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the long corridor to the little green door, THE CONVICTED MAN... FLANKED BY THE WARDEN AND A GUARD... SLOWLY MAOE HIS WAY-DOWN THE "LAST
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stirred.. .theh sat
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HAPPENED?
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HE LOOKS..
HORRIBLE
UPf THE SHEET FELL AWAY AMD... HAS BEEN SUB-
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VERY HIGH
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DON'T GIVE HIM ANYTHING UNTIL I'VE HAD TIME TO
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Yes, judge 'cooper lived? at ^ LEAST HE MOVED... AND TALKED' HE WAS A LIVING CORPSE? AND HIS, BODY CONTINUED TO DECAY, AS ALL DEAD BODIES DO? SOON, HE HA! DECAYED TO SUCH A POINT THAT EVEN THE 'LIFE' THAT THE POOR D PROFESSOR HAD GIVEN HIM SLIPPED AWAY? TOO BAD, THOUGH? HE WAS GETTING TO LOOK PEAL
IS THE TALE OF TWO PEOPLE WHO VISITED AN AMUSEMENT PARK. ..AND WERE AWT AMUSED? I CALL
THIS
LOOK, GEORGE'
AMUSEMENT PANE/ LET’S -«
an
STOP FOR A WHILE?
IT.
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LOOKS LIKE THE WHOLE PLACE IS BOARDED UP, RUTH? THE SEASON'S.
OVEN, YOU KNOW?
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'
SOUNDS LIKE
WATER
-
WHAT^S THAT,
' I GUESS WE MIGHT AS ‘ WELL LEAVE
GEE
I’M
GLAD AT
RIDE
IS
TRY
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RUTH
SPLASHING'
DON’T KNOW, GEORGE' ALWAYS SO DARK^f THOSE THINGS... T
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YOU?
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MOLD MILL RIDE.. WITH A
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OH LOOK. GEORGE f
HowQUAurrri
WATERWHEEL ' 1
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you’re FRESH. \oid you forget GEORGE ARNOLD //WHO YOU JUST
OOOOHf it's
HARRIED
TODAY,
DARK/
PLEASE. GEORGE / THE MAN WILL
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HEAR YOU...
OH, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE WAX DISPLAYS THEY HAVE IN THESE .
RIDES {
THOSE WAX
WHEN
FIGURES, THEY'RE DONE BY AN EXPERT, ALWAYS DO LOOK REAL? NOW,
WHERE
WERE WE?
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YOU WERE ABOUT TO GIVE ME A . .
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SAY.Y THIS ISN'T FUNNY ANY MORE/ THESE DISPLAYS ARE. RE YOL TINS '
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WE'LL BE OUT SOON, RUTH! X MUST SAY, THE OWNER OF PLACE HAS A MACABRE
LOOK, GEORGE' ONE.
ANOTHER
THIS
I'M
GLOSING MY
IwE .WE HIT SOMETHING?
UGH/ THEY CERTAINLY DO LOON REAL.. .THAT DECAPITATED CORPSE ...AND THE
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SENSE OE HUMOR
I
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DRIED BLOOD
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YOU? THEY'RE
ALL PRETTY DISGUSTING? IT'S. ..SOMETHING SOFT.. IN THE WATER' X... I'LL LIGHT MY CIGARETTE LIGHTER...
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GOOD LOfiDf
IT...
IT'S A
BODY
I... CAN'T MOVE THE BOAT? IT'S... JAMMED ON THIS... CORPSE? WE'LL HAVE TO WADE THE REST OF THE WAY...
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Fear and terror clutched at their hearts as GEORGE AND RUTH RUSHED FROM THE HORRIBLE
4
f' YOU
DIDN'T LAUGH AT MY EXHIBITS, DID YOU?
GEORGE! IT'S... -
HIM.'
