Spellbound #44

In "Vandoom, the Man who Made a Creature!", the eccentric owner of a Transylvanian wax museum dares to defy nature by crafting a new monster to revive his fading business. When a lightning strike brings the wax figure to life, it surprises everyone—especially the villagers—by refusing to harm anyone, even as fear spreads through the countryside. When an alien invasion threatens the region, Vandoom must make a desperate choice: can a creature born of wax and lightning be trusted to save the world, even if it costs everything?

In "Don't Shake Hands with the Devil!", a horror story publisher is visited by a mysterious emissary from Hell, who forces him to read a cursed scroll of suffering. Bound by a demonic curse, the publisher must now kill the first person he sees—or face execution—while Satan waits to claim his soul.

In "The Black Crows!", a desperate musician on the edge of despair strikes a chilling bargain with the Devil for one year of fame—his price: his soul. As the days pass, eerie black crows perch on the wires outside his window, shifting like notes on a staff, guiding him to compose a symphony that catapults him to stardom. But when the year ends and he tries to escape his fate, the crows descend in a storm of feathers and shadow, leaving him forever bound to the field as a hollow scarecrow.