Story #2The Face of Fear!
Writer:
Stan Lee. Penciler/Inker:
Syd Shores. Colorist:
Unknown. Letterer:
Art Simek.
Synopsis
Story #3The Day of the Red Death!
Writer:
Roy Thomas. Penciler/Inker:
Don Heck. Colorist:
Unknown. Letterer:
Sam Rosen.
Synopsis
Red Death was the name given to a deadly blood-red, hideous vapor created in a war lab that was accidentally left free. The fatal pestilence causes their victim’s skin to become crimson before passing away. Storm took the world without hope, except for a select few, eight people locked in a fortress devised for such an eventuality.
The owner, Rupert Griswold, a smart, ruthless millionaire, whose lab created the pandemic threat, invited select personalities to live in his bunker. Besides ruthless business executives like him, a beautiful movie actress name Carlotta Moore, another gorgeous young lady, and George Harris, the engineer who designed the impregnable building.
Rupert and his friends spent their days playing cards, wondering who would become king after the plague. Outside the walls, death ruled. Such immense tragedy didn’t seem to affect anyone, except for Harris. He felt a great deal of guilt for not helping those who came knocking at the door, begging for safety. Harris didn’t let anyone in. All perished. Mocked by the others as the weak, the less provident.
Because of complaints of boredom by Carlotta, Rupert organizes a costumes party. Harris presents himself in red rags with a skull-like mask, resembling the Red Death itself! His disgusted neighbors tore his costume off and discovered he had the disease! Harris had disabled the air-filter, allowing everyone in to perish. He preferred a desolate planet to one ruled by such as them.
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