Strange Tales #16
In "You Can't Kill Me!", a condemned man's desperate pact with Satan to become a ghost sets off a chilling chain of events—only to find that spectral existence comes with a terrible price. Written by Stan Lee and brought to life by Mike Sekowsky’s art with Bill Walton’s inks, this 1953 Strange Tales tale explores the haunting limits of revenge and the loneliness of eternal drifting. The cover by Harry Anderson captures the story’s eerie, otherworldly tone.
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A condemned man makes a deal with Satan to be made a ghost so that he can haunt the judge responsible for his sentence. As a ghost, he finds himself unable to affect the physical world and the wind eventually blows him out into the void of space where he drifts for eternity.
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