Mystery Tales #18

Gyp and Davie, two desperate thieves fleeing London’s police, take shelter in a mysterious house marked by a seven-pointed star, only to be confronted by its enigmatic owner, Khar, who claims to see their crimes in the star’s glow. As fear grips them, Khar warns that their fates are sealed under the star, and though they flee into the city’s sewers, the curse follows them in ways they cannot comprehend.

In the depths of an abandoned iron mine, a trio of explorers stumbles upon a series of eerie, icy hands reaching through stone walls—only to find a severed arm that defies explanation. As they seek answers, a lone naval officer returns to investigate, uncovering a hidden tunnel and a secret Soviet operation tied to the mine’s long-buried past.

In the mist-shrouded Andes of 16th-century Peru, young Cristobal flees with his father from Spanish conquistadors who have slaughtered his people. After joining the last surviving Incan chief, Cristobal undergoes a perilous trial in a cursed cavern to prove himself worthy of a mystical spear, unaware that betrayal lurks among the shadows.

In a 1964 tale of Cold War intrigue and mythic terror, Dan Clayton, an OSS operative, investigates a series of mysterious deaths linked to a cursed Medusa head used as a weapon of psychological terror. As the body count rises in New York, Clayton follows a trail of deception that connects a Yugoslav emissary’s disappearance, a hidden assassin, and a plot to destabilize American intelligence—each victim struck down by the sheer horror of the mythic face.