Fantastic #9
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Deadly Doodles of Dandy," Twitch Kennedy's blackmail scheme takes a deadly turn when he betrays the Mori priestess Mala, leading to a chilling curse that awakens her shrunken heads in a vengeful rampage. Art by Harry Harrison and Ernie Bache brings the eerie tension to life, while Ed Goldfarb and Bob Baer's cover captures the story's unsettling tone. A 10-cent comic from 1952, this issue blends mystery and supernatural dread in a tale where the past refuses to stay buried.
In "Deadly Doodles of Dandy," a struggling horror writer finds his darkest imaginings taking terrifying form after acquiring a strange typewriter from a shadowy pawn shop. As his fictional horrors begin to bleed into reality, the weight of real lives lost to his fiction drives him to a grim, self-inflicted end—where the line between story and slaughter dissolves.
In "Go-Devils of Doon," two archaeologists venture into the wilds of Mozambique chasing the legend of the lost civilization of Doon—only to uncover that its ruins are guarded by ancient, tempest-born spirits known as the Go-Devils. The story unfolds with creeping dread as the explorers realize the past isn’t just buried—it’s alive and fiercely protective.
In "Queen of the Shrunken Heads," Twitch Kennedy's ruthless blackmail scheme takes a deadly turn when he betrays Mala, the Mori priestess whose shrunken head collection holds more than just relics—her final curse awakens the heads, each whispering vengeance. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, this chilling 1952 tale unfolds in the shadow of a cursed collection, where the past refuses to stay buried.
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