Tales from the Crypt #37
"Dead Right!" is a chilling tale from Tales from the Crypt #37 (1953), a standout issue that delivers a haunting exploration of consciousness beyond death. Written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein, with bold, expressive art by Jack Davis—both in pencils and inks—and vibrant coloring by Marie Severin, the story unfolds through the first-person perspective of a man who, after a staged poisoning, finds himself aware even after clinical death. The cover, also by Jack Davis, captures the story’s eerie tension with its stark, dramatic imagery.
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A doctor rigs up an elaborate hoax to convince his heart specialist friend that his theory of awareness immediately after death could be true by pretending to poison him but really only administering an anesthetic. When the heart specialist fails to come out from it, they realize he truly is dead, and since the story is told in first person, it confirms the doctor's theory of awareness beyond death since the end of the story reveals that the heart specialist died of a heart attack upon ingesting the supposed poisoned brandy and subsequently relates everything he perceives.
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