Psycho #3
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Frankenstein, Book II: Chapter One" delivers a chilling tale of ambition and consequence in Psycho #3 (1971), a standout issue from Skywald’s short-lived but potent horror line. Written by Gardner Fox and brought to life with stark, atmospheric art by Bill Everett—whose pencils and inks define the story’s grim tone—this issue follows a thief whose ill-fated heist sets off a chain of supernatural events. Cover by Boris Vallejo captures the eerie dread with a haunting, gothic image that perfectly mirrors the story’s descent into eternal torment.
In the frozen wastes of the Arctic, the monster retrieves the frozen body of his creator, bringing it back to the ruins of Frankenstein Castle in Germany. With a twisted purpose, he attempts to resurrect Victor Frankenstein as a monstrous servant—only to unleash chaos when the castle is torn apart by a violent electrical blast. When the dust clears, the reanimated doctor emerges, a creature of his own making, and steps into the nearby village, where his fate is sealed by the very people he once sought to control.
In "A Coffin for Captain Cutlass," the vengeful admiral Don Miguel unleashes a demonic entity sealed in a coffin to destroy the feared pirate Captain Cutlass. When Cutlass outmaneuvers his enemy, he sends the creature back to claim the admiral and his men—leaving the fate of the crew uncertain.
In "The Heap Meets the Horror Master!" from Psycho #3 (1971), the ancient and grotesque Heap confronts the Horror Master, a sorcerer wielding forbidden magic to revive the corpses of history’s most notorious tyrants—Adolf Hitler, Genghis Khan, Caligula, Rasputin, and others. As the dead rise again, the Heap stands as the only force capable of stopping the resurrection, wielding his own monstrous power in a clash of ancient evil and relentless defiance.
In "Gruesome Crewcut!" from Psycho #3 (1971), a young boy's defiance of his father’s order to cut his hair leads him into the dark woods at night. There, he encounters a pale, hairless ghoul with a hunger for locks, drawn to the very thing he’s trying to protect.
In "The Man Who Stole Eternity," a desperate thief, haunted by a sorceress’s curse after stealing pearls, is driven to steal a mystical elixir of life—only to drink it himself, gaining immortality at the cost of his body’s movement. Buried alive in a cemetery, he now endures an eternity of frozen consciousness, trapped between life and death.
In "The Love Witch," the enigmatic Burnick—known for her deadly allure and powers of flame—faces a new kind of threat in Morpheus, the ancient god of sleep and dreams. As her fiery influence spreads, she finds herself drawn into a realm where dreams are as real as death, and the line between seduction and surrender blurs.
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Reprinted in Dossier Negro #29 (1971), Psycho #1 (1972), Dossier Negro #61 (1974), The 1974 Psycho Yearbook #[nn] (1974), Dossier Negro #73 (1975), Creepy #32 (1982), Witch #1 (1989), The Bill Everett Archives #2 (2013), Gwandanaland Comics #2371 (2019), Gwandanaland Comics #2428 (2019), Frankenstein #[nn] (2023), Dossier Negro #37
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