Haunt of Fear #3
"Nightmare!" is a chilling tale from Haunt of Fear #3 (1993), written, drawn, and inked by the legendary Johnny Craig, with color by Marie Severin and lettering by Jim Wroten. The story follows a construction engineer haunted by dreams of being buried alive, leading him to confront a terrifying moment of realization during a crucial moment on a job site—where reality and nightmare blur in a single, breathless instant. The cover, also by Johnny Craig, captures the dread with stark, expressive lines.
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A construction engineer has recurring dreams of being buried alive, so he visits a psychiatrist. Dr. Froyd interprets these dreams as subconscious indications of being 'buried under work'. The engineer resolves to inspect the concrete moldings of the latest project before taking his summer vacation. He doses off briefly, but when he comes to, finds they have begun pouring the concrete, and, believing this to be yet another dream, begins to laugh and makes no attempt to escape.
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