Time once again to turn up the heat of our fiendish February love fest with another precode tale of vicious Valentinery! Okay, I really like ACG stories sometimes, especially when they set-up two ding-dong knuckleheads in a scenario where they just can't manage to do anything correctly. Every single decision made is a bad one, and in the case of these two lovebirds, simply taking a trip to the old haunted family estate to search for a hidden fortune is only the start of their bad streak beginning. Love that wonderfully bleak ending as well... from the Oct - Nov. 1954 issue of Forbidden Worlds #34.
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Was hoping to get a story posted on my birthday! And an ACG one at that. I love ACG's comics. They even knew how to get creative after the Comic Code took effect. Of course, this one is before that occurred. Honestly, Fran's not the one making the wrong decisions here, Vic is. The only reason Fran's doing it is because she thought she loved Vic. The image of Aunt Edna hidden inside the wall is great. Although Vic seemed far too excited to find a crypt hidden inside the wall., if you ask me. Also, Edna really wasn't a miser, she just knew how that Uncle Otto was a greedy jerk. The ending's only bleak for Fran. She didn't deserve being killed. Vic on the other hand--well, a fool and his money are soon parted. Unless you're Uncle Otto!
Jeepers girl on page 1, always a good sign!
This one has a lot of moving parts; dueling ghosts, greedy lovers, haunted houses, hidden loot, revenge, betrayal, etc, and it all works pretty well together. It's a tight, well paced story with a good ending.
I have to disagree that Fran didn't make a mistake; not that she deserved the fate she got but at one point Vic was going to go to the police and that would have ended the entire situation, yet she said no, and for a pretty poor reason.
Full of great art; Edna in the wall, poor Fran getting shot, and the fight in the fire. I like how the ghost is choking Vic but -- at least from my read -- the choking is doing nothing, it's the smoke and fire that is causing him to not breathe. That's really clever!
The final House of Usher image is great. This is a really good one.
Happy Birthday!
Thank you!
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