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PSYCHO'S SUPERNATURAL SERIES: T«£ BAPHOMET IDOL IS SAIP TO REPRE-
SENT THE MAGICAL FORM OF ABSOLUTS. IT
HAS THE HEAD AND HOOVES OF A GOAT, WITH
A THICK BLACK CANDLE SET BETWEEN THE

THE HORNED TWO ENORMOUS LONG HORNS; AMD HUMAN

HANDS, AMD A SCALE-LIKE 8EUYJ IT WEARS
A L0N6 ROBE ATTACHED AT ITS WAIST,AND
HAS UPON ITS GROTESOUE BACK AN EVIL-
PAIR OF FEATHERED WINGS!

THE HOMED GOAT OP SATAN IS SAID TO

REPRESENT LUCIFER HIMSELF ON VISITS TO
EARTH, AMD AT UNHOLY MEETIM6S OF THE
DREADED CULT OF SATAN/STS IS ALWAYS
PRESENT A MEMBER OF THE CULT WEARING
A MASK AND GARBED AND DISGUISED AS
THE MONSTROUS BEAST.' THE BIZARRE
PENTAGRAM AFFIXED OH ITS FOREHEAD IS A
TO REPRESENT THE BRIDGED GAP
BETWEEN THIS WORLD ANPTHE
WORLP OF HIS MASTER. ..HSU.'
 . Come
. . The darkness will light your way well
. . .
Inter this place that now is horror,
. . .

breafMng, breading, horribly seething, hideously waiting, crawling and creeping within .
. .

thishouse of haunting horrors: this earth where and while black beasts sometim
and sometimes block beat silent quieted drum? that tell ot YOU ... for if is YOU this place
welcomes YOU this black-dark mansion greets ever inwardly inviting your presence . . .

COME ... the slithering innards of this place smite for at tost you are of the front where
things are about to begin. . .

ANNUAL §1-1972
Publishers: ISRAEL WALDMAN
Editor: AL HEWETSON
Business Manager: HERSCHEL WALDMAN
-WHAT AWAITS WITHIN TO SUTHffiAHD SLIDE IMSIDf
4— LUCIFER AWAITS YOU — A fate that takes you thru the primal prisms

BURN, BABY, BURN - i garbage parr

A fate of the titan — HEAP. . . WHAT HATH HELL WROUGHT?

cover story of INCREDIBLE IMPLICATIONS . .

THE TRUTH BEHIND THE MYTH OF DRACULA!

—BLIND FATE A dimly — lit <

of ALIEN BATTLEFIELDS'
THE CURSING OF CAPTAIN SKULL
Sail the seven seas ot seething,
king, mindful, blissful BATTLE . . .

— THE FURNACE OF HELL — In-

troduces 2 pyromaniac partners
of INFERNAL HORROR . . .

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
— Will bring tears to your
eyes as you welcome these
TOUCHING TINY TOTS. .

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 WE'RE ONLY
/ GOING ABOUT
A HUNOREP ,

MILES... /

iV

AND I'VE A SON WHO

USED TO HITCH-HIKE, SO I
ALWAY S TRY TO STOP FOR
YOUNG PEOPLE, IF TH6Y
&g^ DON'T LOOK DANGEROUS.'

*&?* Hifc -'i"'M' ^"-

l6f
'i WOT AS
TRUST1S S AS MOTHER
I DON' r THINK I'D
HAVE j TOPPED...
 IF I'D
LET'S SET SEEN A LITTLE
OVER TO THE "ON" QUICKER, WE WOULDN'T
RAMP. MAYBE WE'LL HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
SET ANOTHER RIDE, [THUMBING A LIFT WOW.'
BEFORE THE SUN
FRIES US. THE HEAT OF DAY IS COMING TO A CLIMAX, AND BOTH OF YOU
FEELTHESTIROF SMALL BREEZES THAT WILL CARRY AWAY THE
STIFLING HOTNESS. BUT CAN YOU SENSE THE PRESENCE OF DARK
DESTINY, THAT HOVERS OVER YOU ON INVISIBLE NIGHT WINGS,
DANGLING THE SWORD OF RHIANNON 8Y A SLENDER THREAD P

