Adventures into Terror #27
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Man Who Ran Away," a haunting tale from 1954, survivors of a post-apocalyptic World War III struggle to rebuild in a world reduced to savagery, their desperate attempts at peace undone by the ever-present cycle of violence. Paul Reinman handles both pencils and inks for the stark, evocative interior art, while Artie Simek’s lettering adds to the story’s tense atmosphere. Gene Colan’s cover captures the grim mood with a striking, shadowed image of a lone figure fleeing into the ruins.
In "The Man Who Ran Away," a brilliant but bitter scientist flees his own time, convinced he's above his peers, only to find himself utterly out of place in the year 4024—where his intellect is deemed worthless. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, this chilling 1954 tale explores isolation and the cost of pride in a world that measures worth by answers no longer within reach.
In "The Big Story!" from Adventures into Terror #27 (1954), newspaperman Will Karp gambles everything on a sensational scoop, orchestrating a train wreck to secure his career—unaware his own son is aboard. The story unfolds with chilling precision, turning a man’s ambition into a grim reckoning.
In "Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble!", ambition ignites a deadly path for Skottske adelsmannen Macbeth, whose fate is foretold with chilling precision. As prophecy stirs his desires, he is drawn into a dark spiral of power, betrayal, and blood.
In the ashes of a world remade by atomic fire, a handful of survivors gather under a broken sky, their voices hollow with the weight of endless war. As they arm themselves with crude weapons, the grim truth settles in: the cycle of violence has no end, only repetition.
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Reprinted in Beware #3 (1955), Mystic #14 (1960), Mystic #13 (1961), Mystic #17 (1962), Spellbound Album #[nn] (1964), Spellbound #58 (1965), Spellbound #60 (1965), Crypt of Shadows #4 (1973), Dracula Lives #3 (1973), Le Tombeau de Dracula #12 (1974), Terreur de Dracula #1 (1976), Dracula lever #1 (1993), Gwandanaland Comics #2857 (2020), Die Gruft von Graf Dracula #16, Die Gruft von Graf Dracula #25
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