Baffling Mysteries #14
In "The Dead Are Never Lonely," a 1953 Baffling Mysteries standout, a desperate surgeon's belief in vampires leads him down a terrifying path when he exhumes his uncle from the crypt—only to unleash a bloodthirsty revenant. The story unfolds with chilling intensity, as the uncle's curse spreads through a hospital, turning his nephew into a monster. George Klein handles both pencils and inks with a stark, expressive style, while Frank Giusto’s cover captures the dread with a haunting, gothic flair.
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A surgeon believes in vampires. To prove his theory he drags his uncle from the crypt who was a vampire! The bloodthirsty vampire rampages through the hospital and infects his nephew. After more killings, the surgeon overcomes his vampirism by means of a blood transfusion and both uncle and nephew fall struggling with each other out of a window to their death.
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