Frankenstein #7

Frankenstein takes on the cruelest villain in town when a psychic named Velura helps him uncover the truth about Silas Grunch's cruel playground scheme. Using Velura's powers, Frankenstein discovers that the playground—built solely to torture children by keeping it forever out of reach—isn't even Grunch's to control. With the evidence in hand, Frankenstein confronts Grunch and ensures the children finally get what they deserve.

Frankenstein's lonely-hearts business gets an unusual client when the Flying Dutchman crashes into his boat—a cursed sailor who's been doomed to sail the seas for centuries unless he finds a woman who loves him. With characteristic confidence, Frankenstein promises to find the perfect match and sets up a meeting between the Dutchman and an eager young woman, but matrimonial bliss proves far more complicated than either party expected. It's a wickedly funny romp about what happens when a supernatural curse meets the very mortal trials of married life.

When a mysterious singing voice lures ships to their doom on a rocky island, Frankenstein arrives with his saxophone—only to discover the "Lorelei" is actually Laura Lye, a musician who fled to the island to practice without complaint from neighbors. The pair strike up an unlikely friendship and decide to make beautiful music together, but when Frankenstein borrows Laura's clothes to dry his suit, he inadvertently becomes the island's new terror. A humorous 1947 tale that proves sometimes the scariest thing isn't the monster—it's the misunderstanding.

When robbery suspect Ed Watson is cornered by Detective Zimmer on the officer's birthday, a moment of hesitation costs the lawman his life—and sets off a statewide manhunt across Pennsylvania that will test every investigator's resolve. Red-Hot Blaze, special investigator for Headline Comics, follows the chase through false leads and narrow escapes as Watson stays one step ahead, until a rooming house tip finally puts the cop killer within reach. This true crime tale, drawn from actual police files, shows how relentless pursuit and steady detective work corner a desperate fugitive.

When Mr. Milty Weeks loses a magicians' election to Frankenstein, he's determined to prove himself the superior sorcerer—and he stumbles upon a voodoo technique involving effigies and pins that seems to work perfectly. As Milty orchestrates his revenge at the magicians' convention, things don't quite go according to plan, and he discovers that sometimes the simplest explanations are the most humbling.