Web of Mystery #24 (1954)

In "I Died Laughing," a disgraced comedian named Jud Jarman, banned from television, devises a twisted revenge with the help of a chilling figure known only as Mr. Creep. Pretending to fake his suicide, he returns as a ghost to haunt those who cast him aside—only the joke turns deadly when the punch line lands too close to the truth.

In a remote fishing village on the Florida Keys, a man’s desperate search for his ancestor’s buried treasure takes a deadly turn when his guide kills him—only to fall victim to a mysterious force that may be the curse of the past.

In "Realm of Lost Faces," Soviet adviser Ivanovitch pays a terrible price after desecrating a magical Chinese mask—losing his face entirely. Now a faceless man, he flees into the afterworld, hunted by his former comrades and searching for what was taken from him. The story unfolds in eerie, dreamlike visions, where identity is as fragile as the masks that hide it.

In the shadow of a tyrannical rule across Castille, a chilling tale unfolds: a gypsy’s severed hands, severed by a cruel oppressor, rise from the earth to exact a silent, supernatural vengeance. Written in the grim echoes of 1954, this haunting one-page story from *Web of Mystery #24* delivers a pulse of dread with no mercy—only the cold weight of retribution.

In "She Shrieked with Horror," Talbot Stewart’s routine house call takes a chilling turn when he’s trapped in a house ruled by the sinister Mr. Eyre. As the walls close in, it’s the enigmatic Ghrislaine who offers a fleeting chance at freedom—only to reveal her own dangerous intentions.

In "My Sinister Double," hobby scientist Jan Luddig crosses a line when he unlocks the secret of life, crafting a ghost-clone of himself—free to slip through walls and live a life apart. As the doppelgänger begins committing crimes, Jan must confront the terrifying truth that his creation is no longer just a shadow of himself.