Fantastic Fears #5
In "My Coffin Must Wait," a corrupt city official sentenced to prison uses his claustrophobia as both a curse and a plan, escaping into a coffin beneath the morgue he helped build. With the city morgue now a labyrinth of sealed drawers, his henchman Maxie must search through thousands of ice boxes to find him—before the coffin becomes a permanent tomb. Howard Nostrand’s stark, atmospheric art and Ben Oda’s sharp lettering bring a chilling tension to this 1954 tale of desperation and dread.
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Corrupt city official Sam is caught and sentenced to prison. Since he suffers from claustrophobia, Sam can't tolerate confinement. Working in the prison morgue, Sam learns the bodies are subsequently sent to the city morgue, a building constructed under his crooked supervision. Sam climbs into a coffin and escapes from prison, but when his henchman Maxie arrives at the city morgue to free him, he discovers there are thousands of "ice boxes" (morgue drawers) and he doesn't know which one Sam is in.
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