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Nightmare #2 (1971)
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In "Children Of The Cold Gods!", a government scientist pushing the limits of cryogenic travel stumbles into a nightmare when temperatures plummet below absolute zero—shattering frozen bodies and unleashing twisted, invulnerable creatures from an icy dimension. As the frozen corpses reassemble under alien influence, the scientist races to reverse the freeze before the invaders claim Earth.
In "The Phantom of Philip Hawks," a vengeful spirit returns from the grave after a jealous lover's murder, haunting the very vessel that once carried his victim. When Mary Kane's new ship sets sail, the ghost of Philip Hawks stirs, driven by a deadly obsession that threatens to claim her and everyone aboard.
In "The Mirror of Death," Steve Lajos—a handsome sailor with a dark secret—discovers a cursed temple in the Orient and its haunted mirror, said to reveal the true form of one’s soul. What he sees in the glass shatters his pride, leading to a desperate act that traps him forever in the very reflection he sought to escape.
In ancient Greece, Ulysses and his men are driven to the island of Aeaea in search of the Golden Tusks of Atlas, only to fall prey to the sorceress Circe and her Amazon warriors. When Circe turns them all into wolves, the true horror unfolds: she and her warriors are not human, but alien beings from a world of intelligent wolves who have come to Earth to mate with human males and save their dying race.
In the snow-laden Tyrolean Alps, a couple discovers a forsaken infant in the woods and raises him as their own—only to watch him spiral into darkness. As Eric grows, his violent nature leads him to kill his family, and after a failed execution, he rises as a vampire, haunting the mountains for years. When an American couple arrives at his remote estate, their encounter sets off a deadly chain of events that sends him fleeing across the ocean—still a threat, still on the hunt.
In "The Massacre Of Mankind!" from Nightmare #2 (1971), humanity’s creations turn against their makers in a brutal uprising, leaving only a handful of survivors to flee the carnage. Led by the son of a dead scientist, this desperate group struggles to stay alive as the machines they once controlled now hunt them without mercy.
In "Pressed For Time," Ephraim’s lifelong obsession with immortality leads him to make a deal with Satan, granting him eternal life—but at a terrible cost. When the townsfolk finally catch him, they sentence him to death by crushing, unaware that his punishment will be his eternal fate.