Ripley's Believe It or Not! #85
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Dead Hand," Professor Jenkins visits an aging poet whose haunting verses conceal a buried tragedy. Through a mysterious mirror, the professor glimpses a long-forgotten moment: a young Keating caught in the aftermath of a fatal accident involving his sweetheart’s husband, a moment that shattered a love doomed from the start. With art by John Celardo and a cover by Mel Crawford, this eerie tale from Ripley’s Believe It or Not! #85 (1979) blends memory, regret, and the uncanny in a story that lingers long after the final page.
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While visiting an aged poet to discover the inspiration of his classic poems, Professor Jenkins witnesses a scene from the distant past in a mirror: a young Keating involved in the accidental death of his sweetheart's husband. As a result, the romance is forever doomed and the lovers can never see each other again. The poet confirms that, indeed, that incident was the dark source of his famous poems.
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