Strange Tales (April 1960), #74

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Beware the Hands of Hundu!
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Gorgolla! The Living Gargoyle!!

Storyline: While researching the origin of gargoyles for a class project, a student travels to a hidden valley in Tibet where he enters a huge stone cavern and meets Gorgolla (a gigantic stone gargoyle). Gorgolla explains that he and his army came to Earth from another world and have waited for centuries to strike and conquer humanity. He sends the signal, but is shocked when the gargoyles (his minions) come to Tibet and destroy him. The gargoyles explain they have become enamored by humanity and want to protect us, not conquer us.

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The Whirlpool of Gairloch

Storyline: A jewel thief ignores local superstitions to cross a haunted strait but finds that his disastrous voyage was only a dream when he wakes up with police at the door.

Beware the Hands of Hundu

Storyline: A gypsy gives magic paints that make anything painted with them real to an arrogant painter. He uses them to get revenge on a lover who jilted him but eventually his ambitions lead to his death.

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I Was Trapped in the Nightmare World

Storyline: A man travels to a frightening world of dreams and is attacked by dream beings. He discovers that the dream people believe his world is the source of nightmares and that its inhabitants are imaginary.

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When the Totem Walks!

Storyline: Two convicts escape and terrorize a nearby Indian tribe. The chieftain defends his tribe by using his magic to bring a totem pole to life to chase the two all the way back to prison.

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