The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #24
In "The Man Who Outdistanced Death," a desperate convict bets his life on a single, chilling gamble: hiding in a coffin bound for a cemetery, hoping to slip away unnoticed. But when a fatal mix-up swaps the destination tags, his plan spirals toward a furnace instead of freedom. With art by Jon D'Agostino and a haunting cover by George Roussos, this tale from The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #24 delivers a pulse-pounding twist of fate, all wrapped in the stark, eerie style of classic horror.
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A convict who has a job preparing executed criminals for burial at the prison hatches a plan to escape. He finds out that there are two bodies that will be shipped out. One to a cemetery and one to a crematorium. He hides in the coffin with the corpse that is supposed to be shipped to the cemetery with plans of escaping once the coffin reaches it's destination. Unfortunately for him, the name tags on the coffins get switched and the coffin he's hiding in gets sent to the crematorium instead!
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