Weird Horrors #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Violin of Death," treasure hunters Gary Summers and Bart Falco stumble upon a cursed island in the South Seas, where a glowing ruby from an ancient idol holds a deadly secret. As ghostly specter heads rise from the jungle, warning them to return what they’ve taken, the duo faces a fate worse than death—trapped in a nightmare they can’t escape. Bob Forgione’s moody art brings the island’s eerie dread to life, with every shadow hinting at something ancient and hungry.
A struggling violinist named Ulrico Antonio seizes a mysterious opportunity when a blind beggar offers him the secret to obtaining a legendary Stradivarius—but the price of his ambition proves far darker than he bargained for. With his accompanist Giovanni Monti watching in horror, Antonio pursues an obsessive quest into the mountains that forces him to command forces beyond the living world itself. What begins as a musician's desperate dream becomes a descent into something altogether unholy.
A murder most perplexing strikes the ancestral Clayton home in Manchester, England, as a ghostly apparition prowls the foggy nights with dagger in hand—leaving Herbert Jenkins, a local coroner, to uncover the truth behind the eerie killings. When the "ghost" is seemingly captured, Jenkins discovers the case is far from closed, and the real murderer's identity shocks everyone involved. A masterful tale of hidden motives, mistaken assumptions, and a killer who walks among the living.
When the annual curse of Blackmoor Manor claims another victim from the Driscoll family, Mike Ordway must unravel the dark secret behind the hunchback's deadly return—before the next toll of the manor's clock. With Betty by his side and Colonel Driscoll's past looming, the truth buried in the moors may be more monstrous than the legend suggests.
Don Pedro, a counter-revolutionist haunted by those who buried him alive, faces off against Miguel Mendoza—a grave robber and political assassin masterminding robberies to finance his plot to overthrow his homeland's government. When Mendoza disguises himself as Don Pedro to manipulate the police and eliminate his nemesis, the real Don Pedro must navigate traps, betrayal, and violence to expose the conspiracy before Mendoza escapes with his gang of Vultures.
Gary Summers and Bart Falco stumble upon a forgotten island where a glowing ruby, bound to an ancient idol, pulses with a dangerous allure. As they face the island’s eerie guardians—phantom heads that haunt the jungle night—they must decide whether to keep the treasure or flee before the dancing lights claim them too.
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↩ Reprints Dynamic Comics #3 (1942), Yankee Comics #4 (1942), Punch Comics #15 (1945)
Reprinted in House of Terror #1 (1953), Terror Tales #1 (1970), Witches Tales #1 (1970), Crypt of Horror #23 (2014), Crypt of Horror #24 (2015), Crypt of Horror #27 (2015)
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