Tales of Horror #4

In "The Curse of King Kala," a mad scientist-explorer’s reckless ambition leads him to experiment with a mysterious shrink serum from the fabled King Kala. When he uses it on his niece and her husband, their desperate struggle for survival takes a sharp turn as they outwit him—turning his own invention against him.

In "Death from the Sea," the restless spirit of Captain Balmoran rises from the depths to haunt the descendants of the family responsible for his shipwreck and the deaths of his crew. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, this chilling tale from Tales of Horror #4 (1953) weaves dread through the weight of inherited guilt and the sea’s endless vengeance.

In "The Man Who Imagined a Monster!", a radio host’s wild broadcast spins a terrifying tale of a lurking beast—only to find his own imagination has given it life. As fear spreads and the town braces for a monster that wasn’t there, the line between fiction and reality begins to unravel.

In "Who Shall Inherit the Earth?", a desperate scientist's experiment turns rats into hyper-intelligent beings, sparking a terrifying takeover of his European hometown. With the city reduced to ash by a nuclear strike, the survivors flee to sea—unaware that a few of the clever rodents have stowed away.