Mysteries#6
Cover: Iger Shop
Mysteries #6
“Howling Horror”
In "Howling Horror," a 1954 Superior comic, Jake Kern’s brutal act in the bayous sets off a chilling chain of vengeance when the ghost of his murdered witness, Belle, rises from the swamp. Penciled and inked by the Iger Shop, this eerie tale blends Southern Gothic dread with supernatural retribution, all rendered in the stark, expressive style of the era.
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Trouble in the bayous: Jake Kern kills a man for some precious animal pelts, but is blackmailed by eye-witness Belle. Kern murders her too, by throwing her to the alligators. Belle, however, returns as a vengeful ghost.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).