TO PASS THE TIME, YOU READ GRAFFITTI LEFT BEHIND BY OTHER

...AND. FINALLY, NEAR DUSK, YOU SUCCEED IN SNARES
ELUSIVE TRAVELERS OF THE ROAD... AND YOU TALK...
A RIDE .'
MV NAME IS CHUCK McKLELLYN --
I'M A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR "THE
NEWS MAGAZINES, AND I TRAVEL
AROUND PRETTY MUCH AS I
PLEASE, PHONINGTHE EDITORS
FOR MY ASSIGNMENTS.
 AS IF IN GRIM. RETRIBUTION, THE RAIN BEGINS TO FALL-AMD WAS
THAT A BREATH OP THE WtNOSCF DARftOVER THAT YOU FELT,
WITCH, AS YOU OPENED THE POOR TO DISPOSE OF T^E CORPSE ?

THE BLOOD OM toUR ARWS AND THE CAR SEAT IS WAR//. STICKY
AND YOU SUDDENLY GROW CHILLED IN ITS EMBRACE /THE
SWEET, CLOYING SCENT DISTURBS YOU.,. AND THE CAR IS
MOVING TOO FAST ON THE SUCK WET FREEWAY'

THE WARNING COMES TOO LATE. AND AS THE CAR SK IDS OUT
OF CONTROL, THE MOON EMERGES FROM BEHIND RA1N-
CLOUDS, IMPASSIVE, TO WITNESS DESTINY'S WORKINGS...
THE SICKENING LURCH AS THE CAR PLUNGES WTO THE A-R,.,
THE HARDNES5 IN YOUR STOMACH... AND THE BREATH
RATTLING IN YOUR THROAT TELL YOU THAT THERE WILL BE
NO ARRIVAL IN SAN DIEGO FOR EITHER OF YOU... EXCEPT
PERHAPS. IN THE MORGUE .'

THE PAIN AND THE DARKNESS ARE SIMULTANEOUS, AND THE

CRASH AND EXPLOSION OF IMPACT FADE IN YOUR EARS... IT'S
DAR/iER THAN YOU WINK, AND YOU SEEM TO FLOAT ON THE
EOGEOF VMS, AS lOUR LIFE-FORCE TREADS THE PATHLESS
TRAIL OF THESP/R/T...
 REALIZATION COMES ABRUPTLY THE DARK PIPER THAT STIRRED YOUR SLOOD- LLiST NO
AS YOU WAIT THERE INTHE LONGER MAKES MUSIC WITHIN YOUR HEAD. MITCH... YOUR
|
GLOOM, BEfOND WE GATES EARS RING IN THE SILENCE... AND NO UNEARTHLY ANTHEM
OF DREAM, LETTING THE PLAYS.'
OUST OF DEATH SIFT
'
THROUGH YOUR FINGERS...

FOR THE FINAL

TIME.WHAT ARE
YOUR THOUGHTS,
CARY.'
REMEMBER /OUR
COMPLAINT
ABOUT THE SUN?
YOU'D ewe
ANYTHING TO
BA5K IN ITS
NOW,
LIGHT,
WOULDN'T YOU...
EVEN IN ITS HEAT,
WHICH IS AS
NOTHING
COMPARED TO
WHAT WAITS FOR
YOU AND MITCH
...FOREVER...
THE FOUL STENCH OF ROTTING GARBAGE PERMEATED THE CORRIDORS... AN ICY DECEMBER WIND I
SCREAMED THROUGH THE HALLWAYS, ENTERING THE BUILDING THROUGH BROKEN WINDOW-PANES f
AND CHILLING ALL OF ITS INHABITANTS. ON THE 3RD FLOOR. A LIGHT8ULB HAD BURNED OUT MORE I
THAN A MONTH AGO, LEAVING THE LANDING IN TOTAL DARKNESS. YET, FROM THE BLACK STAIRWELL,
A HAPPY, SOFT VOICE SANG A CHILDHOOD RHYME.

