Chamber of Chills Vol 1 23

A man makes a bet with his friend that he will see a ghost if he stays the night at a local haunted house and his skeptical friend accepts. When he gets there, he is greeted by the caretaker whom he explains the nature of the wager to and the caretaker agreeably allows the man to spend the night. The two of them look all through the house but detect no ghosts. The man beds down and passes the night without incident. In the morning, the caretaker wakes him and sends him on his way. The skeptical man, feeling smug, goes to visit his friend but when he mentions the caretaker, the friend is startled. He pulls out a newspaper clipping of a photo of the caretaker that states he was killed by an intruder many years ago.

Appearing in "Bat's Tale"

Reprint of the 5th story from
Marvel Tales #113
(originally printed as Terror Tale)

Featured Characters:

Deszo Kruzak

Antagonists:

Beast-Man

Races and Species:

Synopsis for "Bat's Tale"

Reprint of the 5th story from
Marvel Tales #113
(originally printed as Terror Tale)

A vampire captures a fat man and takes his victim to display him to his brothers. They all agree that not even the Beast-Man captures such victims and ask the fat man his name. The fat man doesn't speak and instead transforms into the Beast-Man and attacks the vampires.

Appearing in "The Men in the Morgue"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Adventures into Terror #28

Featured Characters:

Joe (Death)
Red (Death)

Supporting Characters:

Olaf's dog (Death)

Antagonists:

Olaf
Police

Other Characters:

Bartender
Olaf's brother (Death)

Locations:

Bar
Morgue

Items:

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "The Men in the Morgue"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Adventures into Terror #28

Two killers attempt to hide in the morgue, but the attendant locks them in the freezer.

Appearing in "Gorilla Man"

Reprint of the 5th story from
Men's Adventures #26

Featured Characters:

Gorilla Man (Ken Hale) (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

Lil (Kenneth's lover)

Antagonists:

Former Gorilla Man

Other Characters:

Ben

Races and Species:

Humans

Locations:

Explorers' Club
Africa
- Kenya Province

Synopsis for "Gorilla Man"

Reprint of the 5th story from
Men's Adventures #26

Ken Hale has been plagued night after night with nightmares about Gorilla Man. By day thoughts of the Gorilla Man plague his mind and so he decides to go see a doctor who finds that there is nothing wrong with him physically. He then goes to the library to see what he can learn but finds that there is only works of fiction about gorilla men. He also pays a visit to his explorer friend Bension, who tells him that there is a rumor about a half-man half-gorilla in a remote region of Africa.

This inspires Ken to take a trip out to Africa to locate the Gorilla Man. After saying goodbye to his girlfriend Lil he takes a ship to Africa. There he hires a group of natives to take him to the Gorilla Man. However, after a certain point the natives refuse to go any further, but suddenly Ken knows exactly where to find the Gorilla Man.

Ken travels deeper into the jungle and fends off danger until he finds the Gorilla Man. When he finally finds the half-man half-beast Ken raises his gun to shoot it, but suddenly gets the urge to fist fight it. Tossing his gun aside, Ken battles hand-to-hand with the Gorilla Man.

Ken beats the creature to death and suddenly he finds himself transformed into a Gorilla Man himself and cries out into the night.

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Chamber of Chills Vol 1 23

Appearing in "Where Lurks the Ghost!"

Synopsis for "Where Lurks the Ghost!"

Appearing in "Bat's Tale"

Synopsis for "Bat's Tale"

Appearing in "The Men in the Morgue"

Synopsis for "The Men in the Morgue"

Appearing in "Gorilla Man"

Synopsis for "Gorilla Man"

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