NO WORE WILL THEY LAUGH 'NOW. MY EXHIBITS LOOK REAL? BECAUSE I USE REAL PEOPLE AND THIS IS
HI LAST
DISPLAY... A
MEDIEVAL
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TORTURE CHAMBER THANKS TO YOU TWO...UKE THE OTHERS WHO WANDERED INTO THE DESERTED AMUSEMENT PARK AND FOUND THIS RIDE...
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ALL SUMMER THEY LAUGHED AT MY EXHIBITS, THE FOOLS? THEY SAID MY WAX OUMMYS DIDN'T LOOK REAL'
NOW \
CAN
SHOW THEM? HEH-HEH...
WILL BE ABLE TO FINISH IT.' THERE'S NO USE RUNNING... YOU
...I
CAN’T GET OUT' THE EXIT CLOSED... AND LOCKED .'
IS
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I'M A
KEEP AWAY, YOU CRAZY
THERE'S NO USE CALLING* NO ONE WILL HEAR YOU' THE PARK IS DESERTED..
IDIOTf |
SEN!US...
CREATE REALISTIC..
DON'T LOOK,
RUTH? DON'T LOOK.'
WHAT A HORRIBLE END CAUGHT IN THE WATER-WHEEL.' I
RIDE FINALLY
DESTROYED HIM ? COME, ROTH' LET'S
^
BUST THAT PADLOCK AND GET AWAY FROM HERE f REMEMBER 1 WE'VE GOT A
HONEYHOOR TO
FINISH.'
It
was the most unusual fraternity initiation ever seen on the CAMPUS.
.
.
OR ON ANY OTHER
CAMPUS, FOR THAT MATTER? THE THREE PLEDGEES WERE TAKEN OUT TO THE OLD PALMER HOME ON THAT INFAMOUS NIGHT FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, AND INSTEAD OF THE PLACE BEING AMUSINGLY HAUNTED, IT TURNED INTO
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It was on a night in 1934 that this strange tale HAD ITS BEGINNING ? TODAY, FIFTEEN YEARS LATER,
THERE
IS
STILL NO EXPLANATION FOR WHAT HAP-
PENED AT THE
PALMER PLACE?
V GET A LOAD OF LES WILTON [BACK THERE.. .SCARING THE WITS LOUT OF THOSE POOR FRESHMEN?
^ the claimsWASthat
HE'S GONE ABOUT PREPARING THIS HOUSE FOR THE INITIATION AS IF IT WERE THE CLOSING SECONDS OF THE BIG
EVEN
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IF IT
JUST AN OLD DUMP BEFORE...
.
.
IT IS
HAUNTED NOW?
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..AND
AS THE LAST STEP
IN
PASS THE TEST OF COURAGE ? A LONELY JOURNEY INTO THE WHICH
PALMER PLACE. ^ OLD H LEGEND TELLS US
• IF THE RIDE ANYONE WANTS TO DROP OUT NOW... LET HIM SPEAK UP fc-OR SHUT HIS MOUTH FOREVER? EVERYONE
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IS
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EACH ONE OF YOU WILL FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS I GAVE ON OUT HERE
YOUR
HAZING, nxtino, BOYS... du i a... YOU'LL tuu ll n«vt HAVE TO IU
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,
HERE'S YOUR LIGHT, HENDERSON.. YOU MIGHT AS WELL START THE BALL ROLLING? AND REST ASSURED OF ONE THING, BOYS... THIS IS NO SCHOOLBOY PRANK. AS YOU'LL SOON LEARN? a4 HEH
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WAVE THAT LANTERN AT US FROM THE FIRST AND SECOND J LANDINGS, HENDERSON... AND -C JUST COOL YOUR HEELS IN THE > ATTIC TILL 1 COME UP FOR YOU IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY 8ATHEDi IN COLD SWEAT, THAT IS ?
YOU'RE DRIVING THESE FRESHMEN PRETTY HARD, LES. YOU a MUST HAVE GIVEN THIS PLACE OUITE A BUILD.