PAT IT AND
PAT A CAKE, PRICK IT AND
PAT A CAKE, MARK IT WITHT
BACKER'S MAN; AND PUT IT IN
BAKE ME A THE OVEN FOR-
CAKE AS FAST 00000//////HJ
AS YOU CAN.
FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE YOUNG GIRL'S 'HE NEVER COMES
TRAGIC ATTACKSHE WAS THE MAIN TOPIC OF TV THE PHONE.
CONVERSATION. BUT BEFORE LONG, THE TENANTS ALL I PO IS TALK
FORGOT THEIR NEIGHBOR'S ORDEAL AND WERE TO ONE OF HIS
AGAIN EMERGED IN THEIR OWN PROBLEMS. GIRLS WHEN I
CALL HIS
OFFICE.
LOOK, I'VE
BEEN TRYING
TO REACH MR.
6RIFFIN FOR
MORE THAN A
WEEK. THE
STOVE ISN'T
WORKING IF I CAN
PROPERLY... FIND A
HUH? CERTAINLY, BETTER JOB
1 PAY MY RENT SOON, WE'LL BE
ON TIME.'.'
^ /; Buy ccesn'T
MR.GRIFFIN CARE
ABLE TO MOVE
OUT OF THIS
ABOUT ANY OF HIS DUMP,
DARLING!
TENANTS? WHAT KIND
OF A MAN IS HE,
ANYWAY'

' I'M HEADING OUT

TO CHECK UP ON JoH,NO,l'M OUT JIM WOULD
SEVERAL JOBS. rf OF MILK FOR THE BE FURIOUS IF
'
THERE'S A COUPLE V BABY. I'D BETTER RUN HE KNEW I'D LEFT
OF PROMISING ONES DOWN FOR TEN THE BABY ALONE...
IN THIS MORNINGS MINUTES
' BUT I'LL BE
PAPER RIGHT BACK.'

J ..IT'S
IT'S.
J LITTLE JIMMY!
OH MY GOD!
'

Not all griffins can fly, cry LEN BROWN and CARLOS GARZON
THE PAIN OF
SEEING HER
DEAD CHILD WAS
TOO MUCH FOR
MRS. CARTER.
THE TOUR OF THE BUILDING
LEAPS MR. GRIFFIN TO THE REMEMBER HOW THE
TOP FLOOR... TENANTS COMPLAINED
THAT THE GARBAGE HIS TENANTS MAKE SURE THAT
WOULD CLOG UP THE MR. GRIFFIN CHECKS OUT THEIR.
SHUTEf WELL, IT'S INCINERATOR REPAIRS FIRST-HAND...
NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN AGAIN.
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COLLECT YOUR THOUGHTS, HEAR..
YOU THAT WERE ONCE A MAN...
COLLECTTHEM AND ORGANIZE
THEM INTO A COLLECTION OF nor MY
REASONS FOR TURNING PROBLEM....
COWARD...

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RESPONSiBiLrry of
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ABOUT IT IT'S
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GETS ANYWHERE NEAR
IT THERE WILL BE.
ABSOLUTE CHAOS..

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DEFEAT THE THING
EVEN IF * WANTED TO...

...I HAD TO RUN

'

FROM IT JUST TO
SAVE MY OWN
LIFE..

„ NEVER
/MIND THE
'
QUESTIONS
JUST RUN,
BOY...JUST
BUN...

THEY RUN
AT THE HERV IF ITGETS
»&W OF ME...
JUST AS I RAN
HOLD OF US ALL\
THE QUESTIONS
FROM THE in we VJOBLO
SLITHERING WON'T HELP
SEA US...
CREATURE...]

1 CAN HEAR
THE THING
COMING UP
THE CLIFF...
SLIDING UP...
DRAGGING
ITSELF UR..
 CtKPVHEAP...
TURN! AROUND
NOW TO SEE
WHAT CRAWLS
OVER THE ED&E
OF THE CI- IFF
BEHIND YOU...

