#5

Synopsis

Lester Paley is framed for a murder he did not commit. He dies in the electric chair, but it’s all a set-up. He is only stunned by the electricity and proclaimed dead by a bribed doctor. The criminal undertaker Anson claims his body and “revives” Paley in his laboratory. He is made to believe that he can only continue living by taking Anson’s drugs. Anson commands Paley to kill the judge. Paley, however, comes to his senses, realizes that Anson framed him in the first place and takes revenge.

Notes

Reprinted in

• Intrigue #1
• Weird #7— reworked
• Weird #6— reworked
• Horror Tales #6— reworked
• Four Color Fear: Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s #[nn]
• Haunted Horror #1
• Crypt of Horror #18
• The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! #4
• Web of Evil #5

Credits

Script

Jack Cole

Pencils

Jack Cole, Charles Nicholas

Inks

Chuck Cuidera, Jack Cole, Charles Nicholas

Editor

Al Grenet

Associate

Richard Arnold

General manager

Busy Arnold