Suspense #22
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Blood Brothers!", a scientist’s desperate experiment to breathe underwater takes a deadly turn when his wife, driven by greed, steals the serum meant for him—unaware it will trap her beneath the waves, cutting her off from air forever. Penciled and inked by Vernon Henkel, this 1952 suspense tale delivers a chilling twist of ambition and consequence. The cover, by Bill Everett, captures the story’s eerie tension in stark, striking detail.
In "The Blood Brothers!", a pair of scientists confront the terrifying consequences of their experiment when their intelligent pig, now wielding a deadly intellect of its own, uses their formula to empower swine across the globe—turning farm animals into a vengeful force bent on overthrowing humanity. The story unfolds with chilling precision, blending scientific hubris with a creeping sense of dread as the creatures they created begin to outthink and outmaneuver their creators.
In "Each Night I Drown," a scientist’s experimental serum grants him the ability to breathe beneath the waves—until his wife, driven by greed, steals it after his death, unaware the same formula traps her in a watery prison where she can no longer survive in air.
In "The Bomb!", a retired school principal’s bitter farewell takes a dangerous turn when he plants a bomb in his old school, only to have his revenge upended by an unexpected twist: the new principal sends the very desk where the bomb was hidden—now a memento—to his home.
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Reprinted in Atlas Creator Collection #3 (2026)
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