Vault of Horror #3
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Two of a Kind!", horror legend Al Feldstein returns to the genre he helped define, crafting a chilling tale of cosmic terror in Vault of Horror #3. When rancher Hank witnesses a giant pink blob devour his cattle and then turns its attention to him, he seeks help from his scientist friend Willy—only to face a fate even more horrifying than the creature itself. With art and inks by Feldstein and colors by Marie Severin, this 1992 issue delivers a classic, unsettling story, its cover by Johnny Craig capturing the dread in every line.
In "Two of a Kind!", a mountain log cabin becomes the unlikely setting for a tense, tender romance between two predators: a ghoul and a vampire, both drawn to each other under false pretenses. As a snowstorm cuts them off from the world, their shared isolation tests their promises to resist their true natures—each making terrible sacrifices to protect the other.
In "Graft in Concrete!", a corrupt contractor and a greedy mayor conspire to bulldoze through a cemetery to push through a road project, dismissing the cost of relocating graves as too high. When the construction begins, the town’s buried past begins to stir — and the living soon learn that some foundations are meant to stay undisturbed.
In "Half-Way Horrible!", a man tormented by a split personality seeks help from a voodoo priest when all else fails. The priest attempts to heal him by driving a needle into a voodoo doll representing the man’s fractured mind—only to accidentally sever the left side of the man’s body, leaving it a decaying corpse.
In "Hook, Line, and Stinker!", Stanley’s frequent fishing trips take a dark turn when his wife, Bernice, discovers the truth behind his excuses—his real catch isn’t in the lake, but in another woman’s arms. When Stanley returns home, Bernice has a new kind of trophy to display, one that’s far more personal than the mounted fish he’s left behind.
When a giant pink blob devours one of Hank’s cattle, he’s left scrambling for answers—and finds them in the unlikely form of his scientist friend Willy. After Willy theorizes the creature hails from the fourth dimension, he attempts to confront it by entering that realm with a device, only to return dead, his final expression a frozen scream. Though the blob vanishes, Hank is left with more questions than answers—and the chilling sense that the fourth dimension may not be as distant as he once believed.
In "Something Missing!", Roger’s groundbreaking matter-transformation machine becomes the center of a tense domestic drama when his wife Hannah dismisses his invention in favor of a more stable income. Tensions escalate when Roger’s assistant Sally becomes entangled in a secret affair, leading to a panicked transformation that goes horribly wrong—only for Roger to realize too late that something vital is missing from the reassembled statue.
In the eerie tale "...Gregory Had a Model-T!", a man's deep bond with his vintage car takes a strange turn when illness forces him to sell it. The new owner soon learns the vehicle has a mind of its own—and a fierce loyalty to its former master. When the Model-T vanishes after Gregory’s passing, leaving only a trail of mystery and sorrow, it becomes clear that some connections run deeper than metal and wheels.
In "The Aliens!", astronauts from Mars and Venus crash-land on Earth, each convinced they’ve found the native inhabitants—only to immediately accuse the other of aggression. As tensions escalate, the truth unfolds: both groups were mistaken, and now their home worlds are at war with Earth, unaware of the misunderstanding.
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