Voodoo Annual #1

When a wealthy playboy discovers an embalmed corpse in his bed, Detective Rashama is called in to investigate—only to uncover something far more sinister than a prank or murder. As visions and supernatural clues point toward a demon-watcher and a missing soul, Rashama must race against time to stop an ancient evil that feeds on the dead and hungers for the living. This tale of occult mystery and supernatural terror will keep you guessing until the final, darkly inevitable moment.

Kid Dixon is caught between a mysterious ghostly trainer and his increasingly unhinged manager in this 1952 horror-suspense tale. When the shade of Red MacGowan—a boxer killed forty years earlier—appears to coach the young fighter before a championship bout, Dixon must navigate supernatural interference and crooked opponents, all while struggling to convince those around him that something genuinely uncanny is at work. MacGowan's unseen influence transforms the fight into a battle between the living and the dead, where invisible hands may tip the scales toward justice—or chaos.

When prominent Wall Street men begin turning into skeletons within hours of being seen in perfect health, newspapers and police alike blame supernatural sea demons haunting Surfside Manor. But investigator Johnny Jeremy and his secretary Joan suspect something far more calculated is behind the gruesome deaths—and their arrival at the isolated estate to uncover the truth puts them directly in the path of a far more sinister scheme. As the mysteries deepen and a self-proclaimed sea-witch offers cryptic guidance, Jeremy discovers that the real horror may be rooted not in the supernatural, but in very human obsession and betrayal.

In 1453, an accused witch burns at the stake and curses the Bane family line—but centuries later, when World War II bombing destroys the sanctified circle that bound her spirit, she claws her way back to exact revenge on her descendants. Now, as Pamela Bane and her cousin Edwin struggle to protect themselves from the vengeful specter haunting their ancestral castle, they discover that the ghost's thirst for justice may uncover darker secrets hidden within their own family. A deliciously twisted tale of curses, inheritance, and whether the dead can truly distinguish between the innocent and the guilty.

In "The Ghoul and the Guest," a starving tramp seeking shelter at a remote farmhouse meets a grim fate when the homeowner demands he chop wood before eating—only to collapse and die from the effort. That night, his corpse returns, endlessly chopping wood to fulfill the task, drawn back by some unseen force. When he finally enters the house for his meal, the woman who condemned him meets a sudden end, overcome by terror.

Emmet Blake, on vacation and eager to unwind, finds himself drawn into a murder mystery when old Mr. Throckmorton is found dead under suspicious circumstances. With a raven bearing bloody feet at the scene and a web of secrets among the household, Emmet must untangle the truth—while his growing tension with Sally adds a quiet, unresolved current to the case.

In "The Captain Who Wouldn't Die!" from Voodoo Annual #1 (1952), a sea captain’s fate takes a terrifying turn when he’s drowned by the vengeful ghost of a rival. As the spectral menace threatens to drive the ship onto the rocks, supernatural investigator Zero steps in, wielding his ghost-melting disintegrator to confront the haunting.

In "Primitive Peril!", two stranded men find themselves in a jungle temple, facing a terrifying ritual when they're presented to a sun goddess who demands their sacrifice to the sun god. With only a day to live and a rare eclipse on the horizon, they gamble everything on a bold claim: they're messengers of the sun god himself, and their survival depends on the truth of their warning.

A woman named Celia grows increasingly uneasy as she and her partner Don scheme to murder the eccentric collector Mark Trent in his Manhattan apartment—but Trent, sensing nothing, begins telling her a chilling tale from his travels to the Banishing Islands, where he crossed paths with the ruler Olane and her sworn enemy, the head-hunter Kayito. As Trent's story unfolds and Don waits for his moment to strike, the true cost of Trent's unusual hobby becomes impossible to ignore.

Lucky Wings, ace reporter stuck covering obituaries, spots a suspicious pattern: more funerals than deaths in Central City. She goes undercover at a local funeral home to investigate, only to find herself caught up with a criminal operation that's using caskets to hide stolen gold bars. With a hidden dictaphone and nerves of steel, Lucky has to outwit the "Golden Ghouls" to get the scoop of her career—and prove her doubting editor wrong.

Chuck Ayres and his assistant Vicki find themselves stranded in the remote Walpurgis Hollow after a storm damages the mountain road, forced to seek shelter at a forbidding old house where the locals speak of death and a legendary werewolf. As the night deepens, they discover their hosts harbor dark secrets—and a recent murder may have been no accident. When a creature that runs like a man stalks the grounds outside, Chuck and Vicki must uncover the truth behind the werewolf legend before the night claims another victim.

A young woman terrorized by her uncle's ghost calls on a family lawyer and doctor for help—but the supernatural mystery conceals a far darker scheme of greed and murder. When a casket reveals an impossible truth, the hunt is on to uncover who's orchestrating the hauntings and what they're really after. A tale where the line between the supernatural and the criminal becomes dangerously blurred.

In "The Haunted One," Ellen grapples with terrifying visions of her late uncle Caleb Flint—only to discover the truth is far more sinister. With the help of Dr. Trimm, she must unravel a deadly conspiracy where her uncle’s supposed death is just a ruse to steal her inheritance, orchestrated by the cunning Zachary Shrigg.