I MUST TRY.. I KNOW WHAT

HUNDREDS OF IT'S LIKE TO BE
PEOPLE COULD BE HELPLESS... BUT I
'

KILLED BEFORE ALSO KNOW HOW

THE AUTHORITIES TO THINK LIKE
CAN REACH THIS A HUMAN.'
OUT-OF-THE-
i y WAY PLACE..

...AND IF I CAN'T

...I WAS
ONCE //WWW... X ! DEFEAT THE THINGS
By BRUTE STRENGTH
I'LL USE MY HUMAN
BRAINS...
SET yoUR*WMP-A-W0RKN'//fifl«..yOU CLAIM
YOU ARE A MAW INSIDE THAT GROTESQUE FORM
...WELL PROVE IT.
 IT'S NOT P...POINTLESS...THE -,UGG6hHhJJ^ ..IF I HAVE
WORKING
,
'
> SLIME JUST COLLECTS...
>
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TOGETHER AGAIN INTO
1
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AN EVEN BIGGER > I DON'T BREAK FREE < '
FEW MINUTES ,

MASS... _— IT MIGHT SMASH AGO I'VE

ME AGAINST HAD IT...
THE TREES...

THE PAIN...CAN'T
ENDURE JHBPAfA/..
"
' SO STRANGE TO KNOW
PHYSICAL TORTURE AS
THE HEAP...

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ON. ..RIGHT k THE LEADER...LIKE#iiaSP.' ONE WAY...
OVER ME..
LIKE ITS 60T
NO MIND OF THEY'RE ALL FOLLOWING .

IT'S OWN... THE THING THAT CAME

OUTOFTHESEAORSE..

. ...MUST GET IT AWAY

...TO
FROM THE TOMW...IF
I CAN LURE IT AWAY THE 'DRAG
IT...
OTHERS MIGHT«5WOm..
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AWAY...IW THE TINY COASTAL VILLASE OF PINS BLUFF...

SO ENDS OUR HEAP TALE OF THE UNUSUAL...ON RATHER '"

A 9AP, IRONIC NOTE... DON'T YOU THINK? IT IS

FORTUNATE INDEED THAT 7WVH0RFUBLE INHUMAN"
HEAP OF WHOM THE CHILD TALKS IS NOT PRESENT...
FOR IF HE WAS...
...HE MIGHT WONDER WHY HE EVEN BOTHERED 10TKY-.
MAUy REARS' A60 AUTHOR BRAM STOKER WAS FIRST 10
WRITE THE CHRONICLES OF THE STRANGE- UN DEAD VAMPIRE
DRACULA...M\> MORE RECENTLY MANY MOTION PICTURES
HAVE BEEN RELEA5EP DEPICTING 5TARS BELA LUGOSf AND
CHRISTOPHER. LEE AS THE BLOOD-REND WHO STALkED BY
NIGHT/ THESE TALES WERE CONSIDERED PURE FICTION—
NOW IT SEEMS THAT THEY MIGHT NOT BE. ..IT IS QUITE
POSSIBLE THAT THE MADMAN STOKER WROTE OF WAS
BASED ON THE LIFE OF A REAL MAN... AND SO STARTS
OUR TALE. ..THE TRUTH BEH/NO THE MYTH OF ORACULA!

PREPARE YOURSELF FOR

A StfOCK.„FOR THE TALE
YOU ARE ABOUT TO REAP ...

A DOCUMENT OF TRUTH...
NOW,,, FOR THE MOST
INCRETDI8LE TRUE TALE
YOU WILL EVER REAP.,,

HEWETSON and DELAFUENTE present the weird way it was!

IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT DISCOVER/, OUR TRUE TALE STARTS IN W3I IW THE WITH THE TITLE OF VQ/VODE, VLAD
HI5TORIAMS ARE BEGINNING TO 7HJNK COUNTRY OF WAUACWA..MCM RUMANIA. RETURNED TO HIS HOMELAND AND
THAT BRAM STOKER HAP SOMEONE IN KING SIGISMUND OF THE SOVEREIGN MEW KINGDOM TO RULE VICIOUSLY AUD
MIND WHEN HE CREATED THE FIENDISH COUNTRY HUNGARY CROWNED A YOUNG MERCILESSLY.' HIS PEASANT SUBJECTS
VAWPIRE D8ACUIA...AUD THAT THE MEMBER. OF HIS COURT AS RULER OF WERE GIVEN ENORMOUS TAXES AND
BLOOD REND WA5 WOT SIMPLY A CON- WALLACHIA...HIS NAME WAS TO BECOME TARIFFS WHICH THEIR MEAGER EARN-
COCTION OF HIS IMAGINATION.' SyWONYMQUS WITH CRUELTY... VLAO INGS COULD NOT MEET...ANO THERE
GREW AMONG THE PEOPLE A GREAT
HATRED FOR VLAD.. -WHOSE ONLY
COMPASSION IN THIS WORLD WAS
FOR HIS NEWBORN SON/
 THE TURKS IMMEDIATELY SET UP VLADUT AS THEIR PUPPET RULER... BUT HIS FATHER'S .

TRAINING HAP WORKED WELL AND HE PROVED TO BE AS RUTHLESS ANP CRUEL AS HIS FATHER>,
HAP BEEN.' THE PEASANTS SOON 0%*, NAtAED THEIR NEW WASTEROTU>«rt/i..
MEANING DRA60N OF EVIL.'

IN WALLACHIA...ALL AUTHORliy WAS HELPLESS.. .BECAUSE HEfVflS THE

AUTHORITY... AMP ALTHOUGH HE COMMITTED HIS BIZARRE ACTS UNDER COVER
1 1? 0FNI6HTANDINTHE PRIVACY OF HIS CASUE NO MAN WOULD SERVE HIM...
HIS PERSONAL "5LAVE5" HAD THEIR. TOUGUES REMOVED SO THAT THEY MIGHT
CARRY NO TALES.

Bfer^i ^ III

^^,^L3ii^s

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THE iNFAfAY SPREAD FAR AND WfDE...

IN GERMANY HE BECAME KNOWN AS
DRACOLE, IN VENICE AS ORAGUUA...
AND IN HUNGARY AS ORACULA! HIS
ILL DEEDS MADE HIM A WORLD RE-
KNOWNEP LEGEND OF HORROR IN HIS
OWW TIME... AND HE WAS THESHAOOWY
TALK OF SOCIETY THROUGHOUT EVEN
THE UNDERWORLD OF PARIS.'
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HIS PORTRAIT
HAN65 NOW IN THE
HUNGARIAN NATIONAL
MUSELM,AWP MAMy
ACCOUNTS OF HIS
BRUTAL LIFE HAVE
BEEN PU8LISHEP.

IT WAS HORRIBLY IMPALED AND MUTILATED/

TEETH MARKS WERE VERY VISIBLE ANP THE
BODY LOOKED HALF EATEN/
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MAKE IT TONIGHT... l
THAT I'VE PLANNEP
JU5T A FEW » SOMETHING SPECIAL

. TASTY, DOM'T YOU THIWK? J

HE LED US DOWN A MARROW WINDING
STAIRCASE TO HIS DUNGEON- IT WAS
POPULAR IN THOSE DAYS TO HAVE A
HORROR CHAMBER BENEATH ONE'S
CASTLE... BUT WE NEVER EXPECTED TO
SEE SUCH HORRORS AS THESE...

'TONIGHT.. .WE
5HALL HAVE SOME
^^i^NT' EL
ENJOYMENT... I HAVE HAD X&gk.
MY MEW SCOURING THE \tjg?
COUNTRYSIDE FOR WEEKS UjB§
IN SEARCH OF A BAND
OF GYPSf£S FOR OUR
LITTLE GAME...