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UP BECAUSE THEY LdOKED SCARED TO DEATH FROM THE
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WENT
WAVING THAT/ THROUGH THAT LANTERN PLACE LAST \ WEEK... RIGGED FLOOR WINDOW ? A FEW CON-
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KID
MUST
HAVE RAN ALL THE WAY UP TO THE
SECOND FLOOR f AS IF THERE WAS A A GHOST BEHIND 'IM
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JUST A BOYISH PRANK, THAT'S ALL!
HAVE GOTTEN HENDERSON THEN... 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN SEVERAL MINUTES SAW HIM \ SINCE WE ) AT THE SECOND FLOOR... AND IT
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THINKS HE'LL TURN THE TABLES AND SCARE US A BIT t PROBABLY SITTING UP THERE 1 IN THE ATTIC, WAITING TO JUMP OUT AND YELL BOO At ME WHEN COME UP TD^^B I
RELIEVE HIM
DOESN'T TAKE THAT LONG TO GET UP TO THE ATTIC'
l
SO WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE CHANGE OF PLANS... TO MEET THE EMERGEN CYf INSTEAD OF LES WILTON GO-
UP THERE SECOND PLEDGEE'
ING l
.
.WE'LL PICK
THE lgg
HEY...
I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DID IT BUT WILTON'S GOT THESE FRESHMEN SHAKING IN THEIR BOOTS f NO GUY WOULD NORMALLY TREM OF A HAUNTED BLE AT THE THOUGHT IM.II rcc LIC Tun ICUT HE THOUGHT '‘house’. UNLESS THERE WAS DIRTY WORK AFOOT/ .
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HEH HEH? LOOK AT
HIS FACE
,
WIU
YOU' IMAGINE THAT.. A GROWN MAN, SHAKING LIKE A TEEN-AGE .
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M-ME? Y-YEAH..
BE RIGHT THERE
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WHAT IN THE WORLD DID YOU DO itililii ?_ r THESE neat TO iu THAT nuuuc, HOUSE WILTON BOYS HAVE A LOOK OF ABSOLUTE 4 DREAD ON THEIR FA AW. IT'S NOTHING ' JUST A COUPLA LOOSE STEPS A FEW COBWEBS i
,
CES^J^
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SOME SQUEAKY
DOORS...
l-IT'S
HAPPENED AGAIN
WATERS NEVER REACHED THAT ATTIC WINDOW' DON'T LIKE THE LOOKS
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OF
THIS...
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AW.
.
.
THEY PROBABLY TURNED FROM THE SECOND ..AN WE'LL FIND 'EM HIDING
RIGHT AROUND
FLOOR
NEAR THE FRONT DOOR ' IF THESE TO GO GUYS HAVEN'T THE GUTS T UP THERE THEN THEY RE NOT < FIT TO BE GAMMA DELTAS f J ...
v
« YOU.. ARLING... C MON OVER HERE' YOU'RE NEXT, MAN. GO UP TO THAT ATTIC AND TELL THOSE PALS OF YOURS TO STOP THEIR MONKEYSHINES 'THIS IS A FRATERNITY .
.
INITATION
.
.
.
NOT A SCHOOLBOY
^
T-I DON'tVoU'LLGQ ALL RIGHTTHINK I... k)R THEY'LL FIND YOU X C... CARE/IN A DITCH? I DIDN'T TO GO ? yRIG UP THIS PLACE
atS HEj
^B ^B
^B
JUST TO HAVE A COUPLA PUNKS SPOIL OUR FUN? IF THE THREE OF YOU ARE PLANNING TO GIVE ME A SCARE YOULL
Mb REGRET
HEH.HEH? LOOK AT 'IM SHAKING? BET THE OTHER TWO'LL HAVE A BIG SURPRISE FOR ARLING. THINKING IT'S THEIR BELOVED J LES WILTON MAYBE THE * ..
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FIVE MINUTES, WILTON... AND NO SIGN OF -<
ARLING? ALL
THREE OF GONE.'
