Four Color #1173
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Specter of Youth," a father and son on an ice-fishing trip encounter an enigmatic old fisherman whose urgent warning about a storm leads to a perilous journey across the frozen Great Lakes. When the ice cracks and they're stranded on a drifting floe, their survival hinges on a sudden landfall at a remote island—and the lighthouse keeper who seems to know more than he should. Written by Paul S. Newman and illustrated by Reed Crandall, with lettering by Ben Oda, this atmospheric tale blends suspense and mystery in a 15-cent 1961 classic.
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On an ice-fishing trip to the Great Lakes, a father and his son find an old fisherman, who tells an odd story about needing to find his boat before a storm hits. Later, a storm breaks up the ice and the pair are stranded on an ice floe. They are saved when the floe is run aground on an island with a lighthouse, whose keeper is the old fisherman.
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