Eerie Annual #1971
"Hatchet Man" in Eerie Annual #1971 delivers a chilling tale of isolation and dread, written by Archie Goodwin and illustrated by Gray Morrow, whose moody artwork perfectly complements the story’s eerie atmosphere. When a whaling crew rescues a man named Sturgis adrift at sea, he recounts a haunting tale of an island haunted by the ancient entity Shoggath—only to reveal that the horror is far from over. The cover, a collaborative masterpiece by Frank Frazetta, Kenneth Smith, Vaughn Bodé, Dan Adkins, and Vic Prezio, captures the story’s unsettling tone in vivid, grotesque detail.
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When a whaling ship finds a man named Sturgis floating on the sea he tells them an incredible story of an island where Shoggath lives and the tragedy that happened there. Unfortunately, the story of Shoggath did not end when he escaped from the island.
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