Strange Tales of the Unusual #11
In "The Perfect Hide-out," a man haunted by his father’s secrets finds his resentment toward a cherished rag doll turning into something far stranger—when the doll begins following him and his family, no matter how far they run. Written with quiet unease and drawn with expressive detail by George Roussos, inked by Joe Giella, and lettered by Joe Letterese, this 1957 tale from Strange Tales of the Unusual blends family tension with a subtle supernatural twist. The eerie, dreamlike cover by Bill Everett captures the story’s unsettling mood perfectly.
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A man is angry at his daughter's rag doll because his father gave it to her and he is mad at his father because he hid his money and died without telling the son where it was. When they move away, he insists the doll be left behind, but it follows them to their new home. He resolves to tear up the doll to prevent it from returning, but his father's money falls out of it, and he realizes that is why it was following him. He lets his daughter keep the doll.
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