Mystic #12
In "The Hooded Horror!", a mobster's attempt to join a mysterious lodge turns into a tense test of willpower when he's locked in a darkened cemetery with only a key just out of reach through a small door opening. As the lodge members vanish, leaving him alone in the shadows, the crook's desperation grows—until a single, fateful moment changes everything. Penciled and inked by Bob Fujitani, this eerie 1952 tale features a chilling cover by Sol Brodsky, capturing the dread of a man trapped between fear and a single, unreachable key.
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A mobster wants to join a lodge and for initiation they lock him behind a door with the key hanging outside which can be reached through an opening in the door. The lodge members tell him it is a test to see how long he can remain in a darkened cemetery before he lets himself out, but they decide to move away and change their name since they don't want any criminals in the club. When the crook has had enough, he reaches through the hole in the locked door to get the key, but...he drops it.
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