Ghost Comics #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "I Woke in Terror —," a family's move into a haunted house takes a chilling turn when the children stumble upon the truth behind a long-buried murder. Written by Drew Murdoch and illustrated by Alex Blum with inks by Matt Baker and the Iger Studios team, this 1952 Ghost Comics standout blends suspense and supernatural dread. The cover by Alex Blum and the Eisner and Iger Studio captures the eerie tension with sharp, expressive lines.
In "I Woke in Terror," a family settles into a house shadowed by a past crime, only to find the walls themselves remember the blood spilled beneath them. When the killers return to erase their crime, the children stand firm—and the ghost of the murdered man rises to face them.
A woman and her children move into a house that's been vacant for a month, but their fresh start is quickly unsettled when a hostile neighbor demands they leave—and when supernatural forces begin stirring in the darkness. As mysterious figures close in on the cellar at midnight, the children find themselves caught between shadowy presences and dangerous strangers, guided by an otherworldly voice that seems determined to protect them from an unknown evil hidden within the house's walls. In this tale by Drew Murdoch, the line between the living and the dead blurs as terror and mystery converge in the depths below.
In "Spies Can't Die," a female American spy finds herself deep behind enemy lines during a tense wartime standoff. Rescued by a brave pilot who sacrifices his life, she is guided not by chance but by his lingering spirit as she fights to escape the relentless grip of the commissars.
When Lucy Preston's young son Tommy is kidnapped for ransom, she defies her brother's pleas to involve the police and attempts to pay the criminals herself—only to discover the kidnappers have no intention of letting either of them live. As Lucy's spirit fights to protect her boy from beyond, supernatural forces and a chance plane crash conspire to expose the criminals' deadly scheme before it's too late. This atmospheric tale blends crime suspense with the supernatural as a mother's love becomes Tommy's only chance for salvation.
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↩ Reprints Jumbo Comics #69 (1944), Jumbo Comics #71 (1945), Jumbo Comics #80 (1945), Wings Comics #77 (1947)
Reprinted in Crypt of Horror #25 (2015), The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #11 (2015), Ghost Comics #2, Ghost Comics #2, Kaänga Comics #19
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