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Web of Evil #14 (1954)
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In the fog-laden Misty Moors, newspaperman Dick Groom investigates "Witchery Week" for a sensational story—only to find the Duncan family falling victim to a chilling curse tied to a long-dead moor witch. As the survivors vanish one by one, the last, the striking Dora, remains—her fate hanging in the balance for a reason too dark to guess.
In "The Monster Genie," bank teller Arthur Cook stumbles upon a dangerous bargain when a powerful genie offers his services—only to find the price of power far heavier than he imagined. After the creature eliminates two of Cook’s enemies, he makes a fatal decision that traps him in a nightmare he never saw coming. Written with a chilling pulse and drawn in stark, shadow-drenched detail, this 1954 tale from *Web of Evil* #14 is a masterclass in greed, deception, and the horrors that follow when you think you’re in control.
In "Lighthouse of the Dead," Old Pearly Marston, the solitary keeper of the Searock lighthouse, has long guarded the coast from the restless dead with his steady beam. When the lighthouse is dismantled, the buried past rises—zombies surge from the sea, drawn to reclaim what they once lost. Marston must now use his knowledge and the fading light to guide them back into the dark.
In "The Sealed Corpse," a chilling crime unfolds when the loyal butler Jeffers commits murder in cold blood, silencing his employer, Sir Wendell Eaton. When Scotland Yard detective Peabody devises a haunting ruse to unmask the killer, the truth emerges in a moment of terrified confession.