Black Cat Comics #40
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Curse Castle" delivers a chilling tale from Black Cat Comics #40 (1952), a 10-cent gem where a desperate man's fury against the sun ignites a supernatural reckoning. When a jungle wanderer curses the blazing sky, a witchdoctor's dark retaliation sends him to endure eternal torment at the hands of Soltan the Sun King. Rendered in bold, expressive lines by Rudy Palais—both penciling and inking the interior and crafting the cover—this eerie story blends primal dread with early comic book mysticism.
In the scorching heart of the jungle, a desperate man dares to curse the sun—and pays a terrible price when a witchdoctor answers his plea with a fate worse than death. Sent to endure eternal torment beneath the blazing sky, he becomes a prisoner of Soltan the Sun King, a being of fire and fury. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, this chilling tale from *Black Cat Comics #40* (1952) burns with dread and ancient power.
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Reprinted in Misterios del Gato Negro #11 (1954), Nightveil's Cauldron of Horror #2 (1990), Buried Terror #1 (1995), Crypt of Horror #2 (2006), Crypt of Horror #3 (2006), Haunted Horror #11 (2014), The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #16 (2016)
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