L'Insolite #16
"La ballade du vampire" in L'Insolite #16 (1980) delivers a chilling mystery rooted in grief and deception, as the Phantom Stranger unravels a haunting that’s more criminal than supernatural. Written by John Broome and Gardner Fox, with art by Carmine Infantino and inks by Sy Barry and Joe Giella, the story blends eerie atmosphere with a clever twist, all wrapped in a striking cover by the same creative team.
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When three friends die in a plane crash, the spirits seem to be haunting those they left behind, but the Phantom Stranger reveals that the ghostly appearances are really the work of an embezzler attempting to cover his tracks.
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