Terrology #11
"Epitaph!" kicks off with a chilling domestic twist: Homer Bobble, fed up with his wife’s obsession with radio quiz shows, commits a brutal act—only to be struck by lightning during his cover-up. When he wakes, he resumes life as if nothing happened, even entering a quiz show and winning… a prize that’s far too personal. The story’s eerie tone and surreal escalation are brought to life by Ken Landau’s distinctive art, with Bernard Baily’s cover capturing the grim, ironic twist with sharp, unsettling detail.
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Sick of his lazy sloth of a wife who spends all her time listening to radio quiz shows, Homer Bobble murders her with a fireplace poker. While trying to bury her at night during an electrical storm, he is hit by lightning. After he awakens he finishes burying her and resumes his life content and free. One day he decides to enter a radio quiz show and wins quite easily. The prize for his victory? His dead wife's head!! It turns out the lightning bolt killed Homer and he was in Hell all this time!
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