Forbidden Worlds #24 (1953)

In "Love Me Forever!" from *Forbidden Worlds* #24 (1953), Pierre Fabron turns to the gypsy witch Mamma Voudon for a love potion to win the heart of the elusive Roxanne, the most desired woman in the Bayou. When the serum takes effect and she becomes obsessively devoted, Pierre soon grows repelled by her constant attention—until her decaying body begins haunting him, bound by a love that refuses to die.

In ancient Egypt, a young pharaoh witnesses the nightly sacrifice of a slave girl to the monstrous entity Charar, whose power is bound to the temple until dawn. Years later, modern explorers accidentally awaken the ancient beast, unleashing a rampage that threatens to end in mass carnage—unless a desperate plan can be executed before the next midnight.

In a tense tale drawn from whispered European legends, Caspar Linden, a haunted Swiss student, flees a dark past tied to a monstrous entity known as the Drakko. As he begins a fragile new life at an American university, his isolation is tested when he forms a connection with a kind-hearted student named Margie—just as the Drakko’s malevolent presence resurfaces, threatening to consume them both.

In the frozen wilderness, trapper Dirk Thorpe narrowly escapes a pack of deadly wolves only to be rescued by a mysterious man named Lupal, who claims to be a werewolf. As the full moon rises, Dirk learns he’s been bitten and transformed, forced to confront a terrifying new nature that blurs the line between man and beast.