Eerie Annual #1971

"Hatchet Man" in Eerie Annual #1971 delivers a chilling tale of isolation and dread, written by Archie Goodwin and illustrated by Gray Morrow, whose moody artwork perfectly complements the story’s eerie atmosphere. When a whaling crew rescues a man named Sturgis adrift at sea, he recounts a haunting tale of an island haunted by the ancient entity Shoggath—only to reveal that the horror is far from over. The cover, a collaborative masterpiece by Frank Frazetta, Kenneth Smith, Vaughn Bodé, Dan Adkins, and Vic Prezio, captures the story’s unsettling tone in vivid, grotesque detail.