Witches Tales #10
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "It!", a chilling tale from Witches Tales #10 (1952), the sinister Frederick Barcley—driven by a desperate quest for immortality—turns to dark rituals, harvesting hormones from his victims. After being killed by his greedy nephew, Barcley’s spirit rises from the furnace flames, seeking vengeance in a haunting story brought to life by artist Joe Certa, whose stark, expressive art captures the tale’s creeping dread. The eerie cover, by Lee Elias, perfectly sets the tone for this classic horror mystery.
Frederick Barcley, a man obsessed with immortality, has long fed his obsession by murdering men and draining their hormones. After his nephew Tonio kills him in a bid for power, Barcley’s spirit rises from the furnace flames, seeking vengeance. The story follows Steven as he becomes entangled in the deadly aftermath of Barcley’s dark legacy.
In "Cloth of Terror," the vengeful ghost of Jeremiah Brant returns from the grave to haunt his killer, Caleb Wilks, using his old trade as a tailor to weave deadly designs into garments that claim lives. As Mrs. Thomas becomes entangled in the cursed creations, the line between fashion and fate blurs in this chilling tale of retribution.
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Reprinted in Witches Tales #1 (1973), Weird #1 (1973), Tales from the Tomb #2 (1973), Tales of Voodoo #2 (1973), Crypt of Horror #2 (2006), The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #2 (2011), Harvey Horrors Collected Works: Witches Tales #2 (2012), Haunted Horror #18 (2015), The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #14 (2015), The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #24 (2018), Creepy Worlds #250 (2025)
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