The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #14

Frankie Boll, dying of a rare illness and terrified of Hell, strikes a desperate deal with Satan to spare his soul—if he kills enough gang members to feed the Devil’s hunger. Satan agrees, placing Frankie in a deathlike coma, promising eternal peace in Hell once he’s buried. But when his wife, Mrs. Boll, cremates him instead of burying him, the contract shatters. Now Frankie’s soul is trapped—no burial, no deal, and no escape. With his fate sealed, he faces an eternity of fire, and Satan watches with quiet satisfaction.

In "Welcome to My School," Professor Lenox presides over an exclusive charm school for women, promising refinement and grace—yet beneath the polished surface, something far darker stirs. As the students learn the art of elegance, their transformations take a disturbing turn, hinting at a sinister purpose behind the lessons.

In "The Son of Satan," a young couple’s newborn child is secretly swapped by Satan with a malevolent imp meant to be raised as a vessel of evil. As the demon learns the warmth of human love, the line between true parentage and demonic design begins to blur—setting off a chilling unraveling neither the family nor the infernal force could have foreseen.

Soldier Heath wakes in the mud of a forgotten beachhead, not dead but not alive—haunted by the weight of his desertion and the devil’s mark now etched into his skin. As the ghosts of his fallen comrades rise from the tide, they pull him toward a fate he never thought he’d face.

In "Ghoul's Gold," grave robber Belardi ventures into a forgotten cemetery, driven by a centuries-old legend: a book of the devil buried in an unmarked grave, its power capable of commanding Satan himself. With the help of a fellow grave robber, he uncovers the truth buried beneath the earth—only to find that the devil has been waiting, and his tricks are far more cunning than any mortal could anticipate.

Aging stage magician Willis Duncazy trades his fading fame for youth, magic, and a stunning new assistant—but only for a year. With the devil himself as his witness, he must now answer to the underworld fraternity of magicians, and the price of his success may be far more than he bargained for.

In "Demon Inferno," Raymond Stevens stumbles upon a hidden realm beneath the earth, where he encounters the ancient, malevolent forces of Hate, Violence, and Betrayal. After being branded with the devil’s sign, he returns to the surface—changed, consumed, and driven by a fury that turns him into a killer in a relentless, satanic rage.

In the shadowed corners of the traveling circus, where secrets are as common as sawdust, Sideshow freak Bruno gets a new tattoo—a devil’s figure inked in dark, unsettling detail. What begins as a bold new mark soon becomes a nightmare he can’t escape, as the image on his skin starts to move, tightening around him with a grip that defies life itself.

In "The Devil Is a Dame!", Brima Stone unleashes chaos on the city with an enchanted gun and demonic allies, turning fear into her weapon. As Mayor Jones and Chief Matthews struggle to maintain order, the arrival of the enigmatic Doctor Jonathan Weir—known as The Purple Claw—brings a glimmer of hope in the face of supernatural terror.

John Blade, desperate and cornered, strikes a deal with the Devil for money—his soul in five years as payment. When the reckoning comes, he and his son Bob flee to a church, hoping sanctuary will save them. But when Bob throws holy water on the Devil, the pact shatters, and the price of survival is paid in a moment of faith and defiance.

In "Trick the Devil," Aldo Von Carl, a desperate peasant from Brunswold, dares to outwit the Devil with a wish for eternal life—only to find his victory hollow when he’s beheaded and condemned to wander the earth as a headless body, severed from sight, sound, and taste. The story unfolds with chilling precision, turning a clever bargain into an endless, sensory-less torment.

In "Out of Blackness They Come!", two scientists venture into an abyss where shadows breathe and the devil rules — a realm of pure dread. With only a flashlight and their wits, they must fight their way back through a nightmare that feeds on fear.

In "Decapitation," a man haunted by his wife’s endless radio quiz obsession finds a twisted escape—only to discover that winning a game show might be the worst prize of all. When a sudden storm and a bolt of lightning upend his life, he’s forced to confront a reality far more chilling than he ever imagined.

In "The King of Hades," gangster Johnnie Grotz finds himself in Hell after his violent death—only to seize power from Satan himself by stealing the infernal trident. With newfound control over Hell’s forces, he returns to the surface to settle old scores, but his reign of vengeance takes a dark turn when he accidentally drops the trident. Now, Satan is back in command, and Johnnie’s fate hangs in the balance.

In "General Moulton and the Devil," a desperate man makes a dangerous pact with the infernal, trading his soul for wealth—only to learn that greed has its own price. As his fortune grows, so does the devil’s claim, and the line between power and damnation begins to blur.

Ronald Colby, a relentless newspaper columnist known for destroying reputations, crosses paths with the enigmatic Madame Khal when he publicly brands her a fraud. Her response is chilling: a mysterious ring that forces him to see the demons he’s spent his life conjuring—now hunting him in the waking world. As shadows close in and his mind unravels, Colby discovers some sins can’t be printed—they can only be paid for.

In 1907, Peter Bauer, a resident of a small Bavarian village, crafts a devil puppet believed to be cursed. When the figure comes to life, it turns on its creator in a chilling act of vengeance.

In "Satan's Spectacles," a seemingly harmless optometrist named Harry Lenz is tempted by a mysterious stranger offering enchanted glasses that reveal the hidden thoughts of others. With newfound insight, Lenz abandons his practice for a life of cunning schemes and ruthless ambition—until the devil himself returns to collect a debt. The price? Not his soul, but something far more personal: his eyesight.

In "The Bloody Jinx," Herman Haas, the last of a cursed German lineage, tries to break free from his family’s dark legacy—creating the deadly blue candle that kills when its flame dies. When Lucifer H. Diablo appears, demanding Herman remake the candle from memory, his desperate attempt to flee only seals his fate. But the real twist lies in the candle’s power, and the price of defiance.

In "The Devil's Ally," a desperate man named Mr. Kenton is drawn into a deadly game when he's hired to care for the dying Mr. Thompson, a wealthy occultist with a secret fascination for the supernatural. When Thompson’s young, enigmatic wife Jet urges Kenton to kill her husband for his fortune, the act unleashes a horrifying transformation—one that turns Kenton into something far worse than he imagined.

In the shadowed halls of an ancient English castle, film location scout Gil Jenkins stumbles upon a forbidden tome—the Book of Demons—unwittingly unleashing a tide of infernal forces. As darkness swallows the estate, he must confront the terrifying legacy of the Black Duke, the book’s creator, to reclaim control before the damned consume all.