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Eerie #3

Oct 1951 · Avon · 0.10 USD
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In "The Case of the Painted Beast!", a chilling tale from Eerie #3 (1951), a man’s lifelong terror of snakes takes a supernatural turn when his past catches up with him. After sharing a cell with a man who claimed to have killed a witch, Hinchley witnesses the witch’s spirit return as a talking snake—only to see her vanish her former cellmate whole. Now, years later, the fear that haunts him may not be imagined. When Hinchley disappears after a nap in a boxcar, his friend discovers a snake with a bloated stomach in the corner, its eyes fixed on the scene. The story, illustrated with eerie precision by Wally Wood—pencils and inks on the cover—delivers a classic horror twist with a haunting, lingering dread.

Contains 4 stories
The Case of the Painted Beast!
7 pp · Horror-Suspense

In the quiet town of Maple Valley, an art competition ignites more than just creativity—when Ezra Vale’s unsettling painting, *The Forest of Fear*, is dismissed, the monstrous figure within begins to bleed into reality. As those who mocked the work vanish one by one, the painting shifts, its gnomes replaced by the missing townsfolk, trapped in a world painted in dread.

Was He Dead?
7 pp · Horror-Suspense
The Monster of the Storm
6 pp · Horror-Suspense

When lightning kills John Unter during a violent storm in Mossy Glen, the town thinks it’s over—until the thunder returns. Each storm brings the dead man back as a ghoulish monster, hunting the living with a relentless, unseen fury. The curse lives on, and no one is safe when the skies darken.

The Mirror of Isis!
7 pp · Horror-Suspense

In "The Mirror of Isis!" from Eerie #3 (1951), Elyse, fiancée of Brad Stanfield, becomes eerily possessed after coming into contact with an ancient Egyptian mirror. As she slips into a trance and attacks a servant in her grandfather’s house, Brad and the archeologist Redmond uncover the mirror’s dark connection to her actions. With time running out, they race to destroy the cursed artifact before it claims Brad’s life.

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $237
CGC 9.0 · 3 in census $2,759*
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $1,926*
CGC 8.0 none in existence
CGC 7.5 · 3 in census $1,290
CGC 7.0 · 2 in census $1,290
CGC 6.5 none in existence
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CGC 6.0 · 4 in census $731
CGC 5.5 · 4 in census $615*
CGC 5.0 · 5 in census $584*
CGC 4.5 · 4 in census $499*
CGC 4.0 · 6 in census $433*
CGC 3.5 · 4 in census $386*
CGC 3.0 · 6 in census $342*
CGC 2.5 · 2 in census $277*
CGC 2.0 · 3 in census $236*
CGC 1.5 · 4 in census $181*
CGC 1.0 · 1 in census $151*
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Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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Full credits

artist, inker Wally Wood
artist, inker Joe Orlando
artist, inker Sid Check
cover pencils, inks Wally Wood

Reprints

Reprinted in Eerie #3 (1952), Eerie #17 (1954), Nightveil's Cauldron of Horror #1 (1989), Gorgana's Ghoul Gallery #2 (1994), Horror House #1 (1994), America's Greatest Comics #4 (2002), Crypt of Horror #3 (2006), Crypt of Horror #12 (2011), The Joe Kubert Archives #1 (2012), Wally Wood: Eerie Tales of Crime and Horror #[nn] (2013), Crypt of Horror #27 (2015), Pre-Code Classics: Eerie #3 (2016), Golden Comics #1, Golden Comics #4

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