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The Hand of Fate #15 (1952)
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In "Dead Ringer," a lone survivor of a fatal plane crash—Hubert Newton—steps into the life of the dead French heir Victor de Murrain, taking up residence in his family's eerie castle. But as Hubert assumes the identity of another, the unseen hand of Fate begins to unravel the truth, summoning the ghosts of the Murrain family to challenge the man who stole their name.
In "Ring Of Evil," Nada Chenier’s desperate wish for beauty unleashes a cursed genie bound to an ancient mummy’s ring—each dream she conjures twists into horrors crawling with spiders and scarabs. As the Seine swallows her, the weight of her choice hangs in the air, a silent promise of what fate truly demands.
In the scorching heart of the Sahara, two French archaeologists venture into the endless dunes, desperate for water. When one falls to the desert’s merciless grip, his ghost emerges—not to haunt, but to guide his surviving companion toward a hidden oasis.
In "The Doom of the Lucky Devil," gangster Lucky Daniels is given a chance to turn his life around—only to reject it, lured instead by the siren song of greed. Drawn to a ghost town rich with gold, he stumbles upon the restless spirits of long-dead miners, trapped in a fate as inescapable as the pit beneath his feet.