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T. THAT? AND I DON'T LIKE THE LOOKS OF THIS... IT’S N... NOT LIKE WATERS AND HENDERSON TO FOOL AROUND ? B...BUT> T'LL GO ? tmuu SPOKEN LIKE A REAL GAMMA —
LIKE
.
THERE. ARLING'S AT THE FIRST FLOOR SAFE AND SOUND? FROM THE LOOK ON HIS FACE HE MUST HAVE STUMBLED, OVER THAT SKELETON X BORROWED FROM THE LAB, TOO ?
WRONG UP THERE
.
W WE DIDNYPLAN ANY JOKES
^ IM
HE S AT THEjON HIS WAY TO THE SECOND ATTIC ? HOLD YOUR BREATH, FLOOR.
.
..
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BOYS.
.
.
HERE'S WHERE THE REAL FUN BEGINS... IN
THE NEXT SIXTY
SECONDS.
THE STUPID PUNKS... TOO YELLOW TO TAKE THAT LAST FLIGHT OF STEPS' ^I LL SHOW 'EM REAL FEAR
a
.
GIMME THAT LIGHT, JENKINS. I'LL GO UP THERE MYSELFf FIRST TO PROVE TO ALL OF YOU THAT THERE'S NO DANGER UP THERE. AND SECOND, TO KICK THOSE GUYS .
OUT OF THAT PLACE... AND OUT kJDFTHE GAMMA DELTA? BBSBS
I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T LIKE THIS WHOLE SETUP 'THE WINDOW... IT'S BEEN SMASHED' .
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.
.
.
IT'S
WILTON I'D
UTTL£
EXCITEMENT INTO THIS INITIATION .
,
DO I LOOK ANY THE WORSE FOR
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NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT HERE ON THE SECOND FLOOR jsrEITHER.
V.
THOUGHT INJECT A
wear?
Mm
.
.
T WE LL COMB THIS PLACE UNTIL WE FIND ALL FOUR
NOT A TRACE
OF 'EM' MIKE... FRED... SEARCH EACH ROOM WITH A FINE-TOOTH COMB' WE'LL GET THIS THING
ANYONE
STRAIGHTENED OUT IF IT TAKES THE REST OF L THE NIGHTf
OF ,
S
THE FRONT
IN ,
ROOM..
OR ANY OF THE OTHERS EITHER' THE DUST WASN'T EVEN DISTURBED'
NO ONE 1 ON THE SECOND J
OUTSIDE,
r
NO FOOT-
WILTON'S IDEA OF A JOKE...
HAZING THE
WHOLE BUNCH OF US'
COULD ]
PROBABLY
T...THIS IS
FLOOR
W...WELL...
EITHER' AND SINCE NO ONE
M AND
GOES
.
.
HERE
.
T...THE DOOR...IT OPENS
4
EASILY' AS IF SOMEONE ELSE OPENED IT .BEFORE WE D...DID'
HAVE LEFT THE HOUSE...
^
PRINTS ' THEY A WHICH MEANS MUST 1 THEY'RE ALL ALL BE | STILL IN UP ) THE THERE' /i HOUSE' J T. THE ATTIC f I
I
.
.
G-GOOD HEAVENS
T.
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IT
S
YEARS k
WILTON f H.HE'S AGED FIFTY THE LAST FEW MINUTES TURNED WHITE' 1
IN
.
.
.
H...HIS HAIR... IT‘S
LOOKS AS IF HE'S GONE INSANE LISTEN TO HIS MOANING'
H...HE
NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE NEVER EVEN HEAND OF EOUALf THAT WILTON KID ...CAN'T GET A COHERENT WORD
THIS.
.
.
ITS
OUTOF HIM'
HIS MIND... IT’S
CRACKED... HE'S COMPLETELY INSANE ' AND THE OTHERS..
