Strange Tales #41
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Riddle of the Skull," Bill Everett crafts a haunting tale of love and transformation as Peter Maher, newly gifted with gills, seeks to live beneath the waves with the water-breathing Elsa. But when she undergoes a reverse operation to breathe air, their bond is tested in ways neither expected. A striking cover by Joe Maneely and Carl Burgos captures the eerie mystery of the story, all rendered in the distinctive style of Everett’s singular artistry.
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Peter Maher undergoes an operation that gives him gills so he can be with the water-breathing Elsa. Unfortunately, Elsa has the opposite surgery performed on her so she can be with the air-breathing Peter.
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