Worlds of Fear #8
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn Worlds of Fear #8 (1953), sports reporter Jack Lonergan, bored with his routine, jokingly declares himself a warlock—only to find his mockery takes a deadly turn when he magically animates a pair of boxing gloves, turning them into instruments of sudden, shocking violence. With art by Bob McCarty on pencils and inks, and a cover by Sheldon Moldoff, this eerie tale blends pulp energy with supernatural dread, all in a 10-cent comic from 1953.
In "……?", Mona Harris greets her fiancé Paul Fowler after his return from a jungle expedition, but something feels off—Paul has changed since surviving a plane crash and being cared for by an alien, living protoplasm. The story unfolds with quiet dread as the line between salvation and transformation blurs.
In "The Phantom Gloves," sports reporter Jack Lonergan, driven by idle curiosity, declares himself a warlock and curses a pair of boxing gloves—only to find their deadly power far more real than he ever imagined. The story unfolds with a chilling blend of suspense and irony, as the gloves begin to deliver victory in ways no fighter could foresee.
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Reprinted in Doomsday #13 (1974), Crypt of Horror #23 (2014), Haunted Horror #23 (2016), Voodoo #7
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