THERE SHE GOES... CONSIGNED TO FLAMES BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER' AND WITH IT... THE LAST TRACE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO ARLING, WATERS AND HENDERSON' -
VANISHED
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO IT HAPPENED. AND NO EXPLANATION HAS EVEN BEEN FOUND AS TO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE THREE
FRESHMEN
OR WHAT AWFUL HORRORS
LES WILTON SAW
IN
THE MOMENTS
BEFORE HIS MIND CRUMBLED '
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IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN,yYES/ SHE'LL '-v LARRY? NANCY WILL BE PROBABLY GET THE .THRILLED? Js SHOCK OF HER LIFE/
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As HE STRUCK JOHN, LARRY GRABBED THE WHEEL AND GUIDED THE CAR TO A STOP/ THEN HE DROVE TO A POINT WHERE THE ROAD SKIRTED A MOUNTAINSIDE...
They called
it an accident/ LARRY'S PLAN HAD WORKED PERFECTLY? AT THE FUNERAL, HE COMTHE GRIEF-STRICKEN
FORTED
NANCY.
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NOW TO OPEN YOUR CASKET AND STRIP YOU OF YOUR LAST POSSESSION. JOHN BAXTER? /
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IN
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as larry stood
VESTRY. WAITING FOR THE CEREMONY TO BEGIN, IT...
AS
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THOUGH... THIS
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HEH.HEH? iff KNOW HOW. DON'T WE. 'STRANGE? THIS REPORT JEMBALMSAYS THAT LARRY DIEDJ/NG FLUID f OF POISONING.. FROM BUT HOW ] EMBALMING FLUID!'J DID LARRY EVER COME IN CONTACT ] fntiL/f~\pmr with that?
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DEAR READER? WHEN LARRY GOT HOT UNDER THE COLLAR,*** BOOT ABSORBED THE EM6ALMING
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FLUID WHICH HAD CONTAMINATED C TUXEDO AND NOW, LARRY N JOHN'S
REALLY HAS EVERYTHING THAT / JOHN HAS? NO NANCY... NO JOB... \ NO PRESTIGE. .MO NOTHING.' JUST A A NICE, COOL COFFIN IN A NICE. COOL BRAVE
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LOWER PARTS OF THE BODY...
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COMICS AUTHOR!
JUST LIKE NO ONE LISTENS
TO THOMAS DONALLEY A STORY CALL... I
re
IN
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AND
IN
FINAL i
THAT
MOMENT,
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HALF-CONCEALED ey THE PATIENT'S AWAPENESS OF THE SULF THAT SEPAPATES US.
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TONSUE
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ME TOMMy S.
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but...
TO THIS
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ONE BLAMES
FACILITy
AS A
CLASSIC SELF-MUTILATOR.
HIS
BREAKTHROUGH
EPISODE ON A SUPERNATURALLy CURSED *PULLy POSEABLE, MICRO-ARTICULATED ACTION FIGURE." WHATEVER THAT MEANS.
SO....
THOMAS-
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A LITTLE NEPVOU5, I 5UE55.
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THINK
THE THOPA2INE?
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HOW COMFOPTING IT
MUST 86 TO AWAY ALL
EXPLAIN
OP
LIFE'S ILLS 8Y THE EXISTENCE OF A 8PAIN-6ATING MONSTEP.
,
CAN'T HOLD A 8PAIN-6ATING
008?
MONSTEP. GLOBAL WAPMING? TPY A
1 1
1
8PAIN-EATING
MONSTEP
YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WOPPY A80UT,
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THOMAS.
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TPy TO P6LAX.
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INSTEAD.
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THAT THEPE APE NO SPAIN-EATING MON-
^
STEPS LOOSE THIS FACILITY.^ IN
V.
THANKS.
I
PUT THE EVENT
IN MY MENTAL COLUMN OF
VICTOPIES.
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3UT,
SONE?'
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FOP SUPE.
ONCE INSANE, NOW HE'S SOT NO SPAIN/ /
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FOPE TO MAKE SUPE HE HAD ONE 6UT HE WAS BPEATHINS AND STUFF, SO, you KNOW, X A OUST ASSUMED.
