Lost Marvels #1
In "At the Stroke of Midnight!", a professor journeys to a haunted British town to investigate the Wollaston Curse—a dark legacy tied to a murdered gypsy girl and a bloodline doomed to destruction by hate. As he explores the ruins of the Wollaston manor with a woman who plans to kill him, the curse claims her instead, weaving her fate into the very stones of the estate. Written by Allyn Brodsky and illustrated by Barry Smith with contributions from Herb Trimpe, this eerie tale unfolds with haunting art and a chilling premise, all rendered in a striking cover by Jim Steranko, George Tuska, Neal Adams, Wally Wood, and Barry Windsor-Smith.
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A professor visits a British town to look into the Wollaston Curse. The curse was inflicted onto the grandson of the noble George Wollaston who had murdered a gypsy girl. The girl's mother cursed the family bloodline of the Wollastons where anyone in the vicinity of the Wollaston manor with hate in their heart will be destroyed by the curse. The professor visits the ruins of the manor with a woman he met in town. The woman was planning on killing and robbing the professor, but because she had hate in her heart, the curse destroys her causing her to become a part of the manor's architecture.
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