This Magazine Is Haunted #10
"Let the Past Lie Buried!" is a chilling tale from This Magazine Is Haunted #10 (1953), where an ambitious photographer ventures into the cursed "City of the Dead" deep in the desert, driven by obsession. After poisoning himself to endure the deadly heat, he crosses into the realm of the dead—where the line between life and the afterlife begins to blur. Penciled and inked by Bob McCarthy, with lettering by Charlotte Jetter, the story unfolds with eerie precision, while the haunting cover by Sheldon Moldoff captures the dread of the forbidden city.
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An adventurous photographer wants to take pictures of a mysterious, forbidden place called "City of the Dead" amidst a desert. He forces his entry by poisoning himself, but takes too high a dose and actually belongs in the realm of the dead.
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