Haunt of Fear #28
In "The Prude," a 1954 EC horror classic, writer Carl Wessler and artist Graham Ingels deliver a chilling tale of guilt and retribution, with haunting visuals by Ingels and color work by Marie Severin. When a man’s obsession with morality leads him to enforce a bizarre law separating the sexes in death, the women of the cemetery rise in silent defiance—unearthing a fate far darker than he ever imagined.
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A man in an adulterous relationship deals with the guilt of his mistresses' suicide by campaigning against all forms of public affection until he finally has a law passed requiring separate cemeteries for men and women. The good women will not stand for this however, and they unbury themselves during the night to rebury themselves next to their mates. At first he doesn't believe the gravedigger when he relates what is happening so he stays in the cemetery at night and observes them rise. His former mistress drags him back into her grave.
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