be sacrificed to the sun god. With the knowledge of an eclipse on the horizon, they boldly claim to be messengers of the sun itself—can their wits and timing save them from the altar?