House of Mystery #245
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "A Talent for Murder!", Emmy Poole and her son Vernon become victims of small-town cruelty, but their fate takes a darkly whimsical turn when mysterious magic seeds—sent with a catalog of oddities—awaken a vengeance as strange as it is unexpected. Written by Bill Parente and Guy Lillian and brought to life with eerie precision by Alex Niño, this eerie tale blends folk horror and supernatural retribution in a story that lingers long after the final page. The cover, by Leo Duranona, captures the unsettling charm of the tale with a haunting, dreamlike image.
In "A Talent for Murder!" from House of Mystery #245, a struggling painter finds his brushstrokes unnaturally sharp—literally and figuratively—when the malevolent spirit of the studio’s former occupant takes up residence in his mind. As the artist’s hand begins to paint with a deadly precision, he’s drawn into a haunting cycle of vengeance he never asked for.
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Reprinted in Terror Tales Album #5 (1978), Spectral #8 (1986), Démon #11 (1987)
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