#25

Synopsis

Chasing a thief named Banco into the Rome sewers, Signor Renzi and his partner, Pietro find Banco with all his body eaten. They try to escape the sewer, and find themselves hunted by the Green Horde. Renzi gives Pietro to them, then works a deal with the creatures who speak an unfamiliar language. Renzi agrees to find them victims. He makes a great profit over time. When considering his family, he decides to tell the creatures to forget about future victims. Angry, they grab his wife and daughter. He rushes to the sewers to beg for his family. The creatures already ate them. Renzi's next.

Reprinted from

• Weird Mysteries #3
• Dark Mysteries #16
• Eerie #10
• This Magazine Is Haunted #9
• The Hand of Fate #25b
• Fantastic Fears #8 [2]
• The Thing #11
• Strange Stories from Another World #5
• Nightmare #3

Credits

Script

Bill Woolfolk

Pencils

Bernard Baily, Sheldon Moldoff, Bob McCarthy, Everett Kinstler, Lou Morales, Larry Woromay, Alvin Hollingsworth

Inks

Bernard Baily, Bob McCarthy, Everett Kinstler, Lou Morales, Larry Woromay, Alvin Hollingsworth

Editor

Stephen Banes, Clizia Gussoni, Craig Yoe