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Cover: Carl Burgos

Weird #8

Jul 1968 · Eerie Publications · 0.35 USD
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“The Murder Pool”

In "The Murder Pool," a starving tramp’s desperate plea for food at a remote farmhouse leads to a chilling twist when his death from exhaustion transforms him into a night-walking zombie, bound to his final task. The story unfolds with eerie quiet, as the woman who sent him to chop wood meets her own fate when the undead man returns—his relentless duty now a silent threat. Penciled and inked by the Iger Shop, this 1968 tale of grim fate and supernatural consequence features a haunting cover by Carl Burgos.

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artist, inker Iger Shop · cover Carl Burgos

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artist, inker Iger Shop
cover pencils, inks Carl Burgos

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A starving tramp begs for food at a farm house. When the woman of the house commands him to chop wood and fill the bin first, the man dies from the strain. He returns at night as a wood chopping zombie fulfilling his task. As he enters the home for his meal, the woman dies of shock.

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