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Cover: Don Heck
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Horrific #4

Mar 1953 · Comic Media · 0.10 USD
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In "Last Ride!", Death himself recounts the twisted fate of disgraced race-car driver Hugh Lanson, whose disfigured face bears the scars of a fiery crash. After a tense showdown with his rival Johnnie Rivers and a cryptic warning from a fortune teller named Maggie, Hugh makes a desperate bargain—using a dark ritual to possess Johnnie’s body. But as the switch takes hold, a trail of demons follows him, and his victory comes at a cost he never anticipated. With Don Perlin handling both art and inks, and Don Heck’s chilling cover capturing the moment of transformation, this 1953 horror classic delivers a haunting, supernatural twist on the racing genre.

Contains 4 stories
Last Ride!
7 pp · Horror-Suspense
DeathHugh LansonJohnnie RiversVickieMaggie

In "Last Ride!" from Horrific #4 (1953), Death recounts the twisted fate of Hugh Lanson, a race-car driver scarred by fire and haunted by his past. After a bitter rivalry with Johnnie Rivers and a fateful encounter with a fortune teller named Maggie, Hugh undergoes a dark ritual to inhabit Johnnie’s body—only to find himself pursued by demons and racing through a realm beyond life.

Ring of Death
6 pp · Horror-Suspense
Max RichterHansPrincess NarinaGhengis KhanKasir

In the depths of WWII, Nazi submariners Max and Hans stumble upon an antique jar in Algiers, unaware it holds a curse tied to a forgotten princess and a betrayal spanning centuries. As their submarine sinks into the ocean’s dark embrace, haunting dreams of Princess Narnia and the cursed ring she warns them of begin to unravel their fate.

The Coffin
7 pp · Horror-Suspense
Pencils ? [as Tewks]Inks ? [as Tewks]
Jud WayneCaptain Ebenezer MarlinAndrewChris MarlinBillSergeant
Hating Corpse
6 pp · Horror-Suspense
Charlie KennedyNathan BoydThyraDoc

In "Hating Corpse," writer and artist unknown, a debt turns deadly when Nathan pressures Charlie into divorcing his wife Thyra—offering forgiveness in exchange. When Charlie refuses, he’s murdered and staged to look like suicide, but his rage keeps him tethered to the world long enough to write a final letter to Thyra and exact revenge. The police are left baffled by a crime that defies time, as Charlie’s corpse holds the truth.

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $152
CGC 8.0 · 2 in census $1,747*
CGC 7.5 none in existence
CGC 7.0 · 2 in census $1,579
CGC 6.5 · 3 in census $1,579
CGC 6.0 · 4 in census $961
CGC 5.5 · 6 in census $672
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CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $672*
CGC 4.5 · 7 in census $577
CGC 4.0 · 9 in census $469
CGC 3.5 · 3 in census $431
CGC 3.0 · 3 in census $395*
CGC 2.5 · 3 in census $320*
CGC 2.0 · 2 in census $273*
CGC 1.5 · 1 in census $209*
CGC 1.0 none in existence
CGC 0.5 · 1 in census $137*
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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Full credits

artist, inker Don Perlin
letterer John Duffy
cover pencils, inks Don Heck

Reprints

Reprinted in Weird Terror #13 (1954), Horror Tales #7 (1972), The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #13 (2015), The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #18 (2016), Cryptology #2 (2025)

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