Dead of Night #8
In "Alone in the Dark!", Tony Neely finds himself tangled in a deadly game of deception after overhearing a couple’s murder plot in a dimly lit bar. As he follows them through the shadowy streets, his attempt to blackmail them spirals into a chilling confrontation—only to realize, in a moment of dread, that the woman he’s tracking is his own wife, Rose. John Tartaglione’s moody artwork, inked by Vince Colletta, brings the suspense to life, while Arvell Jones and Mike Esposito’s cover captures the story’s eerie tension.
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Tony Neely is in a bar and overhears a couple planning a murder. The woman, intends on killing her husband for their insurance money. Tony decides that he can use what he knows to blackmail them. He tries following them through the shadowy streets as they search for Rose's husband. As Tony creeps closer, he accidentally kicks a discarded can alerting them to his presence. Rose turns around and Tony stares in horror as he realizes that the woman is his own wife, and he her intended victim.
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