Horror Tales #4
"Curse of the Vampire" delivers a chilling blend of supernatural dread and old-world mystery in this 1971 Eerie Publications standout. When a greedy tycoon ignores ghostly warnings while drilling in an Indian burial ground, he's haunted by a spectral maiden—only to later fall for a living woman who eerily resembles her, sparking unease when he has a vision revealing a terrifying truth. Dick Ayers handles both pencils and inks for the story, while Johnny Bruck provides the haunting cover art.
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A greedy tycoon digs for oil in an old Indian burial ground, despite ghostly warnings and the appearance of a ghostly Indian maiden. He later meets, and falls in love with, a woman who is a dead ringer for the maiden but grows concerned when he has a vision that she is a vampire.
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