Unusual Tales #25
"Castle of Fear" in Unusual Tales #25 (1960) delivers a chilling, thought-provoking tale of a man whose life is irrevocably changed after a fatal accident. Revived from death with sudden, startling intelligence, he now carries secrets from beyond the veil—yet refuses to speak of what he experienced. Cover by Steve Ditko, with crisp, eerie artwork that perfectly captures the story’s unsettling tone.
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A man with a low IQ gets electrocuted by a downed powerline and dies. He eventually is revived back to life. But after returning from the dead, he is a different person who seems to know everything and is incredibly bright. He refuses to talk about what happened to him when he was clinically dead.
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