I NOTICED THAT THE BLOOD

HIS HOUNDS.. .STARVED FOR
WEEKS TORTHIS 0CCA5I0N PROM THE VICTIMS WAS CON-
SERVED IN GIANT VATS WHERE
THE HELPLESS
...RIPPED IT DRIPPED... AND OFTEN
LIMBS FROM THEIR INNO GUSHED FROM THE NEWLY
CENT PRE/... MANGLED CORPSES... IT HAD
BEEN REPORTED TO ME THAT
DRACULA OFTEN WWtMKTHIS
...AND I KNEW FOR A PERSONAL
FACT THATHE FREQUENTLY
WA5HED AND BATHED IN THE
WARM BLOOD OF THE FRESHLY
SLAUGHTERED (T ~
PEASANTS.'

SUDDENLY DRACULA IS LOST..HIS MAD VLAD WAS

CRAVINGS SECOME TOO MUCH NOTORIOUS
FOR HIM...HE ATTACKED ONE FOR BEING A
OF THE YOUNG GIRLS OF
OUR* OWN GROUP/ CANNIBAL...
BUT WO MAW
IN HIS RIGHT
M'ND DREAMT
HIS DELIGHTS
I HAVE NEVER. SEEN ANYTHING SO GROTESQUE..,
THE UNFORTUNATE GIRL WAS CHAINED AND WA9 IN 1462HE WAS DEPOSED By THE PASHA OF VIPIN AT THE HEAD
SUBJECTED TO THE PERVERTED VLAD'S EVIL AND OF AN ENORMOUS ARMY.' IT IS SAID THAT AS THE TROOPS RODE
INTOTHE SURROUNDING FOREST TO HIS CASTLE THEy WERE
GREETED By SCORE5 OF HUMAN HEADS IMPALED ON STAKES/

rffrTi \ ' jhmMs

DRACULA DISAPPEARED AND ESCAPED UNTIL 1475 WHEN HE

AGAIN SEIZED CONTROL OF HIS THRONE. ..AND AGAIN THE HORROR.
THAT WAS ONCE WALtACHIAS TOOK MORE INNOCENT LIVES.'

>\M
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HUMANITY WAS FORTUNATE... FOR HE LIVED ONLY ANOTHER. YEAR

AND DIED IN 1477.. -HIS WRETCHED BODY GAUNT AND RIDDLED
WITH DISEA5ES CAUSED By THE DEBAUCHERY OF HIS OWN BODY...

jM X^f'
\

7^, ...AND SO DIED DRACULA...IH MISERY AND, NERVE-

SHATTERING AGONY.. .AMD IN LONELINESS/
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AGE! INDEED, IT IS A GRlM CH#ONtCt.E ...
FOOTNOTED BY...

BENEATH THE SEAR/tfG SUN OF £CWS TO COME, UPON THIS AU&i BATTLEFIELD PLEAS ARE VOICED, BUT GO
A BATTLE FOR. UFB IS FOUGHT... UNMARKED, A5 AEOLUS TOYS WITH THE 3WIRUNG SANDS!
MYRIAD QUESTIONS PRESS THE DRAINING MIND...
, LONG HAVE I POSTPONED ,
as the aak... the robe of THE OtJCE STILL CELLAR.
THIS DAY OF DECISION! |
sanity is donnetj... AIR. IS TRANSFORMED-
IF I FAIL, I MUST DESCEND RIPPED 8V THE DRONIN6
TO THE FETID MUCK OF THIS i in any MUSIC OP SECONDS IN
WRETCHED WORLD... event, i shall PEALS
FRICTION, AMD
r DESCEND TO THE PRAY GOD, not quit
fail to Of JOYOUS LAUGHTER
GROTESQUE PITS OF J SHALL ay ONE WHO HAD
MFm/re deprsssion/ii i HOT FAIL!!. 7X«5JW0RLD!!! FORSAKEN MIRTH...

HA HA HA
HA HAAAAU!
IT WORKS...
/rwoi&sm

^m hahahaha
haaaaaai'i.'j/
;
AS THE SUME-SED SUCKS ITS' LATEST
VICTIM 8EN6ATH THE DARKENED DEPTHS
OF/WWS/WCOOZS...
WHILE SOME WOULD ADDRESS HIM "SAG£", THERE
ARE THOSE WHO WOULD BUT LABEL HIM...
AN ANCIENT SCREAM RIPS THROUGH MSHIC BRAIN FIBERS,
AND IS GIVEN VOICE BY AN AGONIZED MIND! THE BOOT
HEAVES DRIED CAPIULARIES CRV... BREATHING IS LABORED,
.

