Chamber of Chills #16
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Room Without a Door," a dazzling masquerade hosted by a cunning socialite takes a chilling turn when a stranger in a devil costume unnerves her with a single, unsettling claim. Written by Stan Lee and illustrated with eerie precision by Steve Ditko—whose inks lend the shadows a life of their own—this 1975 tale from Chamber of Chills #16 blends suspense and psychological unease. The cover, a striking collaboration by Gil Kane and Tom Palmer, captures the party’s opulent dread with sharp, dramatic flair.
In "The Room Without a Door," a disillusioned scientist abandons reason for the occult, drawn to a mysterious woman whose ancestral ties to a 1692 witch hint at a forbidden passage through time. When he witnesses her summoning her ancestor’s ghost and learns of a hidden room that defies space, he seizes the house and hunts for the secret—only to uncover a box lined with wallpaper that opens into the past.
In "Masquerade Party," a chilling tale from *Chamber of Chills* #16, a glamorous socialite turns the tables on an old rival by hosting a lavish masquerade—only to become entranced by a mysterious stranger in a devil’s guise. When he insists his costume is no disguise, her composure shatters, leaving her stunned and fainting, unaware of the dark truth behind his identity.
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↩ Reprints Strange Tales #5 (1952), Adventures into Weird Worlds #9 (1952), Strange Tales #83 (1961)
Reprinted in L'étonnant Spider-Man #50 (1975)
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