Mystic #18
"In Old Bagdad" delivers a chilling tale from Mystic #18, a 1953 10-cent comic where a dying communist overseer of a labor camp faces an unexpected fate—Death himself demands a successor, and refuses to let him rest. Penciled and inked by Tony DiPreta, the story unfolds with eerie gravity, while Bill Everett’s cover captures the haunting mood with stark, dramatic flair.
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The communist overseer of a labor camp is glad when he is told by his doctor that he has not long to live because he has spent his whole life killing and is weary. Death wants an assistant however and refuses to allow him to rest in peace.
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