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The Hand of Fate#17
Cover: Dick Beck

The Hand of Fate #17

Apr 1953 · Ace Magazines [1940s-1950s] · 0.10 USD
“The Sorcerer's Spectacles”

In "The Sorcerer's Spectacles," gravedigger Lonny Quinn uncovers a chilling secret on a remote Mexican penal colony: orchids blooming on convict graves are tied to the souls of the dead, rebirthing them into new forms. When Quinn takes his own life, he’s thrust into a terrifying transformation—awakening as a zombie with no escape from his cursed existence. Penciled by Ken Rice and inked by Kenneth Rice, this eerie tale unfolds under the haunting cover by Dick Beck.

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artist Ken Rice · inker Kenneth Rice · cover Dick Beck

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artist Ken Rice
cover pencils, inks Dick Beck

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Lonny Quinn works as gravedigger in a penal colony off the coast of Mexico. He finds out that orchids blooming on the graves of the convicts inhabit their souls and eventually bloom into full grown new bodies. Quinn kills himself and is being shipped to freedom. As he grows a new body, Quinn learns that he will remain a zombie.

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