Hand of Fate (1951 Ace) comic books 1953

Auction Item: FR/GD 1.5 View scans 9 bids Current bid: $44.00 Time left: 20h 53m 1 1/2" spine split from bottom. Water damage. Cover oxidation.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $235.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Label #1266146018

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $190.00 View scans Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

Specters Stalk the Bloody Tower; England, 1940, height of the "blitz"; A German collaborator is brought to justice and hanged by the ghosts of the London Tower. The Clock of Doom Strikes Loud!; A "selfish man" dies and meets Fate, leading him to the afterlife; The man tries to cheat his demise by entering three doors back into life, labeled "Money," "Power" and "Love". The Black Curse of Rhan Giva, art by Louis Zansky; After the death of Mr. Wingate, his indian servant tries to get control over his lovely daughter; He traps her in a magic doll house. Havoc on the Midway; A circus stage hand makes pact with the devil; He gets the magician's act, the strongman's girl and inherits the whole operation. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Dick Beck. The Sorcerer's Spectacles starring Fate, art by Bill Molno; Vernon Hutchins, a bad man and gambler, comes upon a magic pair of glasses; If he looks through the sorcerer's spectacles, devils appear and kill everyone he is looking at. Beware the Snake Queen!, pencils by Charles Nicholas; In the Haitian jungle two explorers confront the snake queen; The Meduse-like creature's stare can turn men into snakes. Orchids from the Dead, pencils by Ken Rice; Lonny Quinn works as gravedigger in a penal colony off the coast of Mexico; He finds out that orchids blooming on the graves of the convicts inhabit their souls and eventually bloom into full grown new bodies. Mirror Macabre, art by Louis Zansky; After Victor Tein kills his rival in a mirror foundry, he is haunted by Fate and his victim's ghost appearing in mirrors. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

The Phantoms' Vengeful Return, pencils by Chic Stone; Circus director Cal Massey sabotages the acts of his artists; They die and the circus draws more spectators. Potion from the Unholy Cauldron, art by Sy Grudko; Shakespeare scholar Henry Bostwick gets the idea to actually brew together the ingredients of the witches' cauldron from "Macbeth"--summoning a genie who does his bidding. Web of the Spider Woman, pencils by Bill Molno; In Hampshire in England a "spider woman" walks abroad; Half woman, half beast the spider attacks people randomly and drains them of their blood. The Spectral Executioners, art by Ken Rice; In 1848, Ivan Deltchev from the Russian military police is squatting insurrections in Poland; Torturing people to death is his daily bread. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

The 5 Lives of Otto Marlin starring Fate, art by Lou Cameron; Mad scientist Otto Marlin poisons Vivian Lake to learn about her previous lives; When cornered by the police, he poisons himself and is reincarnated in the middle ages. Marlin meets Lake again. Stampede of the Centaurs, art by Jim McLaughlin; Archeologist Harlow Griffith releases a horde of living centaurs from a cave at Mt. Pindus in Greece; He joins their ranks and commits acts of murder and plundering. Satan's Sinister Bargain, art by Louis Zansky; Tony Pascal, petty thief and murderer, comes into possession of the "Devil's Mirror"; By looking into it, one is drawn into the realm of Satan. High Priestess of the Snake People; In the Swiss Alps, a young American stumbles across a cult of snake-worshippers; He is bewitched by the beautiful snake queen Gilda. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Death Was the Bridegroom starring Fate, art by Ken Rice; Beautiful Voris Denham marries rich men and poisons them; So Fate decrees her end and Death claims her body. The Phantom Gladiator, art by Lou Cameron; During their tour of Europe, Nat Murrano and his wife Grace are trapped in the ruins of Pompeii in Italy. Long Shall the Undead Wail, art by Louis Zansky; A ghoulish history lesson: after their assassination of kind Edward II; in 1327, his wife Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer are doomed to roam the earth as a ghoul and a female werewolf. Dynasty of Disaster, art by Chic Stone; The story of an Algerian family who ruled the land; The curse of a dying slave haunts each new successor to the throne; They can't shake off the curse and die horribly, one by one. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Strange Gift from the Unknown starring Fate, art by Jim McLaughlin; In Paris, art painter Philip Rhodes is a failure; Though warned by Fate, he indulges in a satanic deal with the forces of the supernatural. Revenge of the Haunted starring Fate, art by Lou Cameron; Biff Stone is a monster-hunter; He supplies circuses around the world with werewolves, vampires and such. Phantoms of the Forgotten starring Fate, art by Louis Zansky; The crook George Crandall resurrects himself a posse of undead wild west bad men; They commit robberies until a wild west sheriff is brought back to life as well. Invitation to Your Wake; A congregation of; werewolves, zombies, vampires and other monsters meets in a castle; They invite all mystery writers there and kill them--so they won't reveal any more secrets of the supernatural. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.