Adventures into Terror #19
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Withered Hand," a 1953 tale from Adventures into Terror, treasure hunter John Clay steals a cursed ruby from a dying monk in Tibet—along with the man’s hand. Now, years later, the monk’s withered hand is slowly turning to ash, and John must race to keep it from crumbling, haunted by the monk’s final promise: he will return when the hand is gone. Paul Reinman handles both pencils and inks for the eerie interior art, while Carl Burgos delivers the chilling cover.
In "The Strange Children," a vengeful sorcerer turns on a town that broke its promise, unleashing a chilling transformation that turns the children into roaches—leaving the adults to face the horrifying consequences of their greed. The story, written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, blends classic horror dread with a disturbing twist on innocence lost.
In "The Girl Who Couldn't Die," a desperate scientist’s decades-long obsession with defying death leads to a chilling resurrection—only to confront a tragedy he never expected. When his long-dead lover is finally brought back to life, the horror isn’t in her return, but in the moment she sees the ravaged remains of the man who loved her.
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Reprinted in Vampyr #1 (1972), Journey into Mystery #2 (1972), Vault of Evil #1 (1973), Dracula #12 (1974), Monsters Unleashed #6 (1974), Dracula Lives #60 (1975), Art in Time: Unknown Comic Book Adventures, 1940-1980 #[nn] (2010), Das Monster von Frankenstein #4
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