Adventures into Terror #9
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Dark Dungeon," a man's cruel scheme to protect his home with starving mastiffs takes a chilling turn when his nephew outwits him—only to become the next victim of the very trap he set. Written by Hank Chapman and illustrated by Ogden Whitney, this 1952 tale of vengeance and twisted inheritance is a standout in Marvel’s horror anthology series. The cover by Russ Heath captures the story’s grim atmosphere with stark, shadowed detail.
In "The Dark Dungeon," a man's cruel scheme to protect his home with starving mastiffs backfires in the most chilling way when his nephew turns the trap against him—only for the man’s ghost to return and exact a grim, twisted justice. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, this 1952 tale of vengeance and twisted inheritance unfolds in a single, suffocatingly tense sequence.
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Reprinted in Astonishing #26 (1953), Crypt of Horror #5 (2008)
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