The Hand of Fate #23 (1954)

In "He Who Robs The Dead," grave robber Albert Torrence unearths a hidden fortune beneath a cemetery, only to find his newfound wealth bringing him closer to a grim fate. As he spends the stolen jewels, he begins to suspect the dead are not as silent as they seem—especially when the trail of his ill-gotten gains leads him straight to the electric chair.

In "A Hand Of Fate Mystery #31," the haunting legacy of the Black Rose unfolds across centuries, its curse still claiming lives in the shadow of old English feuds. As the past bleeds into the present, the weight of history presses on those who bear the name, leaving only questions in the wake of the rose’s deadly bloom.

In "Shattering The Time Barrier," state executioner Philip Spayne stumbles into a forbidden connection between the living and the dead, unleashing a spectral crew of executed criminals to purge the world of its worst tyrants. As his crusade grows more extreme, a gentle ghost intervenes—pushing Spayne into the very electric current that fueled his power.

In the files of the Paris police, a cold case from over thirty years past resurfaces: a man in a devil’s costume commits a brutal act at a Hallowe’en party before dying in grotesque fashion—his disguise fused to his skin. The mystery lingers, a chilling footnote in a city’s forgotten crimes.

In "Hell Beyond The Crystal Ball," scientist Max Bronislaw, driven by an insatiable hunger to glimpse the future, makes a fateful pact with a mysterious entity named Natas. Each vision of centuries to come brings only despair, until the weight of what he sees becomes unbearable. The story unfolds with a chilling sense of inevitability, as Bronislaw’s quest for knowledge leads him into a trap he can no longer escape.