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THOMAS.
DON'T BP APPAID TO VOCALIZP YOUP MOST VIOLPNT IMPULSPS.
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ekY DON'T WANT MY
AV
SPAIN TO SET EATEN.'
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TUT, TUT,
THOMAS.
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THAT '5
WHAT USBO TO I
^THINK, TOO.
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it
APPARENT ALMOST IMMEDIATELy THAT THE K£y TO PISHTINS THIS
DELUSION
SUBJECT
TO TO
IS IT
THE SCIENTIFIC PROCESS.
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NO MOPE OF
THIS UNSCIENTIFIC BRAIN-
EATER CLAPTRAP.
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PATIENTS
LOST ANO SOME WILL WILL BE
BE SAVED. THAT'S THE CUPPENCy
OE EAILUPE WHEN you APE A DOCTOP.
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COPS AND TH£y APE ON ITHEIP WAy. 8ETTEP THAT i
^
you OUST SO
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LIE
UNTIL THEY SET HEPE.
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THEN
POP ONE MOMENT,
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PEALIZE. I
CONSIDEP ^OLLOWINS HIS ADVICE.
SHOULD
LIE
MAYSE DOWN.
THAT'S OUST WHAT IT WANTS ME TO DO. THINK
PATIONALLY.
I
LAy DOWN. CLOSE My £y£S AND
HAVEN'T I SEEN UNDEP A LOT OP STPESS
WAIT.
LATELy? I CAN'T PEMEM6EP.
AND SO, INSTEAD, I DO SOMETHING ELSE. SOMETHING CPAZy.
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ME.
DOCTOP
ANDEPS. WAKE
HUH?
MOVE QUICKLY: WE HAVEN'T MUCH
\
TIME'
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^
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MACHINE ASAIN? S
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UNDEPSTAND, .
THOMAS?
.
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~
NOW SET YOUP SLIPPEPS ON.
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ow/
WAS
THAT
ATTACHED?
AND you JUST SO HAPPEN TO FIND YOUPSELVES CONFPONTED ey a spizzly beap...
IF EVEP you FIND YOUPSELP IN THE WILDEPNESS WITH A FPIEND.
WHEPE'PE
WE SOIN'P OUST Tpy
OUST A FEW
r TO FOCUS ON
MOPE YAPDS,
STAYINS AWAKE. I'M T AKINS yOU OUT OF THIS FACILITY
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THOMAS.
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kby?
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^ IT's LIKE ^ I'M TOO STUPID V TO v DIE.
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WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO ABOUT THE DISGUSTING DETRITUS
'W YOU LEFT HERE? YOU
~
THANKS TO CAN KISS MY I
GOOD CRYPT-KEEPING SEAL OF APPROVAL
K
ARE YOU NUTS, C-K?!
GOOD-BYE!
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DON
KNOW EXACTLY T BRING HER BACK! WHAT YOU NEED TO CLEAN UP YOUR I
KR
CRYPT! LET ME TELL YOU ALL jrABOUT HER IN j
THIS CHILLING TALE CALL... I
meet the exMP5. EMEPSON (Sale, net? visit
TO HEP FOPMEP HUSBAND'S
HOUSE
15
NOT
A SOCIAL- ONE.
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IT'S
ABOUT TIME, EMEPSON/
DP. SALE IS NOT PECE IVINS VISITOPS. PLEASE COME BACK TOMOPPOW. THANK
you.
pteAse wipe youp peeT. PteAse wipe
youp
peer.
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see.
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took
two Mess
m.a.i.p
a puu, PAy TO CLEAN UP.
M.A.I .0? DON'T TELL ME.
ANOTHEP ONE OF YOUP STUPIO INVENTIONS?
M.A.I.O.
CUTE. COULDN'T FIND A PEAL
MULTIFUNCTIONAL
AUTOMATED IMMACULATE DISPOSAL UNIT. HOW MAY I ASSIST you?
