L'Inattendu #4
In "Les morts-vivants du Baron Macabre," a man wakes in a thick fog, his past erased—until a mysterious stranger offers him hypnosis to reclaim his memories. As the truth emerges, he recalls a life as a circus performer who met a tragic end, and now faces the grim realization that his guide is none other than Death itself, come to claim him at last. Written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Steve Ditko, with a striking cover by Gil Kane and Mike Esposito, this 1975 issue from Arédit-Artima delivers a haunting, dreamlike journey through memory and mortality.
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A man finds himself lost in a fog with no idea who he is. He is approached by a stranger who offers to help him through hypnosis. The hypnosis recovers his lost memory and he realizes that he was a circus performer who has died from a fall from the high wire. The stranger is revealed as Death who was delayed from their appointed meeting and is here to usher him into the next world.
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