Pre-Code Classics: Weird Terror #1
"Hitler's Head" is a chilling, offbeat tale from Pre-Code Classics: Weird Terror #1, a 2016 release that delivers a surreal twist on domestic horror. Written and illustrated by Ken Landau, the story follows Homer Bobble, a man whose life takes a grotesque turn after a violent act and a shocking electrical storm. The cover, by Don Heck, perfectly captures the story’s eerie, off-kilter tone.
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Sick of his lazy sloth of a wife who spends all her time listening to radio quiz shows, Homer Bobble murders her with a fireplace poker. While trying to bury her at night during an electrical storm, he is hit by lightning. After he awakens he finishes burying her and resumes his life content and free. One day he decides to enter a radio quiz show and wins quite easily. The prize for his victory? His dead wife's head!! It turns out the lightning bolt killed Homer and he was in Hell all this time!
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