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Issue: The Hand of Fate #19 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1953
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Issues: #19 of 19 Issues
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Publisher: FlagAce Magazines
Brand: AceView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: A. A. Wyn Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 12 (7 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: horror
First Line: Go back to your pirate grave, you undead horrors!
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The Complete Baseball Joke Book

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Feature(s): Stravon Publishers
First Line: Don't be a walking baseball machine
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How to hypnotize

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First Line: It's easy to hypnotize... when you know how!
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The 5 Lives of Otto Marlin

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Genres: horror
Feature(s): Fate
First Line: Here yáre, Doc! One kidnaped dame-- just like you ordered!
Synopsis: 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. They chase each other back through time.
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A Hand of Fate Mystery #23

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Genres: horror, informational, non-fiction, occult
Feature(s): A Hand of Fate Mystery
First Line: Before you enter this section, I must warn you of the legend of the swamp!
Synopsis: "From the sinister interior of the Florida everglades, comes a haunting and almost unbelievable story..." Two hunters trespass into Indian burial grounds, are cursed and killed by the ghost of an avenging Indian warrior.
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Stampede of the Centaurs

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Fate (host)
First Line: The ancient inscription in this cave warns against trying to find out what's hidden behind the wall!
Synopsis: 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. Griffith and his centaurs are imprisoned in the cave again, this time guarded by their worst nemesis, Hydra.
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A Hand of Fate Mystery #24

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Genres: horror, informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): A Hand of Fate Mystery
Character(s): Bently
First Line: There it is, Bently--"The Cave of the Vampire Bat"
Synopsis: "The tale of 'the cave of the vampire bat' has been a topic of rapt discussion for years among the people of Mexico..." When three men enter the forbidden cave, one of them remains there - changed into a gigantic bat.
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Satan's Sinister Bargain

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Genres: horror, occult
First Line: S-stop! Don't kill me, M'sieu!
Synopsis: 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. Pascal makes a deal and may return as long as he feeds the devil other souls.
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Spectre in the Arena

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Willy Martin
First Line: Willy Martin was running, running.
Synopsis: Boxing promoter Willy Martin arranges a foul fight. His late partner, Mike Kelly, returns from the grave and punches him to death.
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High Priestess of the Snake People

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Penciller(s): Frank Giusto
Inker(s): Frank Giusto
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Genres: horror
First Line: You've been very kind to show me your pipes, madam, but tobacco is all I'll be needing!
Synopsis: In the Swiss Alps, a young american stumbles across a cult of snake-worshippers. He is bewitched by the beautiful snake queen Gilda. An old villager comes to his help and blows the whole bunch to kingdom come with a pack of dynamite.
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Introducing Comfo-Gard

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Feature(s): Malen Manufacturing Company
First Line: The amazing new menstrual shield that gives sure, safe protection differently
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The Hour Glass Waist Nipper

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Feature(s): Fashion Extras
First Line: 3 for $2.00
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