Kalla kårar #3/1990
"Baklås!" delivers a darkly comedic twist on marital betrayal and unintended consequences, as Freda’s scheme to escape her husband Oscar’s care backfires in the most literal way possible. Written by Bill Gaines, Al Feldstein, and Johan Andreasson, with art by Jack Kamen and lettering by Johan Andreasson, this 1990 issue from Pingvinförlaget is a sharp, satirical take on greed and irony, all rendered with the crisp, expressive style that defines the era. The cover, by Al Feldstein, captures the story’s tense, ironic mood with its stark, dramatic composition.
In "Baklås!", Freda marries Oscar Higgins for his money, only to find herself trapped in a grim caretaker role when he becomes paralyzed. With a clever (and darkly ironic) plan, she locks him in the cellar, hoping to escape with her lover Rick—only for fate to twist the knife when Rick ends up trapped beside Oscar, leaving her to care for both.
In the eerie confines of the Ocean Queen, a passenger taking room 13 is warned of supernatural occurrences—then drawn into a mystery that forces him to confront the ship’s dark past. As strange events unfold and the captain’s silence deepens, the truth begins to surface in ways no one expected.
In the brutal winter of the Korean War, 1950s, a North Korean officer named Jun stages a desperate act of deception—executing American prisoners and stealing their uniforms to infiltrate enemy lines. But when his ruse is uncovered by fellow North Koreans, his own men refuse to believe his identity, forcing him to face the grim consequences of his own orders.
In "Varulvslegenden!", Walter Mallory wakes each morning to blood on his hands, convinced he’s a werewolf committing murders in the dark. But when his cousin Gregory’s hidden influence begins to unravel, the truth behind the nightly killings reveals a far more sinister mind game than any beastly curse.
In "Ett experiment med döden!", Carlton och Fenton pusha gränserna av vetenskapen när de försöker återuppliva en död hund med ultraljud — men när Carlton blir nyfiken på att testa metoden på sig själv, dras han in i en experiment som kan förändra vad det betyder att vara levande.
In "Den hämndgirirge siouxen," Överste Tom Custer survives a brutal Sioux attack, fights back with cold precision, and steals a warrior’s horse to flee. His escape is short-lived—he’s captured again, now caught in a cycle of vengeance that threatens to consume him.
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