The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #24

Chief Whitecloud Comatok, the legendary long-distance runner, faces his ultimate challenge when his rival Georgie Kerrik uncovers the dark secret behind his record-breaking feats—leading to a terrifying race that defies time and mortality.

In "The Stolen Brain," scientist Porter Humphrey takes a horrifying gamble when he seizes the mind of a deceased investor, Doctor Claude Mannax, hoping to harness its genius for financial gain. But when the brain begins delivering increasingly erratic and dangerous stock tips, Porter finds himself trapped in a nightmare he can’t control—until the law closes in.

In "Fingers of Doom," Gus Meninger’s violent act of disposing of his wife Emma in a cement mixer backfires in the most gruesome way—her hands survive, severed and furious. Now, with no body to guide them, Emma’s fingers move with eerie purpose, hunting down those who wronged her, starting with the man who thought he’d erased her completely. The story unfolds with chilling precision, turning a domestic horror into a grotesque, relentless pursuit.

Alan Clarke’s search for his missing wartime friend Ted Sommers leads him deep into the heart of India, where ancient secrets and a shadowy network of fakirs guard truths too dangerous to speak. As he uncovers a conspiracy tied to the enigmatic Dr. Karlin and the mysterious Akola, Clarke must confront the unexplainable—where the line between myth and madness blurs.

Pat and Lorna Fuller’s dream honeymoon takes a terrifying turn when their cruise ship sinks, leaving them stranded on a remote island where monstrous black ants rule. Trapped and outnumbered, the couple fights for survival against an overwhelming, relentless threat.

In "Escape to Death!" from The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #24, a prison mortician hatches a desperate plan to flee his cell by hiding in a coffin bound for a cemetery—only to find himself trapped in the wrong box when the name tags are switched, sending him straight to the crematorium. With time running out and the flames closing in, he must survive the inferno he never expected to face.

In "The Terror of Akbar," a long-buried mummy awakens in a museum to hunt for his stolen, glowing eyes—only to find that sight brings more than vengeance, it brings a terrifying reckoning. When the eyes are lost again, his blind panic leads him to a subway track, where a train ends his ancient curse in a single, brutal moment.

In "Television Ghost," Henry Meeks meets a grisly end at the hands of his wife Grace, but his death is far from final. As Grace revels in her victory, she begins to sense something far more unsettling—her husband’s presence lingers, not in the flesh, but in the flicker of the television screen. The line between the living and the dead blurs as the house grows colder, and the static hums with a voice she thought she’d silenced.

Warren Arno flees to his uncle Robert’s isolated swampland mansion, seeking refuge from a past he can’t escape—only to uncover a horrifying truth: he’s bound to a glistening, alien entity that wears the face of a woman. As the swamp whispers secrets and the lines between flesh and illusion blur, Warren must confront the chilling reality of his own captivity.

In "Revolt of the Fingers," a young musician named Antonini Bellt struggles to keep his left hand—whispered to be a separate will, called "Dividi"—under control, especially as his mentor Provak's cruelty pushes him to the edge. When the hand begins acting on its own, Bellt must confront a terrifying truth: his own body may no longer be his to command.

In "Kohnoori's Curse," a treasure hunter ventures into the forbidden tomb of the legendary Kohnoori, drawn by whispers of unimaginable wealth. Despite warnings, his greed leads him to claim the cursed jewels—only to face a transformation he never saw coming.

In a fog-drenched French sea port, fishermen battle monstrous merman horrors rising from the deep. Only old Fernande survives the slaughter, her hands scarred and her resolve hardened—she mounts a severed finger of the beast on display, a grim testament to what lurks beneath the waves.

Frederick Barcley, a man obsessed with immortality, has long fed his dark experiments on the bodies of his victims—until his greed finally catches up with him. Now, as his nephew's betrayal sends him into the flames, Barcley’s spirit rises from the ashes, driven by vengeance and bound to the furnace that consumed him.

In "The Tattooed Heart!" from The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #24, the brutal Nazi commander Ludwig Stern evades capture after the war—only to face a far more relentless reckoning. Haunted by the ghosts of those he tortured, he finds himself hunted through the shadows, each step bringing him closer to a fate as grim as the ones he inflicted.

In "Time to Die," a grieving boy is left in the care of his uncle after his father’s death, only to face cruelty from the man meant to protect him. When the boy’s suffering reaches a breaking point, the father’s buried corpse rises from the earth, drawn back by a bond too strong to die.

Lawyer Theodore L. Keggler arrives in the isolated town of Coultonville, drawn into a decades-old mystery when a mysterious bus appears out of nowhere. After a haunting ride and a strange dance on a moonlit cemetery, he’s left with the lingering presence of a ghostly girl—and the unsettling feeling that the past isn’t done with him.

In "Murder Mansion," a woman and her husband inherit the foreboding Moon Mansion, a place steeped in secrets and shadow. As they settle in, the house begins to reveal its dark past, whispering with the restless spirits of those long gone.