The Tormented #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Design For Death," newlyweds Roberta and Ed head out on a honeymoon camping trip, but their idyllic escape takes a dark turn when Roberta is attacked and assaulted. As Ed seeks justice, Roberta’s increasingly erratic behavior leads her to identify multiple men as her attacker—each time demanding Ed carry out a killing. Mike Sekowsky’s stark, expressive art captures the growing tension and psychological unraveling, while Mike Roy’s cover vividly conveys the story’s mounting dread. A 10-cent comic from 1954, this issue stands as a chilling exploration of trauma and perception.
Cyrus Madden, an aging janitor consumed by rage over his thankless work, snaps when his landlady refuses to buy him a decent mop—and commits a terrible act he can't take back. Now haunted by visions of her face appearing in the water on his floors, Cyrus discovers that some debts are collected by forces beyond the grave, and his new mop may exact a price he never bargained for.
In the eerie, isolated woods of a 1954 honeymoon gone wrong, newlyweds Roberta and Ed Engels face a terror that blurs the line between reality and madness. As Roberta repeatedly identifies strangers as her attacker—each time urging Ed to kill them—his love for her twists into dread, unraveling the fragile trust between them.
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Reprinted in PS Artbooks Softee: Classic Horror Comics #1 (2022)
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