Black Magic Comics #5

In "Cremation of Evil," Richard Sinclair’s desperate wish to bring his wife back from the dead takes a horrifying turn when she returns not as the woman he loved, but as something twisted and vengeful. After she kills the maid and a detective who comes to investigate, her rage turns on her husband, leading to a violent confrontation that ends in fire and flames.

In "The Ship of Death," Dick Cartwright inherits a family estate and a mysterious model ship, the Falcon—crafted by a forebear who murdered his crew to collect insurance. Now, the ship's cursed spirits, trapped as figurines, stir as the final Cartwright's fate draws near. When his wife hears a scream, she finds him frozen in place—another lifeless figure on the haunted vessel.

In "The Puppet Pulls the Strings," ventriloquist Dorian Grant builds a life-sized mechanical puppet named Bruno, but soon finds the automaton acting with unsettling independence—culminating in the murder of Grant’s former employer, Vale, during a visit. As Dorian begins to move and speak in eerie, puppet-like rhythms, his grip on reality frays, leading to a fatal accident on the street. Was it madness that drove him to his end, or did Bruno, the puppet, pull the strings all along?

In "Phantoms of Reality," Wall Street clerk Charlie Walton is pulled into a surreal journey through the fourth dimension when his enigmatic friend Derek—later revealed to be the long-lost prince Alexandre—takes him on a mission to reclaim a throne. As reality bends and ancient realms flicker into view, Charlie finds himself caught in a mystery far beyond his understanding, where past and present collide.