The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #19
"Forbidden Fruit" from The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #19 delivers a chilling tale of dread and deception, written by Carl Wessler and brought to life with stark, atmospheric art by Joe Orlando, whose pencils and inks define the story’s haunting tone. The issue follows Captain Grady and Lt. Morton as they investigate a shipwrecked vessel, uncovering a survivor’s fragmented account of a cursed castle, a storm-tossed night, and a horror that defies death. Cover by Joe Orlando captures the story’s gothic unease with a single, striking image that lingers long after the final page.
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Captain Grady's ship approached the seemingly derelict "Sea Witch", boarded her and found the entire group on board slaughtered....that is, except for one Kip Fowler, who was barely able to tell them the story of how the ship had been caught in a bad storm and forced ashore. They had spotted a castle where they were met by a strange man, who invited them in out of the rain. That night, Kip roamed the castle and found coffins! He hurried back to the room of a female passenger and saw a vampire bending over her, and he drove a wooden stake thru its heart as it jumped at him. The passengers then headed back to their boat and shoved off, but Kip discovered the woman had already been bitten and was a vampire herself. At that point, Fowler passed away, and the Captain & Lt. Morton noticed the female lying near, and the Captain raised a wooden stake and plunged it into her heart. Both went up on deck....then Morton remembered that she had bitten Fowler, and both whirled to see the vampire....Fowler, leaping at them!
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