Web of Mystery #21

In "Ghoul's Gold," grave robber Belardi hunts a legendary book buried for centuries—one said to grant control over Satan himself. With a fellow thief’s help, he uncovers the grave, but the devil’s presence brings a twist neither man could foresee.

In the chilling pages of *Web of Mystery #21*, the true tale of a desperate man from Hungary unfolds—his face a mask of grotesque deformity, his plea for plastic surgery rooted in a secret buried in his X-rays. What the medical records reveal is far more terrifying than mere disfigurement: a latent, monstrous lineage that stirs to life the moment the scalpel touches skin.

In "Bondage in Stone," a cunning thief named Loutrec unleashes the vengeful spirits of four long-dead murderers, setting them loose to terrorize Paris. As the spectral quartet rises to power, Loutrec soon finds himself trapped in a fate far worse than he ever imagined—his own ambition turning him into a stone gargoyle, bound to the city he sought to control.

In a remote corner of China, a man’s obsession with the sacred statue of the living death leads him down a perilous path—drawn in by whispers of ancient power, he ignores the warning that the price of possession is his soul. Once he brings the statue home, his mind begins to fracture, and his body slowly hardens, trapped between life and stone.

In a secluded English castle bought on a whim, a young American couple and their London friends gather for a lavish costume party—unaware that the ghosts and vampires said to haunt the estate are very much real. When the night’s masquerade turns deadly, the line between revelry and horror blurs as the guests are mistaken for something far more sinister.

In "No Grave to Hold Him," a dying professor’s mind is transplanted into the body of an executed criminal, creating a monstrous new being. When his former gangster associates kidnap him to uncover the location of their hidden loot, a tense showdown unfolds on an airfield landing strip. The professor’s assistant must reclaim control from the creature before it’s too late—leaving the fate of the reanimated man unknown, as he retreats into secrecy, scribbling equations in the shadows.