Venus #19
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Kiss of Death!" from Venus #19 (1952), a clarinet player, injured in a fight, discovers his music has taken on a haunting new power—only the dead can hear it. As he struggles to make sense of this eerie gift, his attempts to reconnect with the living through his art lead to unsettling consequences. Penciled and inked by Pete Morisi, with a cover by Bill Everett, this eerie tale blends jazz-age melancholy with supernatural mystery in a 10-cent comic from 1952.
A clarinet player, haunted by a recent injury, believes his playing has reached new heights—only to discover his music can no longer be heard by the living. When his agent hears nothing at all, he begins to wonder if his gift is truly a gift at all. Now, his melodies reach only the dead, and the line between the living and the lost grows thinner with every note.
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Reprinted in Tomb of Darkness #20 (1976), Weird Wonder Tales #16 (1976), Tomb of Darkness #22 (1976), Silver Surfer vs. Dracula #1 (1994), Tales from the Flipside #6 (2012), Atlas Comics Library #2 (2023), Marvel and Fantagraphics Present Stories from the Atlas Comics Library: FCBD 2024 #[nn] (2024), Cryptology #4 (2025)
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