Ghost Comics #5
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Satan Owned His Soul," a haunted WWII pilot confronts the living ghosts of his fallen comrades when he tracks down the traitors responsible for their deaths. With stark, shadow-drenched art by Rafael Astarita, this chilling tale blends wartime vengeance with supernatural retribution. The cover by Maurice Whitman captures the moment of dread with haunting precision.
In 1680 London, the ruthless lawyer Peter Malden—renowned as “the hanging judge”—rises through power by embracing darkness, only to find himself on trial before a jury made of the very souls he condemned. As his past crimes catch up with him, justice takes a terrifyingly personal turn in this chilling tale from Ghost Comics #5.
In "Pilot's Revenge," a haunted sky becomes a battlefield of vengeance as a wartime pilot, now flying a civilian route, confronts the ghosts of his fallen comrades—literally—when he spots the men who betrayed them. With cold precision, he turns the plane’s descent into a reckoning, sending his former enemies to a watery grave where the dead are waiting.
In "Phantoms from the Sea," a grim crew of shipwreckers uses a remote lighthouse to lure vessels to their destruction—until the old keeper and the spectral remnants of his past victims rise to reclaim their haunt. The story unfolds with chilling precision, blending maritime dread and spectral retribution in a tale that lingers long after the final page.
In "Count Borka's Return," the ancient vampire Count Borka awakens after two centuries to hunt the last heir of the Dvorak family. His path crosses with a young American wielding a blazing sword, setting the stage for a clash of old darkness and unexpected defiance.
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↩ Reprints Wings Comics #71 (1946), Rangers Comics #36 (1947)
Reprinted in Jungle Comics #32 (1942), Ghost Comics #5 (1952), The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #11 (2015), Ghost Comics #5 (2022)
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