Adventures into the Unknown #44 (1953)

In the heart of a brooding jungle, fugitive Jake Conners is rescued by a mysterious girl named Felina, who seems to command wild animals with an eerie power. As his strength returns, Jake becomes obsessed with the glowing ruby she guards, sensing it holds the key to her strange abilities—and the secret behind the red moonlight that bathes her in an unnatural glow.

In a remote, isolated house, a new secretary and her boyfriend arrive at the request of the reclusive Mr. Brail, who claims the house is haunted by a mysterious entity he calls "the Creeper." As night falls, the couple begins to sense an unnatural presence—first a silent, creeping darkness, then the eerie disappearance of a mouse, suggesting something far more sinister than mere fear. Though Brail insists the creature is harmless, the growing dread and the locked, sealed room hint at a terrifying truth he may be hiding.

In a chilling twist of identity, a man claiming to be Senator Phinley insists he’s been possessed by a supernatural entity known as the Phantom Fiend—a demonic force that has manipulated history by taking over powerful figures. When doctors doubt his claims, they devise a plan to expose the fiend by confronting him with a photo of the real senator, only to find the man’s body now a vessel for something far more sinister. As the fiend prepares to use a political speech to spread its influence, a doctor and a nurse must race to uncover the truth before the entity shifts into a new host.

In "The Devil and the War Bride," newlywed Phil Carter struggles to reconcile his skeptical nature with his wife Coreen’s deep belief in the supernatural—until her faith becomes the key to a chilling game of wits with the Devil himself. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, this 1953 horror-suspense tale unfolds with quiet dread as Coreen’s conviction is tested in ways neither she nor Phil could have imagined.