The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #31
"The October Game" is a chilling tale from the EC Artists' Library, showcasing the masterful storytelling of Al Feldstein and Bill Gaines, with stark, expressive art by Sid Check and precise lettering by Jim Wroten. In this haunting story, a man haunted by a fractured mind seeks redemption through a voodoo ritual, only to confront a truth far more unsettling than he imagined. The cover, a striking illustration by Jack Kamen, perfectly captures the eerie tone of the tale.
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Zachary was the undertaker in town and was at the door of an apartment, whose tenant had called him. As he entered, the odor of incense was almost over-powering as the person inside said to keep the light off. He informs Boxer that he visited his doctor not long back and was told he had some sort of mental problem that he needed professional help with. And the psychiatrist inform this man he had schizophrenia and needed therapy on a regular basis. Even with this, the man's spells caused him to do things he normally never would, as his dark side became more and more predominant. Then it happened....he went in for his normal session, and, an instant later, saw the psychiatrist's mutilated body lying at his feet. He decided to leave the country for Haiti, went to see a voodoo witch doctor and asked him to destroy his evil half. The witch doctor created a doll....half evil and half good, and stuck a pin through the evil half and told the man it had been destroyed. As the man finishes the story, and turns on the light, he tells Boxer the reason why he was called: to embalm his rotting, evil half of his body!
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