Strange Mysteries #11
"Dial 'C' for Corpse" delivers a chilling twist on the afterlife in this 1953 issue of Strange Mysteries, where a man’s eerie final act—placing a phone in his coffin—sets off a chain of macabre events. The story unfolds with a haunting sense of inevitability, all drawn with the distinctive style of the Iger Shop, whose art and inks bring a stark, vintage dread to every panel. The cover by the Iger Shop captures the tale’s unsettling mood, a perfect match for this early horror gem.
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A cataleptic has a phone installed in his coffin. He dies and, after one month, calls his wife who is planning to marry another man. This man drives a stake into the buried man. Then he accidentally kills the woman with a hammer, then slips and dies.
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