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PRE CODE CLASSICS HAND OF FATE HC (2025)

"Ace were turning out class acts of four-colour nastiness for several years and the fourth volume of Hand of Fate goes one step further with a bonus 1950 title in the shape of issue 1 of Challenge of the Unknown. And funksters, that's quite a shape! Artists include Lou Cameron, Sy Grudko, Richard Case, Jim McLaughlin, Ken Rice, Louis Zansky,Lin Streeter, Larry Woromay and Warren Kremer. Collects Hand of Fate #23-25 (June 1954 to December 1954) and Challenge of the Unknown #1 (1952)."

"Maybe a little wild and certainly a whole heap wacky, here comes PS's third volume of Pulp style stories from this Ace title choc-full of stolen pagan religious relics and mysterious cults in odd corners of the world plus, of course, the inevitable shuffling cadavers, vampires, ghouls and all manner of similar undead, half-dead or just down with a bad headache monster-types. Five gorey, grungey issues with enough four-color wizardry delivered from the likes of Chic Stone, Sy Grudko, Bill Molno, Ken Rice, Lou Cameron, Jim McLaughlin, Louis Zansky, and Ace Baker. Collects The Hand of Fate #18-22 (June 1953 to March 1954)."

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All Issues

Pre Code Classics Hand Of Fate Hardcover Volume 04

Issue #4

$44.99

Pre Code Classics Hand Of Fate Hardcover Volume 04

Release: June 26, 2019
Pre Code Classics Hand Of Fate Hardcover Volume 03

Issue #3

$44.99

Pre Code Classics Hand Of Fate Hardcover Volume 03

Release: May 01, 2019
Pre Code Classics Hand Of Fate Hardcover Volume 02

Issue #2

$44.99

Pre Code Classics Hand Of Fate Hardcover Volume 02

Release: February 27, 2019
Pre Code Classics Hand Of Fate Hardcover Volume 01

Issue #1

$44.99

Pre Code Classics Hand Of Fate Hardcover Volume 01

Release: December 12, 2018

Reading Order

  1. Pre Code Classics Hand Of Fate Hardcover Volume 01

    "The creatives line-up from this veritable sleeper from the Ace magazine stable includes Ken Rice, Lou Cameron, Jim McLaughlin, Maurice Gutwirth, George Appel, Mike Sekowsky, Louis Zansky, Bill Molno, and Chic Stone. A five-comic quintet that'll fool you every which way you turn! Collects The Hand of Fate #8-12 (December 1951 to August 1952)."

  2. Pre Code Classics Hand Of Fate Hardcover Volume 02

    "More pulp style pre-Code yarns from 1952/3 freshly available again having been re-released from Ace's The Hand of Fate by those sick puppies at PS. Lurid artwork and stories featuring stolen pagan religious relics, mysterious cults and all manner of threat and comeuppance taking place in all the odd corners of the world you could imagine! Artists include Lin Streeter, Ken Rice, Louis Zansky Jim McLaughlin, Ace Baker, Bill Molno, Frank Giusto, and Dick Beck. Collects issues #13-17 (October 1952 to April 1953)."

  3. Pre Code Classics Hand Of Fate Hardcover Volume 03

    "Maybe a little wild and certainly a whole heap wacky, here comes PS's third volume of Pulp style stories from this Ace title choc-full of stolen pagan religious relics and mysterious cults in odd corners of the world plus, of course, the inevitable shuffling cadavers, vampires, ghouls and all manner of similar undead, half-dead or just down with a bad headache monster-types. Five gorey, grungey issues with enough four-color wizardry delivered from the likes of Chic Stone, Sy Grudko, Bill Molno, Ken Rice, Lou Cameron, Jim McLaughlin, Louis Zansky, and Ace Baker. Collects The Hand of Fate #18-22 (June 1953 to March 1954)."

  4. Pre Code Classics Hand Of Fate Hardcover Volume 04

    "Ace were turning out class acts of four-colour nastiness for several years and the fourth volume of Hand of Fate goes one step further with a bonus 1950 title in the shape of issue 1 of Challenge of the Unknown. And funksters, that's quite a shape! Artists include Lou Cameron, Sy Grudko, Richard Case, Jim McLaughlin, Ken Rice, Louis Zansky,Lin Streeter, Larry Woromay and Warren Kremer. Collects Hand of Fate #23-25 (June 1954 to December 1954) and Challenge of the Unknown #1 (1952)."