Tower of Shadows 1969 #3 - No Condition Defined - $5.00

A down-on-his-luck bum finds a mysterious book that is somehow chronicling his life. When he looks at future pages, he sees he becomes rich by betting on horse races. He does so and becomes wealthy. While visiting a construction site, he notices the future pages are blank. Suddenly a falling beam kills him. One of the construction workers notices the book and now finds it's chronicling his life.

A student reporter looking for a scoop sees a strange old wax museum materialize across the street. When he investigates, he realizes that the house is full of aliens wearing wax figure disguises. He flees and calls the cops. The police arrive only to see the museum morph into a spaceship and fly off. The aliens turned out to be student reporters and, dismayed they couldn't get a story, leave Earth.

Thieves try to rob an ancient old man who lives alone in a huge house. But the old man possesses supernatural powers and steals souls from his victims that he keeps in bottles, including the souls of the men who dared to try to rob him.

On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.

• It Happens at Midnight in the Wax Museum! - Frank Giacoia inks credit per Marie Severin's hand-written note in margin of original art. Sam de la Rosa thinks Severin made a mistake and that John Romita was the actual inker.
• The Moving Finger Writhes...! - Story is hosted by Headstone P. Gravely.
• Midnight in the Wax Museum! - A caricature of Gary Friedrich hosts the story and can be seen on page 3; panels 6 and 8 (partial) drawn by Marie Severin. Cover story.
• The Terrible Old Man! - Story is hosted by the Digger. Based on the short story by H. P. Lovecraft that was first published in "Tryout" in July 1921. Info on inkers per Nick Caputo, August 2014. "By special arrangement with Arkham House (publishers), Sauk City Wisconsin!" is credited at bottom of first page.
• Tomes from the Tower! - LOC from readers Ron Jamieson, Jim Allan and Kevin Morse.