Golden Comics #4
This volume collects a selection of eerie and supernatural stories from the Golden Comics line, focusing on classic ghostly tales and macabre twists. It brings together a mix of vintage-style horror narratives, showcasing the publisher's early forays into the genre with atmospheric art and spooky plotlines.
In "The Mirror of Isis!", a cursed Egyptian artifact awakens dark forces within Elyse, fiancée of Brad Stanfield, plunging her into a trance that leads to a violent act at her grandfather’s estate. As Stanfield and archaeologist Redmond uncover the mirror’s sinister link to Elyse’s actions, they race to stop the supernatural tide before it claims Brad. With art by Joe Kubert and a striking cover by Maurice Whitman, this eerie tale blends ancient mysticism and psychological tension in a 7,50 EUR gem from Univers Comics.
When an ancient Egyptian mirror begins to twist Elyse’s mind, her fiancé Brad Stanfield and archaeologist Redmond must unravel its dark power before she turns on him. As the mirror’s influence deepens, the line between possession and madness blurs in the quiet halls of her grandfather’s estate.
In "Ghost Ship of the Caribbean," a young couple seeking shelter from a storm find themselves stranded on a haunted pirate vessel, where the crew has no mercy—yet the ghost of the ship’s captain, revealed to be the man’s long-lost great grandfather, stands between them and danger.
In "The Strange Fate of Captain Fenton," a tyrannical sea captain meets a fateful turn when he casts a crewmate’s totem overboard, only to survive a shipwreck and wash ashore on an island where the natives revere him as divine. His newfound power quickly turns his cruelty into a darker reign—until the very totem he discarded washes up on the beach, setting the stage for a reckoning he never saw coming.
In "null," convict Red Harrison escapes prison only to be guided by the ghost of a murdered policeman toward Tim, the man’s son on the brink of a criminal path. When mobsters close in, Red intervenes to protect Tim, but his sacrifice leaves the boy forever changed.
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