E.C. Classic Reprint #4

In "Poetic Justice!" from E.C. Classic Reprint #4 (1973), the well-liked elderly town garbageman becomes the target of a cruel campaign by a wealthy man and his son, who seek to seize his property. When the old man’s mailbox fills with Valentine’s cards on the holiday, he’s briefly hopeful—only to be shattered by the hateful messages the wealthy pair have secretly spread. The story unfolds with quiet dread, building to a haunting, unspeakable retribution that arrives when the dead man returns on the next Valentine’s Day.

In "…On a Dead Man's Chest!" from E.C. Classic Reprint #4 (1973), a man’s world unravels when his younger brother begins an affair with his wife. After a night of drinking and secrets, the elder brother gets a tattoo of the three of them arm-in-arm on his chest—unaware it will become a chilling witness. When the pair conspire to kill him, the tattoo’s image may be the only thing that reveals the truth.

In "What's Cookin'?", two longtime restaurant owners welcome a new partner with big ideas, turning their roadside diner into the flashy "Chicken Coop." When greed takes over, they plot to eliminate him—only to face a horrifying reckoning when their victim returns, transformed and exacting revenge in the very methods he once championed.