The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #17

Pete Martin wakes to a sky choked with locusts, their relentless advance forcing nations to unite in a desperate bid to survive. But when the insects vanish as suddenly as they came, the real horror begins—these weren’t just pests, but the pets of alien harpies who’ve arrived to claim Earth.

In 1840 Scotland, Doctor John Abernathy relies on his grim assistant Drum, the "grave rat," to supply corpses for his experiments. When Drum crosses a line by making unwanted advances on the doctor’s daughter, he’s brutally punished—but not before vowing to return with her corpse as payment.

Horace Boggs, a disgruntled comic book writer, sees his career end with a single dismissal from editor Lucy Rowan. Fueled by resentment, he crafts a chilling tale of revenge—and then steps into it, donning a monstrous costume to haunt the woman who fired him.

In "Idol of Evil," two adventurers steal a sacred stone idol from a remote jungle temple, unaware that the artifact—Kubla, adorned with a serpent of diamonds—awakens with a vengeful purpose. As they flee through the dense, oppressive jungle, they realize too late that the idol is no mere statue, but a living force of wrath, hunting them with relentless precision.

In colonial India, a young man named Ahmed Rai is falsely accused and sentenced to death after being framed by the cruel Colonel Rankin, who seeks to destroy him for loving his daughter. When the condemned man dies, his spirit returns in the form of a monstrous boar, driven by vengeance and a hunger for justice.

In "The King of Hades," gangster Johnnie Grotz finds himself in Hell after his murder, only to seize Satan’s trident and turn the tables on the Prince of Darkness. With newfound power, he returns to the surface to exact revenge on those who betrayed him—only to later humiliate Satan in the underworld by forcing him to shine his shoes. But when Johnnie accidentally drops the trident, Satan regains his power, and the cycle of torment begins anew.

John McLeod arrives in Scotland to claim his uncle’s estate, only to find the man dead and the castle alive with a vengeful spirit known as The Red Laird. As shadows deepen and the past refuses to stay buried, John must uncover the truth behind the haunting before the house claims him too.