Mysterious Adventures #12
In "The Running Ghost!", sculptor Leonard Caine returns to the U.S. after a mysterious stint in Haiti, where he discovers a forbidden elixir that turns flesh to stone. Haunted by his past and driven by obsession, he begins murdering to fuel his grotesque art—until a chance revival by his unsuspecting girlfriend, who unknowingly uses the stolen elixir, sets off a chilling chain of events. Art by Jay Disbrow and A. C. Hollingsworth brings this eerie 1953 tale to life, a standout in the Mysterious Adventures series.
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A down on his out sculpturer named Leonard Caine finds a way to create life-like stone sculptures in Haiti. He encounters a witch doctor who has a water like elixir that hardens bodies into stone. After murdering the witch doctor and stealing the elixir, he heads back to the U.S.A. He becomes a sensation again. He has to steal corpses and commit murder for his "sculptures". One night after passing out, he is revived thanks to some water given to him by his ignorant girlfriend. She had gotten the water from the elixir bottle in his studio!
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