Close Shave

A re-occcuring and identifiable theme in pre-code horror comics was the hen-pecked spouse being constantly abused by their monstrous significant other, who then thankfully turns the tables in the end with their own brand of ironic, twisted vengeance. Our latest post here is no exception to the theme, with clean, consistant art from Atlas favorite Fred Kida, the somewhat comical tone of the early pages helps give the final panel implications a much more grisly impact than usual.

From the April 1953 issue of Spellbound 14