Strange Mysteries #6

In "Head of Horror," a shrunken head hires an ex-G.I. to deliver it to its living brother, setting off a chain of dread that leaves the brother terrified—literally to death. The head’s reunion with its body is short-lived, as the ex-G.I. traps it beneath the earth, sealing its fate.

In "Marauding Monsters!", a desperate scientist is coerced by thugs into resurrecting a criminal—only to have the corpse reanimate as a monstrous ape. When the scientist retaliates by turning the thugs into apes too, the group descends into brutal chaos, each vying for dominance in a savage, primal struggle.

In "Dead Man's Curse," a gold prospector's betrayal sets a haunting curse in motion, leaving his wife drawn to the ghost of the man she once loved. As the line between the living and the dead blurs, their fates become entwined in a chilling, unresolved bond.

In "Doomed to Live!" from Strange Mysteries #6 (1952), a disfigured ex-convict haunted by his past finds an unlikely companion in a dog that repeatedly saves him from suicide—only to meet a tragic end. As guilt and sorrow take hold, he struggles to honor the creature’s loyalty, but his own fate remains sealed before he can lay it to rest.