WOMAN TO CLEAN YOUP HOUSE FOP V
you, HUH?
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COMPLAINTS, OP PICK UP THEIP
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THE SAP6ASE
DISPOSAL WAS r
JAMMED, DOCTOR.
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k FIVE
MINUTES A&O.
ASAIN? THOUGHT X. YOU FIXED THAT TWO DAYS > ASO, RIGHT AFTER MY SHIPMENT I
' .
OF CAPACITORS COT
MESSAGED YOU
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WHAT
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YOU
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SALE.' IT'S OAKE.' I'M COMINS
FOP YOU, OLD MAN.'
A
PLEASE WIPE yOUP FEET. PLEASE WIPE
youp
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you HAVE MAOE A MESS.
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THAT'S A, UM, GPEAT CO STUMEGOING TO A PAPTy? I WENT AS A FISH ONC6--HAO A HOOK HANGING OUT OF My MOUTH
AND EVEPyTHING.
HEH.
^
PIGHT. LET
^
ME OUST TAKE A LOOK HEPE. WHOA'
THE DISPOSAL IS NOT OPEPATING.
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yes, eveeyTHiws seeMS to ee intact, but let me pun A FULL CHECK.
IS
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THAT? IT LOOKS 6LOOO.
what LIKE
r I AM IN WOPKINS opdep, messes will ee ELIMINATED OISPUPTION
FPOM NEISHBOPS
WILL
ee ENDED.
r ...WHy
IS
THEPE
BLOOD ON youp SAW TOOL?
.
HAVE BEEN CAPPyiNS OUT My 1
PPOSPAMMINS.
you wet?e PPOSPAMMEO TO \ ANSWEP THE DOOP AND THE PHONE TO SET THE MAIL TO CLEAN UP ANy ^MESSES IN THE HOUSE / r
.
Bfc.
THAT'S ALL.
...
.X
coppect i was PPOSPAMMEO TO IN THE MOST
OPEPATE
EEP'CIENT
MANNEP
possible. \ '
THE
MOST
^
EPPlCIENT 3 EXPLAIN
WHAT HAVE yOU
DONE?
Sw
CLEANING UP A MESS IS A TEMPOPAPy SOLUTION. IT IS PAP
MOPE
EPPICIENT
TO ELIMINATE THE CAUSE OP THE MESS.
^
^
WAIT A MINUTE, yESTEPPAy, you said SOMETHINS...WHEN SAPAH THPEW THE BEAXEP .yOU SAID SHE HAD MADE
A MESS.
^
^
COPPECT THAT HAS BEEN DEALT WITH THEPE WILL BE NO PUTUPE OISOPOEP
OUT OF THE KINDNESS OF MY BLACK HEART, I’D BE .
TICKLED PINK TO TIDY-UP YOUR CRYPTIC-CRIB! .
>GASP!< >CHOKE!< SHE’S ALMOST AS
SCARY AS WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THE NEXT FRIGHTENING ISSUE OF TALES FROM THE CRYPT!
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the scariest story featuring hens and ofTROMA’s POULTRYGEIST, won Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey’s
top honors over Fred
way rest
cover to vote for your favorite story from this issue!
stories collected
in
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FROM THE CRYPT section - don't be scared off by that terrifying GHOUL DETECTIVE, NANCY DROOL or those BRAINLESS
Gone
last issue's contest, it
VAULT OF HORROR -
TALES
See,
close second.
As for
company that once
hardly find his
short story “ The
John L. Lansdale’s “Virtual Hoodoo, " illustrated by James Romberger and Marguerite Van Cook coming a
to his
- he can
you fan-addicts?! Just go
back, baby!
MEDIA FRENZY behind us,
count up all the votes for your favorite
Christian Zanier’s
himselfscripting
that
Now, I can understand the Vault-Keeper not being
the
But with
to settle for
was known as ATLAS!
ol’
FROM THE CRYPT
Poor Ryan will just have
of SHOCK SUSPENSTORIES!
