Weird Mystery Tales #9

Name: Weird Mystery Tales #9
Brand: K. G. Murray

Feb 1974 · K. G. Murray · 0.25 AUD

“The Beast's Revenge”

In "The Beast's Revenge," a 1974 tale from Weird Mystery Tales #9, a moment of rage between a brother and sister spirals into tragedy when John’s anger leads to her death—only for the animals she cherished to turn on him in retribution. Written by John Albano and brought to life with haunting precision by Michael Wm. Kaluta, whose interior art and cover pencils and inks define the story’s eerie tone, this issue delivers a chilling, grounded tale of consequence and nature’s quiet fury.

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writer John Albano · artist, inker Michael Wm. Kaluta · letterer John Costanza · cover Mike Kaluta

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Full credits

writer John Albano

artist, inker Michael Wm. Kaluta

letterer John Costanza

cover pencils, inks Mike Kaluta

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John is impatient with his sister's love of animals, and accidentally kills her when she tries to protect her dog from his anger. John is then attacked and killed by other animals around the farm that his sister had befriended.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).