Adventures into the Unknown #2 (1948)

In "Kill, Puppets, Kill," the vengeful spirit of Turgot, the Puppet Master, returns to haunt a house he once inhabited, now rebuilt in the U.S. by Ralph and Gloria. Once a master of deadly automatons, Turgot's ghost reanimates his murderous dolls, forcing Ralph to confront the past with a flame gun. The story unfolds with eerie precision, blending gothic dread and wartime echoes in a tale where the past refuses to stay buried.

In "Out of the Unknown," the Living Ghost returns to claim Gail Leslie as his queen, forcing Tony Brand to seek help from the reclusive Dr. VanDyke. With the aid of Professor Mavelli, Tony summons the Dark Phantom from his Tibetan sanctuary, unaware that the enemy of his enemy may be even more dangerous.

In 1948, ghost-breaker Douglas Drew investigates the eerie fate of a young man who died in terror after entering the forbidden old tower on the Masters estate, a place sealed centuries earlier by a grieving husband. As Drew confronts a spectral guardian fueled by centuries-old jealousy, he uncovers a tragic secret buried within the tower’s walls—revealing that the truth behind the haunting is far more heartbreaking than supernatural.

In "The Master's Hand," world-renowned art expert Betty Saunders is drawn into a chilling mystery when a human-looking ghoul commissions her to recreate the nightmarish works of 15th century painter Kees Van Ruyter—whose own hands were severed in a gruesome suicide. As she paints in his eerie Belgian mansion, the ghost of Van Ruyter himself seems to guide her brush, driving her to capture a final, fateful image. The story unfolds with eerie precision, blending art, obsession, and the supernatural in a tale where the brushstroke may hold the power of life and death.

In "Phantom of the Seas," a family’s curious gift—a ship in a bottle for their son—unearths a chilling presence: the tormented spirit of Captain Wolfson, a man once betrayed and executed by his own crew. As the miniature vessel begins to stir with unnatural life, the family finds themselves drawn into a haunting they can’t explain.