Fight against Crime #6
"Horror of the Clutching Hand" delivers a chilling 1952 tale from the pages of Fight against Crime #6, where writer Ellen Lynn crafts a tense, first-person narrative through the eyes of Betty Lewis. When her husband, sea-diver Jack Lewis, is hired to recover sunken jewels, the job turns deadly—leading to a drowning and a vow of vengeance from the depths. Cover by Bill Fraccio captures the story’s eerie suspense with stark, shadowed imagery.
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Two convicts, Jackson and Martin, escape from Newton Penitentiary in Bangor, Maine. They kidnap the wife of a wealthy industrialist for ransom but the convicts turn on each other while waiting for the payment.
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