Monster #1

Monster #1 (1953) This issue is an anthology featuring two horror stories. "He Gambled with Satan and Lost" depicts a green monster controlled by the hypnotic power of a man named Hinsdale, who uses the creature to steal money and abduct a woman named Sylvia; the monster's mind proves capable of rebellion, and the house burns down in the ensuing chaos. "Traitor's House" tells of an ancient, decaying mansion that has stood for two centuries, now inhabited only by a bitter old man who laments his isolation; the story involves a mysterious stone and a magnetic disturbance discovered on the waterfront connected to the house's dark history.