AS IT PASSES THROUGH A COARSE WINDPIPE IN

THE GUISE
of a oaoresaue, high pitched w//££ze.« the
eves
SLOWLY FOCUS, AND THE SOUNDS OF FOOTSTEPS TREADING
POUNDINS
GRANGE BLOCKS, ASSAULTS THE EARS ABOVE THEM
AND THROBBlNp OF CONSTRCTING VEINS !!'.
i^B' ONE DIES, TO GIVE CONSISTENCY TO THE PAST, AND LIVES IN
THE PRESENT WITH THE HOPES A GLORIOUS FUTURE Li
 (e^ND NOW— AS
"•CROSS THE HE BATTLES FOR
ROLLING SEAS OF THE .HIS LIFE AGAINST
CARRIBEAN SAILS A HIS MUTINOUS
SWASHBUCKLING CREW OF CUT-
SALLANTOFA BUCCANEER THROATS FROM
—A SWORDSMAN .TORTUGA WHO
ADVENTURER WHO HAVE TAKEN
USES WITS WITH SERVICE WITH
STEEL TO MAKE HIM --HE IS
HIMSELF ABOUT TO
MASTER OF THE PLUNGE HEAD-
SPANISH MAIN.' LONG INTO THAT
HIS NAME IS NED FEARSOME LIFE-
SCULLY, BUT IN HONOR AND-DEATH
OF HIS FI6HTING STRUGGLE
PROWESS AND HIS KNOWN AS.,
LEGENDARY SUCCESS—
THE BROTHERHOOD
OF THE COAST
RENAMED HIM—

A soutahrieking cry of fear by GARDNER FOX and STEVE HICKMAN

GUARD YOURSELVES, ME
SKULL
HEARTIES.' CAP'N
IS READY TO BEGIN ,

FIGHTING IN EARNEST.'
 In three days time, That night.as the tropic moon
favoring winds carry the rises over the palmettos...
lumbering merchantman I KNOW WHY I'M TO
toward the tiny island DON THIS FANCY 60WH"
Of- SAN TOMAS...

I CAN MAKE OUT THE PLACE

WHERE I WAS TO CAREEN MY
SHIPSTORM RID£R. IF LUCK
FAVORS US,MYM6* WILL
BE THERE .'

Not far away, the buccaneers are • ESIDE THAT FEMALE APPARITION
swallowing jamaica rum and roaring APPEARS ANOTHER...
gea chanties, when suddenly..
 Palsied By terror, th E SEA- ROVERS
STAND PARALYZED AS..

WWW I cursed you,

SWABS/ ^B
B
1
I'LLBREAK
NECKS AND SEND y
THE W?ES OF

Mi
YOl

Bfc Yv\ J
NRC*b '4
'

J>^ ,€44
fc^vOX^w Flintlock pistols roar, but captain
skull somersaults lithely out of the
path of the bullets...
3»*u k
^ *3p^
i

L -
Wjmjf
FnOW I'VE COME ^ffl ^ll^^'Vi
>#o '
U SCURVY R,
COULDN'T HIT 1
BACK FROA\ A WATERY M
GRAVE TO SEE KXI
» PUNISHED.'
W
^M ^&Xi , HULL OF A FORTY TON
..
GATE AT ANCHOR
,
Only the wolf— leader of the One by one the buccaneers set out
mutineers—shows any courage... into the island forest...
Back. ..back. ..back goes the wolffroia BEAT.. .A BIND. ..AND A DEADLY SWORD-
the metallic magic of the darting POINT FLASHES PAST A FALLEN GUARD...
blade that confronts him...
YE'VE NEVER FACED
SUCH A SWOSPSWA/J
yE MANGY CUR/

