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Appearing in "The Thing That Grew!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Adventures into Terror #7

Featured Characters:

  • Joshua Borglum

Antagonists:

  • Borglum's Monster

Other Characters:

  • Blakely

Races and Species:

Locations:

  • Joshua Borglum's Laboratory

Synopsis for "The Thing That Grew!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Adventures into Terror #7

Professor Borglum creates a new life when his blood is accidentally mixed with an experiment. When it continues to grow and kill people for their blood he tries to find a way to kill it..

Appearing in "The Withered Hand"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Adventures into Terror #19

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • John Clay's Wife

Antagonists:

  • Monks of Tibet
    • Unnamed High Lama (First appearance; dies)
    • Unnamed Monk

Other Characters:

  • Unnamed Curator

Races and Species:

Locations:

Items:

  • Soul of a Sinner (First appearance) (Ruby)

Synopsis for "The Withered Hand"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Adventures into Terror #19

A Tibetan monk warns a man that a ruby is lighted from within by the soul of a sinner, but he cuts off the monk's hand clutching the ruby anyway and heads for the States. The monk puts a curse on him that when the had withers, the monk will come for him. From the States, he sells the ruby back to the monks for a million dollars and keeps the hand preserved, just to be safe. His wife tires of his affairs and throws the box containing the hand into the fire. The man finds himself trapped within the ruby back with the monks for all eternity.

Appearing in "The Man in the Box!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #33

Featured Characters:

  • "Man in the Box"

Antagonists:

  • Unnamed Burglar

Races and Species:

Locations:

Synopsis for "The Man in the Box!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #33

A tiny man in a green box leaves the box every evening at midnight to do a good deed until a thief steals the box from the curio shop and exchanges places with him. The thief wished to become small in order to rob, but now the man tells him that in order to be normal-sized again he must do a good deed every night until someone agrees to exchange places with him.

Appearing in ""Poor Mr. Watkins""

Reprint of the 4th story from
Menace #1

Featured Characters:

  • Harry Higgins

Supporting Characters:

  • Cathy

Other Characters:

  • Mister Watkins
  • Mister Grey

Races and Species:

Synopsis for ""Poor Mr. Watkins""

Reprint of the 4th story from
Menace #1

A practical joker torments a timid librarian until he transforms into a monster.

Solicit Synopsis

You've wandered into the Chamber of Chills — and come shuddering out of the Crypt of Shadows! Now, it's time to enter — The Vault of Evil! Some of the scariest spook-taculars of all!

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