Crypt of Shadows #9
In "The Haunting of Sleepy Hollow!" from Crypt of Shadows #9 (1974), a desperate father’s twisted scheme to keep his daughter from marrying backfires in a chilling twist of fate. When his intended victim outmaneuvers him and climbs to the man’s room to retaliate, the true horror unfolds—unbeknownst to the man, the daughter has taken her father’s place, leaving him to face a fate far worse than he imagined. The story unfolds in eerie, atmospheric detail, with art by Charles A. Winter, and a striking cover by Russ Heath and Mike Esposito.
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In order to prevent a man from marrying his daughter, the father tries to inject him with a serum that will turn him to stone. The intended victim succeeds in disarming the father and climbs up to the man's room to give him a taste of his own medicine. But, unknown to him, the daughter has exchanged places with her father because he complained of a draft, and he turns her to stone.
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