The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #16
In "The Cult Of The 13 Ghosts," Edgar Clay confronts the haunting aftermath of his wife Miriam’s death, visiting her grave in grief only to witness the cemetery’s silent dead rewriting their epitaphs with hidden truths. As night falls, the buried rise one by one, their words exposing long-buried secrets—among them Miriam’s final, shocking inscription. With moody, expressive art by Sal Trapani and a chilling cover by L. B. Cole, this issue delivers a haunting exploration of memory, loss, and the secrets the dead refuse to bury.
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Edgar Clay is distraught that his faithful wife Miriam fell to her death from a cliff when he was away at work. Overcome by lonely grief, he visits the cemetery she is buried at to feel consoltation. As night falls, he sees the silent dead rising from their graves rewriting their epitaphs to reveal the truths about how they lived their lives. He's shocked to see Miriam write her epitaph revealing that she fell off the cliff waiting her lover!
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