Over the fallen wol^captain skull ,

KNOWyVOr WHO r AtA, CAPTAIN
and joanna stare at one another...
j
I
S<ULL...AAY>^*0." BUT r
have a reeuN6
DEEP WITHIN
ME THAT WE AI?E BOUND
TO ROAM THE SEAS..
Take a frantic fantasj-trip into KANIGHER and AMADOB-land!
 TWO GLISTENING LIKE PALE FISH EMERGING FROM THE
BLACK WATERS OF BUZZARD'S CAPE, TWO SWIMMERS
CUMB THE STEEP BLUFF CONFRONTING THEM LIKE A
FORBIDDEN WALL...
THE BLACK WATERS PART BEFORE FIERY FACES...
NOT TOO LONG AGO, IN THIS /
VERy SEA, M£N BURNEP /?
THEIR BROTHERS. / A
ACO/S/HG MEN ANP / /
WOMEN Of BEING /,
wrrcws and Muocxsfl \

THRT WAS THE PBVifS i

WORK/ I'M HERE TO
We/TF ABOUT THOSE
POOR LOST SOULS.'
INNOCFHT OF
WRONG- DOltfG.
[BEFORE THE HORRIFIED FUGITIVE CAW WILDLy RITA/ WHATAM57" \nQ EPWIN/Twin I

TURN AWAy-5HE IS CAUGHT IN A SEARING TWEE DONE? IS THERE \ IS MY CURSE' a

RSE! 1
EMBRACE/, *0 AMP TO THY VTMNE IS TO BE
S
1

1§m ousy which } joined to ms i

Jfoneyer/ to
, V/W sy *»y ug
^/
.

THE IHHOCENTS.'
'

«*Hf--fiVfiN
mows 1 i/HDETECTED/ M
TO ROAM THE NIGHjJ

THE FLAMES HAVE JOINEP US,

EDWIN/ WE CANNOT BE SEPASAT£P>\
OUR WRY IS ONE.' TO */Jf FROM OUR J
SMOULDERING RSHES AND .?££*• "

VENGEANCE ON ALL WHO FALL.

WTO OUR HAWPS/.

"THUS THE MOST SCORCHING COUPLE TO ESCAPE

FROM THE FURNACE OF HELL- TO SET UNWARY
HUMANS ABLAZE/— THE FWEBRAMPSf"
THE END.,. FOR THE MOMENT/
jMP •-
 ...AND SO STARTS OUR TALE ...

... WITH A PREMATURE LOOK AT THE BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE NEXT

DAY'S LOCAL NEWSPAPER.... WHICH READS!

An ultimate off-spawn of ALAN HEWETSON and RAMON TORRENTS

 I PRAT TO SOD IT ISN'T.,. WE'O
HE A LOT OF CHILDREN. ..IF THIS
GOES WELL THERE WILL
BE OTHERS I4

...OTHER
RAfNY NIGHTS
WHEN I CAN
JUST LET Mi ,
WIND WANDER j
AMD DREAM
OF THE
FUTURE.'

|? '

1 ^^
Hk <

B^BETTER BE L-»
f GETTING MCK... |

|_ IT'S BEEM HOURS... J ',

Bl
[T..DR.GRUM-WHYTE )
MUST BE WONDERING /
1
WHERE I GOT TO' J
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YOU'D BETTER BE BECAUSE IT'S ON ITS WAY TO YOU JULY 27/72
. . .

BEARING THESE TOKENS OF TERRIFYING IMAGERY . . .

THE DAY THE

EARTH WILL DIE' . . .

Plunges you into no-

fiend's land in a sus-
pense-jammed tale of
for-ever-fear!

LIMB FROM LIMB

FROM DEATH' . . .

Maybe you thought the

great train robbery was
something hold onto
. . .

your retreating sanity

when you read of the
man who stole a couple
ofhuman limbs!

PLUS —
Freak-out on the drug-
culture inspired:

'AND IF A FIEND
SHOULD COME
A'CALUN.. .!

AND —
A classic adaptation of
Stevenson's

DR. JEKYLL &

AIR. HYDE'.

ALL THIS AND MUCH

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