Phantom Witch Doctor #1

In a tale of vengeance from beyond the grave, George’s ruthless murder of M'Basi and Naba for their ivory cache comes back to haunt him—twenty-five years later, the two men return as phantoms, their spectral presence poised to deliver a final, crushing retribution upon George’s son. Written with a chilling simplicity and rendered in stark, atmospheric art, this 1952 horror-suspense story lingers in the shadows, where guilt and legacy collide.

In "The Thing in the Mirror," a man haunted by a grotesque green monkey-like figure he sees only in reflections begins to unravel as the creature’s presence grows more real. As the line between reflection and reality blurs, the man’s torment culminates in a terrifying transformation that leaves him trapped in a new, monstrous form—later displayed as a sideshow spectacle at a traveling circus.

In "Death Came Dancing," a haunting tale from Phantom Witch Doctor #1, George’s betrayal of Cara—his choice to marry Gloria—leads to a tragic end that echoes through time. Years later, at a lavish masked ball, Cara returns in a spectral form, her presence a chilling reminder of love lost and vengeance unspent, drawing George into a deadly dance he cannot escape.

In "Out of the Deep," two ruthless sailors, Rigger and Charlie, find themselves stranded on a cursed isle where ghostly skeleton slaves toil under a skeletal master. As the dead rise to claim them, their fate becomes entwined with the island’s ancient, merciless will—until the very ground beneath them erupts in ruin.