Spectral #1
"La Chose des Marécages" kicks off Spectral #1 (1974) with a chilling tale of vengeance and obsession, as former partner Burt Jorgens returns from prison to haunt Richard Forman with cryptic tattoos that portend deadly accidents. Written by John Broome and brought to life with moody, precise art by Carmine Infantino and Sy Barry, the story unfolds in a tense, atmospheric dread. The haunting cover by Bernie Wrightson perfectly captures the creeping unease of the tale.
In the murky depths of the Louisiana marshes, a reckless experiment gone wrong births a creature of tangled roots and vengeful will. When Ferrett and Bruno return to finish what they started, they find themselves face to face with the monstrous guardian of the swamp—Linda’s husband, transformed and furious.
In the eerie stillness of a forgotten cave, the Phantom Stranger arrives to find young Robbie and his friends trembling at the edge of a long-buried legend. When Doctor Thirteen and his wife Marie come to debunk the tale, their skepticism only deepens the mystery—until the Stranger returns, and the two men must join forces to uncover the truth behind the town’s haunting curse.
In "La terreur tatouée," a man haunted by a past betrayal returns from prison to exact a chilling revenge—using tattoos as both a signature and a curse. Richard Forman, once responsible for his partner Burt Jorgens’s downfall, now finds himself marked in the night, each symbol a harbinger of dread, until the two are finally face to face in a fatal confrontation at a hotel pool.
In "Le dernier rêve," Frederic Beaumont confronts a 400-year-old curse that has haunted his bloodline, as the ghost of his ancestral rival, Tybalt Fletcher, closes in on him at a remote mountain lodge. With each passing moment, the past refuses to stay buried, and Beaumont’s desperate attempt to outrun his family’s grim legacy begins to unravel.
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