Psycho #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Heap," a tyrant who thrives on spectacle and death in brutal arena battles finally meets his end—when his own planet rises up against him. Fleeing to a new world, he and his followers are instead consumed by monstrous, sentient flora. Written by Rich Margopoulos and illustrated by Sean Todd, with inks by Dan Adkins and letters by Irv Watanabe, this 1971 Skywald classic features a striking cover by Hector Varela.
In "The Heap," a crop duster pilot survives a crash into a silo holding experimental military nerve gas—only to emerge transformed into a monstrous, amorphous being. Now driven by a desperate need for vengeance, he hunts down those responsible for sabotaging his plane, his every step a chilling reminder of the cost of betrayal.
In "To Laugh...Perchance To Live!" from Psycho #2 (1971), a disillusioned man wandering Greenwich Village stumbles into a nightmarish dimension where twisted, otherworldly creatures offer him dominion over their grotesque realm—though their laughter may be the truest test of his sanity.
In "Death’s Stranger," a scientist's quest for immortality leads him down a dark path when he murders his peers to protect his discovery. Haunted by their vengeful spirits across millennia, he becomes a ghost among the living—eternally pursued by the very souls he betrayed.
In "Revolution!", a tyrant who rules through televised bloodsport on a distant world meets his end when his own people rise up in defiance. Fleeing their wrath, he and his guards crash-land on a foreign planet—only to be consumed by towering, predatory flora.
In "The Quest!", a mysterious elderly painter with hidden powers seeks a young man to join him on a perilous mission across dimensions, where a captured princess faces a tyrannical lord and a fearsome dragon. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, this eerie eight-page tale blends surreal fantasy with creeping dread.
In "Dream Planet," a spaceship approaches a mysterious world where the crew begins experiencing vivid, terrifying dreams of being slain by colossal creatures—dreams they don’t realize are not their own, but telepathic messages from the planet’s unseen inhabitants. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, this chilling 1971 horror-suspense tale unfolds in just eight pages, blending psychological dread with the eerie unknown.
In the isolated highlands near the Himalayas, a couple’s journey takes a terrifying turn when a near-fatal accident leaves the wife on the brink of death. A mysterious stranger intervenes, offering his blood to save her—only to reveal a dark secret that transforms her forever.
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Reprinted in Nightmare #20 (1974), Scream #8 (1974), Dossier Negro #64 (1974), Nightmare #21 (1974), Psycho #[22] (1974), Gwandanaland Comics #2371 (2019)
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