Haunt of Fear #2
"Room for One More!" is a chilling tale from Haunt of Fear #2 (1985), written by Al Feldstein and illustrated by Jack Kamen, with inks by Kamen and letters by Jim Wroten. When a six-year-old boy claims he’s actually 24 and has spent his life watching his uncle commit murders—something he hopes to do when he grows up—the police take him seriously, only to shoot him dead after he tries to flee. The story takes a surreal turn when they discover the child truly had three eyes and a forked tongue, and the final panel reveals a disturbing wink from the boy, his third eye glinting, as the mother reports her dog died the night before. The cover, penciled and inked by Al Feldstein, perfectly captures the story’s unsettling tone.
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Policeman interview a child who appears to be about six and claims he is really 24 and lives no place while going around all day watching his 'Uncle Ekar' murdering people which is what he wants to do when he grows up. The kid tells the police where they can find Uncle Ekar and he shows, but tries to run off and the police shoot him dead whereupon they realize that the child was not lying and he really did have three eyes and a forked tongue. The kid gets adopted and the police check up on him where the mother tells them that his dog died last night. The last panel depicts the kid winking at the reader with an eye in the middle of his forehead and a forked tongue.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).