Haunted Horror #15
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Nightmare Come True," a grocery clerk’s terrifying dreams take a deadly turn when monsters from his subconscious spill into reality—only to be stopped by a doctor who ends the nightmare with a final, irreversible act. With eerie precision, the Iger Shop’s art brings the dream world’s dread to life, while Bernard Baily’s cover captures the chilling moment the line between sleep and horror dissolves.
In "Nightmare Come True," a grocery clerk haunted by dreams of monsters finds them spilling into reality—only to survive a terrifying encounter. After being hospitalized and sedated, his dreams turn apocalyptic, unleashing chaos that threatens the city. The story unfolds with relentless tension, exploring the fragile line between mind and nightmare.
In "Mark of the Brute," a paranoid employer locks down his isolated mansion, swearing that a monstrous brute stalks the grounds and only he can keep his employees safe. As fear tightens its grip, the line between protector and predator begins to blur—until the truth of his own monstrous nature starts to show.
In "Terror of the Nightmares!", a wealthy hunter's forbidden attraction to a taxidermist's wife spirals into a grotesque act of vengeance when jealousy drives the embittered craftsman to seal his wife’s decaying body inside the stuffed form of the hunter’s prized horse—a twisted tribute disguised as a gift. The story unfolds with chilling precision, weaving obsession and horror through a quiet, unnerving atmosphere where every shadow feels like a promise of dread.
In "You Can't Cheat a Ghost," three desperate criminals chase a legendary pirate treasure, but when one pretends to be the ghost of the dead captain, the ruse spirals into a deadly game. The real ghost has other plans—and the sea never forgets a debt.
In "Monster of Sarno Gulch!", a man returns from a Caribbean trip with a dangerous secret: a voodoo elixir that transforms humans into monstrous beings. Back in the isolated Sarno Gulch, he experiments with the potion on himself and his new bride, unleashing a terrifying change neither expected.
In "The Fiend Who Lived Forever," a scientist obsessed with immortality transforms himself through horrific experiments on human victims, believing he can finally win the love of his sweetheart. With his body unkillable—surviving fire, drowning, and gunfire—he steals from banks to fund his dream, unaware that each wound leaves him more grotesquely scarred, his face a twisted testament to his endless suffering.
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↩ Reprints Journey into Fear #9 (1952), Weird Mysteries #2 (1952), Witchcraft #6 (1953), Dark Mysteries #16 (1954), The Unseen #13 (1954), Weird Terror #11 (1954), Strange Mysteries #9 (1954), Mister Mystery #18 (1954), Web of Evil #17 (1954)
Reprinted in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #21 (2017)
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