Crypt of Shadows #8

In "Look Homeward, Werewolf!" from Crypt of Shadows #8 (1974), a lone werewolf hires a boatman to ferry him across a treacherous river, warning that even a drop of water will unleash his fury. The boatman, confident in his skill, promises to keep the beast dry—until the sky opens and rain begins to fall.

In "Ask Me No Questions," a father’s playful answers to his son’s innocent questions take a surreal turn when the boy, curious about his origins, is told he came from a stork—and that his father’s magic whistle, a moose horn, summoned them. When the boy blows the horn outside, the father is stunned to see a sky full of storks, each carrying a baby, descending toward their home.

In the cold glow of a 1974 sci-fi office, an editor whose taste kept readers hooked finds his job slipping away to a man whose smile never fades. When his sudden rise in circulation leads to his dismissal, he spirals into despair—only to lash out with a knife, tearing away the grinning facade to expose something far from human. The truth is too strange to believe, and the only place left for him is the asylum.

In "The Man Who Made a Wish!" from Crypt of Shadows #8 (1974), a desperate man trades his soul for a fortune, only to find himself cursed with a rare illness—precisely the kind doctors are eager to study. With a month to live and a thousand dollars a day to spend, he must decide what kind of life he can afford, even as the price of his bargain begins to take its toll.

In "Deep Grave. Cold Grave!", a homeless man named Jo finds a tattered coat that seems to hold more than warmth—its pockets are stuffed with cash that vanishes the moment he takes it off. As suspicion grows and no one believes he didn’t steal the money, Jo is left caught between the coat’s strange power and the world’s harsh judgment.