Haunted Horror #10
In "The Cult of the 13 Ghosts," Edgar Clay grapples with the crushing weight of losing his wife Miriam, only to find his grief deepened when he visits her grave at night. There, under a moonlit sky, he witnesses the dead rising—each rewriting their epitaphs to expose the hidden truths of their lives. As Miriam’s stone begins to shift, revealing a shocking secret about her final moments, Edgar is forced to confront a past he never knew. Art by Sal Trapani, with cover by L. B. Cole.
In "The Cult of the 13 Ghosts," landlord Semple Ridgedon tries to erase the dark past of his building by tearing it down and rebuilding it anew—but the ghosts of a murdered cult refuse to stay buried. As the modern structure stands, the spirits return, forcing Ridgedon to face the chilling consequence of a promise he made long ago.
In "The Monster's Ghost!" from Haunted Horror #10, ghost hunter Bruce Gibson takes a dangerous gamble when he purchases a haunted house and dares a mysterious dark stranger to unleash his worst horrors. Summoned from the corpses of four men, a black bull, and a drop of Gibson’s blood, a monstrous entity rises—its power testing the limits of both hunter and fiend in a deadly game of wits.
In "Epitaph!", Edgar Clay seeks solace at his wife Miriam’s grave, haunted by guilt after her death. As night falls, he watches in stunned silence as the dead rise—each rewriting their epitaphs to expose hidden truths. When Miriam’s stone begins to shift, revealing a secret that shatters his grief, the past refuses to stay buried.
In "Hand of Fate!" from Haunted Horror #10, a quiet farmer tends to his land with unsettling calm as mysterious killings plague his farm under thick, brooding fog. When the truth emerges, it’s not the monsters who are the real threat—but the silent, blood-stained hands of his own family.
In "Prey for the Vampire Horde," audio engineer Eric Barnes finds himself trapped in the clutches of the enigmatic Count Pramevi, a vampire demanding he build a device to immortalize his voice. Forced to work under duress, Barnes channels his skills into a desperate act of defiance—crafting a supersonic weapon that disrupts the count’s unnatural flight. The resulting crash leaves Barnes in a precarious position, with the vampire’s fate hanging in the balance.
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↩ Reprints Mask Comics #1 (1945), Dark Mysteries #2 (1951), This Magazine Is Haunted #3 (1952), Witches Tales #16 (1952), Tales of Horror #5 (1953), The Beyond #22 (1953), Weird Mysteries #9 (1954)
Reprinted in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #16 (2016)
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