Crypt of Horror #21
"Ghost on the Gallows" delivers a chilling, atmospheric tale in Crypt of Horror #21, a 2014 release where the haunting art of Bernie Krigstein—both penciled and inked—brings the eerie encounter between a lighthouse attendant and spectral Sirens to life. When the Sirens demand the beacon stay dark to lure ships to their doom, the man’s desperate act of knocking over a lamp ignites a fire that saves the day, only to leave him questioning his own mind. Cover by Bob Powell captures the dread with a stark, shadowed image of the lighthouse and the sea.
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A lighthouse attendant is accosted by Sirens who wish the beacon to remain unlit so passing ships will founder upon the reef, but as he backs away from them, he knocks over a table lamp which starts a fire and warns the ship away. The next day, men who come to investigate tell him he imagined the Sirens, but he points to their footprints in the sand.
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