The Hand of Fate #14 (1952)

Jo, a struggling singer in 1952 Paris, clings to her dream despite repeated rejections—until Count Rompre offers a way in. When her boyfriend Bob warns her the count is a demon feeding on the souls of the undead, Jo must decide whether to trust her heart or the chilling truth.

In "No Escape From Nightmare," psychology professor Ramon Blagdon pushes the limits of the mind and the unknown, only to find that some doors, once opened, cannot be closed. When his experiments with the astral plane lead him to commit crimes beyond the physical world, Fate intervenes—dragging him into a nightmare he can never wake from.

In the shadowed streets of 1952 Vienna, a sinister doll maker traps souls within lifelike mannequins, and young American Wade Farman finds himself ensnared in his twisted workshop. With eerie precision and a mind bent on horror, the craftsman turns his victims into silent, soul-bound dolls—until Wade, desperate and defiant, begins to fight back.