Forbidden Worlds #2
In "The Iron Brain!", Donald Stoneybrook faces a crisis no ancestral portrait ever expected—his family castle is about to be sold to pay taxes. With the ghosts of his forebears offering cryptic advice from the walls, Donald stumbles upon a bizarre solution: a month of free rent and ghostly chores for any buyer willing to take on the castle. Cover by Ogden Whitney, this eerie, whimsical tale from Thorpe & Porter’s Forbidden Worlds #2 blends gothic atmosphere with a touch of supernatural mischief, all in a 1/- comic from the early 1980s.
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Donald Stoneybrook sits alone in front of a log fire in his family castle. He shouts at the paintings of his ancestors asking why they don't help him to pay the taxes before the castle is forced to be sold. Paxton leads the ghosts of the paintings into a discussion and they suggest that the castle be sold to someone who can afford it. Donald says that such people do not exist any more. After another discussion Paxton tells Donald that he should tell the real estate agent that that any buyer can live there rent free for a month and all the chores will be taken care of secretly by the ghosts.
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