Tuesday, September 26, 2023

I was going to guess Rosemary's Baby ruined these twist endings for like 3 years; it maybe was closer to 8.

An oddly not-Comics Code Approved issue from 1976: House of Mystery #244, featuring "Kronos -- Zagros -- Eborak!" Written by George Kashdan, art by Frank Thorne; and "Your Epitaph Is Only a Birthday Card" Written by Doug Moench, art by Frank (Franc) Reyes.
The state attorney general puts a special investigator on the case of possible Satan worshippers...for reasons? The investigator thinks it's a load, and the A.G.'s niece might as well be investigating instead of him; then promptly takes a drugged drink and gets hypnotized to murder the A.G. He resists at first, but while trying to avoid the guy, the niece accidentally sends him to the gym he was at late, and in a trance he kills the A.G. Yes..."accidentally."
Weirdly, there's only one more full story this issue, a reincarnation number from Doug Moench, "Your Epitaph Is Only a Birthday Card." Two men in a hospital waiting room debate reincarnation, while elsewhere a barbarian's quest for gold comes to a bad end. What does it mean? Um...
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1 comment:

  1. Mr. Morbid's House Of Fun11:03 AM

    I'd probably have to read the whole story why the AG was so hell-bent (smirks)
    on sending his eventual killer after that cult. I mean, this wasn't during the days of Satanic Panic in the 80's, so what gives? Maybe he secretly suspected his daughter of being a member? But in that case, hire a PI to find that out then instead.
    Maybe he suspected a friend, co-worker, or someone he knew in shared social circles to be in said cult, idk.
    Either way, didn't end well for him. A lesson to be learned there to mind your own damn business sometimes.

    I do have to say that line/title about "Your Epitaph Is Only a Birthday Card." sure sounds good....especially if you're immortal, or prone to faking your death a lot like Nick Fury does/did.

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