Crypt of Horror #23

In "True Tales of the Supernatural #8," a man’s final wish to be buried near his cliffside home takes a chilling turn when his body inexplicably washes ashore thousands of miles away—despite being laid to rest at sea. The story unfolds with quiet dread, probing the unsettling gap between intention and fate.

In "Flight to the Future," a man named Ted flees his past by volunteering for suspended animation, hoping to awaken in a world far beyond his crimes. When he's revived 20,000 years later, he finds himself in a ruined city ruled by an aged man who bears a chilling resemblance to someone from his past. As the two confront their shared history, a sudden cosmic threat looms—unseen but undeniable—shattering the fragile remnants of what remains.

In "The Ghost's Revenge," James Kendall, a man who makes his living banishing spirits, finds himself haunted by the very ghost he once murdered—Anne, the ward whose fortune he stole and whose life he ended. Now, the line between hunter and hunted blurs as her spectral presence begins to unravel his carefully constructed life.

In the shadow of a fading circus, Jacob Rok’s deceit begins to unravel when the ghost of Marco the clown—wronged and buried—returns not as a specter of vengeance, but as a haunting performer. As the Phantom Clown takes the spotlight, his eerie acts draw attention to Rok’s crimes, guiding new owner Linda toward the truth.

In "Better Off Dead!" from Crypt of Horror #23, boxing champion Georgie Price is haunted by the ghost of his late girlfriend Anne, whose presence grows more insistent as he steps into the ring. As her spectral warnings blur with the roar of the crowd, Georgie struggles to stay focused—until one devastating blow sends him crashing into the unknown.

When sports reporter Jack Lonergan, bored and restless, dares to call himself a warlock, he unleashes a dark experiment with a pair of boxing gloves—turning them into instruments of deadly triumph. But as the gloves begin to deliver victory in ways that blur the line between sport and slaughter, Jack finds himself entangled in a game he never meant to play. With Hex Morgan watching from the shadows, the real fight may not be in the ring at all.

In "The Haunting White Shadow," the brutal thugs Jocko and Squash cross paths with Lady Justice in a chilling twist that sends them spiraling into a nightmarish descent. What begins as a violent encounter quickly unravels into a surreal, haunting reckoning—where justice takes a form far more unsettling than they ever imagined.

Wilbur Cummings, a man whose life was marked by hesitation and small choices, finds himself at the gates of Heaven—only to be turned away. Rejected by St. Peter for lack of good deeds and then by Satan for absence of sin, he’s left in limbo until Death intervenes. Sent back to Earth with a second chance, Wilbur must now face the life he’s long avoided.

Photographer Arne Hunter stumbles upon a camera that captures images of the dead, unleashing a chilling investigation into a long-buried murder. As he peels back the veil on the past, the line between witness and target begins to blur.

In the shadowed alleys of London, petty thief Alf Nichols makes a desperate break after a botched robbery—only to stumble into a secret gathering of criminals. As he flees from one nightmare, he runs straight into another, finding himself caught between the law and a darker, more sinister order. In the final panel, the truth unravels: Jack Harraway and his fellow Denizens of the Underworld are revealed to be part of Edwin Wilson’s Waxworks.

Dr. Albert Carlton takes a calculated risk, drugging himself into death for a brief journey into the afterlife—just long enough to return and recount the experience. His colleague awaits to revive him, but the realm of death has its own rules, and the trip may not be as simple as planned.

In "True Tales of the Supernatural #7," the legend of old Andrew McCullough and his loyal dog, Satan, lingers in the hills, where the dog’s burial is said to hold more than just memories. When two graverobbers dig up the site seeking treasure, they awaken something far older—and far more dangerous—than gold or relics.