Gwandanaland Comics #2369

In "Master of the Dead!" from Gwandanaland Comics #2369, the mad French mystic and scientist Pierre Jarnac, once confined for his gruesome experiments on corpses, now poses as sane—only to take up a new role as caretaker of the Marne military cemetery. There, beneath the silent rows of graves, he begins a chilling ritual to awaken the fallen soldiers of the First World War, whispering secrets to the dead that could one day stir an army from the earth.

In "Dance Macabre," the struggling duo of Jack and Daisy turn to voodoo to revive their fading act, but their performance awakens something far more dangerous than an audience’s applause. As the undead stir in the shadows, paranoia takes root, turning every step of their dance into a desperate bid for survival—until the line between performer and prey dissolves.

In "Help Us to Die!" from Gwandanaland Comics #2369, Jim and Marjorie Torrence make a reckless decision after stealing an Egyptian mummy from the museum, uncovering a secret tied to eternal life—only to find their choice comes with a price neither expected. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, the story unfolds in just six pages, blending dread and curiosity as the couple’s desperate bid for immortality begins to unravel.

In "The Children of the Cold Gods!", a government scientist racing to perfect cryogenic stasis for space travel stumbles into a terrifying anomaly when temperatures plummet below absolute zero—shattering frozen bodies into fragments. What follows is a chilling revelation: these shards are being reassembled by malevolent entities from an icy dimension, transforming the corpses into grotesque, unstoppable monsters bent on conquest. As the scientist fights to survive, they must push heat to its limits, turning the invaders into eternal ice.

In "The Phantom of Philip Hawks," young lovers John Allen and Mary Kane set sail on their honeymoon, unaware that John’s jealous rival, Philip Hawks, has cursed them with a vengeance that reaches beyond the grave. As their ship drifts into storm-lashed waters, the ghost of Philip takes control, turning their dream voyage into a terrifying descent into the unknown.

In "The Mirror of Death," sailor Steve Lajos trades his uniform for the guise of dapper businessman Robert Martin, preying on unsuspecting women during shore leave. When he dares to break the sacred mirror in the temple of the seven-armed god Struga, his vanity is shattered—and his true, monstrous self is revealed. The story unfolds with chilling precision, as Lajos is trapped in the god’s presence, forever facing the reflection he can no longer escape.

In *The Circle of Circe!*, Ulysses and his men are driven to the island of Aeaea after defeat at the hands of the giant Zakro, seeking the fabled Golden Tusks of Atlas. There, they fall prey to the sorceress Circe and her Amazon warriors, who transform them—along with themselves—into wolves before vanishing into a hidden starship. The story unfolds as a chilling blend of myth and alien mystery, where ancient legends hide a far stranger truth: Circe is no mere witch, but a being from a world of intelligent wolves, hunting human males to save her dying race.

In the isolated Tyrolian alps, the town of Ravennes stirs with ancient dread, its people bound by whispers of the vampire Erik Lustveg. When Rod and Dot Blair—descendants of the cursed line—arrive to uncover their family’s dark past, they soon realize the legend isn’t just folklore.

In "The Massacre of Mankind!" from Gwandanaland Comics #2369, humanity’s creations turn against their makers in a brutal uprising. A small group of survivors, led by the son of a dead scientist, races through a world gone mad as machines hunt them down.

In "Pressed for Time," Ephraim’s lifelong obsession with eternal life leads him to summon Satan, who grants his darkest wish. Now, as the townsfolk sentence him to death by crushing, he faces the horrifying truth: his immortality means he’ll endure endless suffering with no end in sight.

In "The Inner Man," scientist Wroclaw pushes the limits of his shrinking experiment, reducing condemned criminal Varga to microscopic size—only for Varga to escape into a bottle of pills. When Wroclaw unknowingly swallows one, Varga takes root inside him, hijacking his mind and turning his body into a weapon. As Wroclaw’s grip on reality slips, the line between host and intruder blurs, and the true horror unfolds within the labyrinth of a man’s own mind.

In "The Victims," a scientist and his assistant work on a secret project to create indestructible clones for military dominance. When the assistant murders the scientist and his wife in a fit of jealousy, he discovers too late that they were only clones—and now, they’re coming back to finish what they started.

In ancient Rome, 126 B.C., three young men take up the hunt against a vampire preying on their region, tracking the creature to its hidden forest tomb. With the vampire trapped and driven to desperate measures, they confront him in his vault, where the final clash tests their courage and resolve.

In "When the Dawn Gods War!", a stranded human crash-lands on a prehistoric world and becomes the target of the Thropoli—amorphous, multi-tentacled alien hunters. With the help of a wary caveman named Kroog, the human uses lightning and cunning to turn the tide, tricking the Thropoli into consuming a poisoned plant brew. As the aliens retreat, the human names Kroog and his mate Adam and Eve, marking a strange new beginning on a world where gods are made, not born.

In "A Rottin' Deal," Peter’s greed leads him to murder his uncle in the desert, only to find the corpse returning at every oasis, a rotting specter poisoning the water. As Peter flees the cursed mirages, his own body begins to fail—his desperate escape now haunted by the disease he unknowingly inherited.

In "Soul of the Warlock," Erik Mortus, a man consumed by dark rituals, attempts to resurrect the long-dead sorcerer Estaban Delgato by using a powerful medium as a vessel. The plan demands a living host, but each previous attempt ends in the host’s violent incineration—leaving behind only ash and fury. When Erik finally secures his target, the spirit of Delgato awakens, not in gratitude, but in protest, and the scorched remnants of past failures rise to claim their vengeance.

In "Phantom of the Rock Era," a gold-digging groupie sets her sights on Roddy Skeane, a rising star with a mysterious past, only to discover he’s not just a musician—he’s the frontman of the undead band known as the Decrepit Chord. As her scheme to exploit him turns deadly, she finds herself trapped in a twisted audition that could end in her eternal performance… or worse.

In "Shoot-Out at Satan’s Coffin," newlyweds Holly and Keith find themselves trapped in the cursed ghost town of Satan’s Coffin after stumbling upon a brutal uranium mine run by ruthless prospectors. Forced to flee through the sun-scorched desert, they’re pursued by the monstrous gila monster they’ve come to call Rex—its size and rage fueled by the mine’s deadly radiation. When escape seems impossible, a sacred medallion from the Molevis tribe awakens the vengeful spirits of long-dead outlaws, ready to defend the innocent.

In 1793, during the bloody chaos of the French Revolution, an old hag meets her end at the guillotine—only to awaken in Hell, where a cunning demon named Vogt offers her a twisted bargain: return to the world of the living, but as a headless body confined to an asylum. "Hag of the Blood Basket!" unfolds with a chilling blend of historical dread and supernatural horror, as the hag’s restored existence becomes a torment of isolation and unseen forces.

In "A Living Death!", a police lieutenant’s life unravels when a hippie vampire named Derek Williamson turns his sister into one of the undead. When Derek targets the lieutenant’s fiancée, the officer must confront the creature on a lonely beach, where blood and vengeance collide.

In the shadowed halls of a Renaissance chapel, a young painter named Cristoforo makes a desperate pact with Satan to avenge the Duke of Florence, who stole his beloved. With dark artistry, he paints a pagan demon upon the chapel wall—its eyes alive with malice, its hunger eternal. When the Duke sees the blasphemous image, he orders Cristoforo executed, but the painter’s vengeance is only beginning. Every midnight, the demon returns, and the cycle of retribution unfolds anew.