Crypt of Shadows #7
In "The Haunting of Bluebeard!", a sinister innkeeper known only as Bluebeard preys on his guests, but when a thief’s mysterious bottle of Nitro explodes in his hands, the man’s fate takes a chilling turn. As thunder rumbles and lightning flashes, Bluebeard finds himself trapped in a nightmare he can no longer escape—his own victims now claiming him in spectral vengeance. Tony Di Preta’s moody art brings the eerie atmosphere to life, while Mike Ploog, Marie Severin, and Herb Trimpe deliver a haunting cover that captures the story’s dark, supernatural tension.
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A man who calls himself Bluebeard murders and robs the guests of his inn, but when a thief carrying a bottle of Nitro becomes his latest victim, Bluebeard decides to dispose of the bottle outside. When he returns to the inn, the ghosts of his former victims are now able to seize his body as he is unaware that what he took for lightning and thunder was the bottle exploding in his hand and he is now a ghost.
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