TIME MAGAZINE featured the cover TALES FROM THE CRYPT #8 in a recent issue!
Even tired
”
his AWFUL ARTWORK being on display New York City’s MUSEUM OF COMIC AND CARTOON ART (www.moccany.org), while his
having at
COMICBOOK STORES? But what kind of CRYPT-
enough,
B|
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Dear The Crypt-Keeper, The Old Witch and The Vault-Keeper: I
must say
that these
THE CRYPT
#8
two
really
TALES FROM me some shivers this
stories in
gave
,
.
Who Would
Rule the World” is a story of two doctors that thought they were going to win the Nobel Peace Prize for achieving a magnificent evening. “She
healing process on a
who was
lying
becomes
a
human
subject.
on her death bed,
gorgeous
woman
that
makeup continues and
genetic
Apcp Nephthys AIDS, invincible. Her
inflicted with is
she thinks she has the
ultimate power of doing anything and everything
she wishes. She had no conscience and commits a
random act of murder, just because she can. She becomes Homo Superior. I can only wonder how she would have continued to evolve, if it was not for the good doctors ending it all in a grand finale. Great story, it had me going. Whew!
Then
“Virtual
Hoodoo” was somewhat
grisly to
when that poor guy was bludgeoned to death with a bowl and spoon. Yep, it turned out to be a nice neighborhood without Sidney, a neighborhood filled with monsters! Since I am a ghosrhunter, I en joy these kind of comicbooks. I recently was told by Cartoon Network that I am say the least, especially
on
a short list as a technical consultant for a pilot
called ‘Afterschool Paranormal’ that
two producers from
am
is
produced by
Sci Fi Channel’s Destination
Mayan pyramids for Show, to investigate the Mayan prophesy of 2012. As you can see everyone loves horror, everyone loves the paranormal. That is why I will be raking a few of my TALES FROM THE CRYPT comics to Mexico with me. Love ya guys! Truth.
I
Showtime
also flying to the
Penn
-
&
Teller
#4 - “THE RAVEN AND
OTHER POEMS. "Marion Mary
Mousse’s all-new adaptation of
novel
dark drawing
Already
are comparing Mysterious Mousse’s
style to Hellboy's
storytelling to that
of the
Mike Mignola, and the Will Eisner. I'm no
Spirit’s
expert on comicbook art, but as a
CRYPT-KEEPER
And if I ever had to of poetry,
Edgar Allan Poe! Of
better be by
it
course,
MACABRE illustrations by GHASTLY GAHAN WILSON addjust the right SENSE OF DREAD! Who
the
DEAD?
says the Crypt-Keeper isn’t well-read, or well,
Subject:
YOUR NEW MAG
Dear Crypt-Keeper, Just wanted to drop a line to wonderful idea you had reviving
THE
CRYPT.
I
you what a
tell
TALES
FROM
especially love the Crypt- Keeper,
Vault-Keeper and the Old Witch. They are some old friends that
missed dearly and
I
I
am glad they’re new mag (although sure
back from the dead. I love the the artw'ork is simply ghastly), and I just to say how happy I am that you don’t have any advertising breaking up the stories. I hate that so much 1 could kill someone. Keep up the gory work!
some of wanted
Gruesomely yours, Raelayna Alvarez
Paul Dale Roberts
And it’s great to
General Manager/Paranormal Investigator
DEAD — again! BLOODLUST won’t ABYSMAL
be back from the
Fear not, Raelayna, your
be triggered by any disruptively
ADVERTISING in TALES FROM THE CRYPT! That’s 'cause we sneak all our APPALLING ADS in this letter column! And speaking of which.
A ghosthunter, eh? You may want to check out the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art! No, not for Dunlavey’s exhibit, scary as that may be! They've also got to
an
exhibit devoted to
>gasp< >choke< CASPER,
GHOST! Sic Subject:
'em,
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