Beware #5
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Old Lady's Son," a haunting tale from 1973, a man trapped in a cycle of self-destruction confronts a truth far darker than his pain: he’s already dead, condemned to relive his final moments in Hell as punishment for taking his own life. With stark, expressive art by Manny Stallman, this unsettling story explores the weight of regret and the unseen consequences of despair. The cover, a striking collaboration by Ron Wilson, John Romita, and Mike Esposito, captures the story’s grim intensity.
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A man tries to kill himself over and over again but only succeeds in producing pain and mutilation, not the longed for oblivion. A friend of his informs him that he is already dead, for he committed suicide a year ago, and has been sent to Hell where all suicides reside.
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