Psycho #17
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free# Psycho #17 (March 1974) An anthology issue featuring multiple horror stories. One story depicts a grotesque game show where contestants compete in increasingly sadistic challenges for prizes, culminating in murder. Another narrative follows a police officer working the graveyard shift in a town plagued by the living dead—corpses that walk the streets at night, their minds deteriorated and violent. A third story involves gang violence and revenge, with a character planning retribution against the Angelo gang for a past humiliation involving a stolen car and drowning in the East River.
Sam Hammer, a Los Angeles police officer, recounts a harrowing day that begins with a routine arrest and spirals into a series of increasingly surreal events—starting with his partner’s sudden death, a living corned beef sandwich, and a time-clock that fights back. As the line between reality and illusion blurs, Sam finds himself at his own funeral, only to discover the entire ordeal was a staged television stunt.
A young man and his friend wander into a strange, late-night diner in a sleepy town, drawn to a group of reclusive outsiders who sleep during the day and emerge only at night. Tensions rise when the locals confront them with suspicion and mockery, unaware they’re dealing with a sect of vampires who live by a strict code of nonviolence—until pushed too far.
In a twisted Saturday night adventure, a group of young thrill-seekers hijack a subway train for a reckless joyride, reveling in their chaotic antics and the eerie silence of the empty city. As their escapade spirals into danger, they encounter unnerving moments—like a parked car with no driver—leaving them questioning what’s real and what’s dead in the dark.
A man named Drake takes refuge in a crypt after completing a hit, only to find himself trapped as a mysterious coven performs a dark ritual to summon Satan. As eerie music and chanting fill the tomb, Drake discovers a golden urn and a strangely alive corpse—then realizes the ritual is far from over.
Walter Lyman returns to his hometown for his high school reunion, eager to reconnect with old classmates—only to be overwhelmed by traumatic memories of his years as an outcast, mocked for his acne and loneliness. As the reunion unfolds, long-buried humiliations resurface with terrifying intensity, blurring the line between past and present, reality and nightmare.
In 1926 Chicago, a young man named Skut, an errand boy for the Alphonso Mob, takes refuge in an old boarding house after stealing two hundred thousand dollars from their violin case. As he tries to hide from both the Angelo Gang and the police, he discovers the house is filled with buried bodies—and the mysterious woman who runs it claims to have lived there for centuries, burying her tenants after they died of old age.
A young woman and her mother flee through the night, haunted by a monstrous presence they believe is tied to ancient amulets and a vengeful past. As tension mounts and the air grows thick with dread, the mother’s hidden connection to the creature begins to unravel—revealing a bond far more personal than anyone expected.
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Reprinted in Dossier Negro #61 (1974), Dossier Negro #62 (1974), Dossier Negro #63 (1974), Dossier Negro #69
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