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Black Magic (1973-1975) #7
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bookshelves: comics, graphic-novels, dc-infinite, horror, read-in-2024, buddy-read
Aug 23, 2024
bookshelves: comics, graphic-novels, dc-infinite, horror, read-in-2024, buddy-read
Overall, a pretty good issue.
You get your money's worth out of this one, too. Four graphic stories and one short prose.
The Cloak!
A cloak soaked in evil tries to kill a man over and over again.
Why?
BECAUSE EVIIIIIL.
The Mary Celeste: Ship of Evil
A one-page shorty about a haunted ship. It seems like a lot of these stories are based on some kind of urban legends and that might be the case here. But don't quote me on that because it's not like I researched it.
FREAK!
Oh god! There's a FREAK chained up in the attic!
Basically, a family had a disfigured, mentally disabled kid - and then chained them up in the attic.
As you do.
Hijinks ensue.
The Boy Who Was 2000 Years Old
A little boy runs a fever and starts speaking in Latin.
Is he a reincarnated slave from ancient times?
I vote YES!
MURDER? <--a short prose story about...murder.
A guy loses a day to amnesia. Tuesday to be exact.
Is it possible that he married a woman and killed her all on the same day?
Oh well. Guess he'll never know.
Side note: as of the time I'm writing this, DC Infinite doesn't have issue #6 for some reason.
Boo!
Recommended for fans of schlocky old horror and/or Jack Kirby.
You get your money's worth out of this one, too. Four graphic stories and one short prose.
The Cloak!
A cloak soaked in evil tries to kill a man over and over again.
Why?
BECAUSE EVIIIIIL.
The Mary Celeste: Ship of Evil
A one-page shorty about a haunted ship. It seems like a lot of these stories are based on some kind of urban legends and that might be the case here. But don't quote me on that because it's not like I researched it.
FREAK!
Oh god! There's a FREAK chained up in the attic!
Basically, a family had a disfigured, mentally disabled kid - and then chained them up in the attic.
As you do.
Hijinks ensue.
The Boy Who Was 2000 Years Old
A little boy runs a fever and starts speaking in Latin.
Is he a reincarnated slave from ancient times?
I vote YES!
MURDER? <--a short prose story about...murder.
A guy loses a day to amnesia. Tuesday to be exact.
Is it possible that he married a woman and killed her all on the same day?
Oh well. Guess he'll never know.
Side note: as of the time I'm writing this, DC Infinite doesn't have issue #6 for some reason.
Boo!
Recommended for fans of schlocky old horror and/or Jack Kirby.
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Aug 23, 2024 04:58AM
I don't know about the rest of them, but the Mary Celeste story is definitely based on a true events. It's the famous Canadian "ghost ship" that sailed to Italy, but was found floating in the Azores with no one on board, everything in tact, and no signs of foul play.
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Whoa! That's the vibe of most of these stories. A lot of them feel more "urban legend" than just something Kirby came up with out of nowhere. And in quite a few it would say "this tale really happened in 1846" or whatever. The story about Sir Walter Scott's mother being buried alive for example.
Anne wrote: "Whoa! That's the vibe of most of these stories. A lot of them feel more "urban legend" than just something Kirby came up with out of nowhere. And in quite a few it would say "this tale really happe..."I think riffing on history definitely adds a flavor to horror stories in particular. It sharpens the senses to the fact that some elements are real or actually happened. That's why "based on a true story" is such a valuable tagline.
You're right. Amityville Horror wouldn't be what it is if people didn't think that stuff actually happened.
Issue #6 was probably written by someone in prison for child porn.
Chad wrote: "Issue #6 was probably written by someone in prison for child porn."It wouldn't surprise me at this point, but the whole thing was written by Kirby. I looked around online and you can buy the issue on eBay, but I'm not that interested. My guess is that somebody fucked up and forgot to upload #6. I can't imagine that this is in high demand, so nobody has probably complained about it.
