Crypt of Horror #4

In "The Monster," a 2007 issue of Crypt of Horror, a desperate man named Johnny finds himself stranded on a desolate island with a man he once betrayed—Hilton. After a storm forces them both overboard, Johnny tries to rid himself of Hilton’s presence, only to find the man keeps washing back ashore, no matter how many times he’s buried or weighted down. Howard Nostrand’s stark, moody art brings the isolation and creeping dread to life, while Bill Black and Mark Heike’s cover captures the story’s unsettling tone.